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Posts by: Jessica Daniels
Ali's path to her internship at YUM!
By Jessica Daniels On May 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Our Students
Ali started contributing to the blog last fall, and now, with two semesters behind her, she is pursuing her summer internship. Today she describes how her internship plans came together.
The "first years" are done with our first year of graduate school! It's an exciting, sad, and anxious feeling — all at the same time.
We're excited that we survived, and that we get to meet the new first years in the fall. We're sad that the graduates are leaving Boston, and we won't see them as often anymore. Finally, we're anxious to succeed at the summer internships we've landed, most of which start in the coming weeks.
The latter subject is the topic of my final blog post for the year. When I last wrote, I promised to update you on the summer position that Fletcher and Net Impact helped me land. I'm happy to say I'll be working with the YUM! Brands sustainability team in Louisville, KY (my hometown!) this summer — performing data analysis and reporting for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and updating the company's sustainability strategy with new goals and partnerships. YUM! — better known as KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell — is facing a lot of industry-representative sustainability challenges right now, regarding its use of antibiotics, palm oil, and forest fibers, and I'm excited to help them develop innovative solutions responsibly.
Prof. Rappaport's Corporate Management of Environmental Issues class, Net Impact's new SolutionsLab series, and Fletcher's alumni are three resources that have been useful to me in securing the position.
Prof. Rappaport's class — offered in conjunction with Tufts' Department of Urban and Environmental Planning — exposed me to many of the corporate challenges and trends that I discussed in the interview for my internship position. Her class also provided me with multiple opportunities to expand my sustainability network. For example, she invited a former UEP student who is now the Senior Sustainability Manager for DirectTV to speak to our class, and she allowed me to invite Walmart's Director of Product Sustainability to speak to our class after I met him at a conference.
Net Impact's SolutionsLab provided me demonstrable experience in food business issues with large corporate players like Monsanto. Because Fletcher's Net Impact chapter is an active network participant, we were selected to host the series' first SolutionsLab event on our campus. The event highlighted my ability to form and execute successful partnerships and was reported on 3bl Media just one day before a post about an upcoming Twitter event with YUM! and Triple Pundit.
Finally, as always, Fletcher's alumni prove to be an invaluable resource. When I found out I'd be helping YUM! with their CDP reporting, I sent a note to a Fletcher alum at CDP. It turns out, there are multiple alumni there, and the YUM! Liaison at CDP is a Fletcher alumna, as well. It's nice to go into my internship knowing I have a broad network of support.
So, that's it. I'm off to my hometown to spend a wonderful and productive summer.
Thanks for following my story this year, and see you in the next.
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Five-Year Updates: Meet Zack Gold, F09
By Jessica Daniels On May 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Our Alumni
I admit: It's a little late to be wrapping up Five-Year Updates from the Class of 2009. But when I published the most recent post, I realized that every one of the 2009ers were women. Surely there were men in that class! So I reached out to Zack, an Admissions pal from back in the day, and he zapped his post to me in a jiffy. With no further ado, the final Five-Year Update from the Class of 2009, from Zack Gold.
This is really a six-year update, written from Tel Aviv, where I'm a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). My research focuses on the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, Egyptian political development, and Egyptian-Israeli-U.S. relations. I'm also an Adjunct Fellow at the American Security Project, which recently hosted me at a conference on Eastern Mediterranean energy security in Washington.
My path to Fletcher developed at the University of Delaware. I was an undergraduate student when the Palestinians launched the Second Intifada against Israel, during the 9/11 attacks, and in the lead up to and start of the Iraq war. Over those years my background in Middle Eastern history and interfaith relations developed into an awareness of and interest in international affairs.
After graduating I worked in Washington for two years at Meridian International Center, where I helped administer the State Department's International Visitors Leadership Program. In between writing itineraries and booking flights, I tagged along with foreign delegations to meetings at the White House, State Department, and Pentagon. I unselfishly escorted one visitor to see the Baltimore Orioles host the Boston Red Sox: a public diplomacy win for Red Sox Nation!
Before graduate school I wanted to gain a better understanding of the Middle East, so I spent 14 months living, working, and studying languages in Egypt and Israel, while also traveling to Jordan, Morocco, and Turkey. My on-ground experiences over that time have informed my work ever since.
This international worldview made The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy an obvious choice. I was extremely impressed with the individuals who made up the Fletcher community, and I took advantage of the flexibility in courses and coursework. In classes on decision-making, statecraft, and public diplomacy, I had the opportunity to develop projects that fit my interests: writing policy briefs, op-eds, and papers; and conducting simulations on politics in Egypt and Pakistan and on the Iranian nuclear program.
I greatly enjoyed the research and writing, not all of which was ground-breaking analysis. The Fletcher School has wisely removed the student-run blog from that time. My most worthwhile contribution probably centered on the best place to get ice cream in the area.
In 2011, two years after earning my MALD, the uprising in Egypt brought two areas of my Fletcher studies back into focus: U.S. democratization policy (about which I wrote a seminar paper) and the Muslim Brotherhood (my thesis: "The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Moderate Islamists, Moderate Democrats"). I began publishing about U.S.-Egyptian relations as an independent analyst, and in May of that year I started a research term at The Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy (since renamed the Center for Middle East Policy).
My Brookings position was a dream job. For three years I worked directly with the very scholars and practitioners whose books and articles I read at Fletcher. I learned from their experiences and guidance, and I had access to incredible leaders and thinkers around Washington and the Middle East. At the same time, I developed my own subject-matter expertise: looking closely at security in Sinai, where a jihadist insurgency threatens both Egypt and Israel.
In addition to work-related and research travel to the Middle East, and a number of independent publications, I had the privilege of authoring a Brookings analysis paper: "Sinai Security: Opportunities for Unlikely Cooperation Among Egypt, Israel, and Hamas." That paper made its way to the director of INSS, who — in time for the fifth anniversary of my Fletcher graduation — invited me continue my research under the auspices of his institute. I've been here since October 2014.
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Yesterday's post may have been my last word on Commencement for 2015, but it isn't the last word on the lead-up to the event. That will come from Alex who, as a continuing student, would nonetheless have been welcomed for the Dis-Orientation activities organized by the graduating class. Dis-Orientation originated several years ago as the counter-point to the academic-year-starting Orientation program.
Shortly after the year's last class was attended, the last final exam taken, and the last term paper handed in, it was time for "Dis-O." As any end of term should be celebrated, Fletcher's time-honored Dis-Orientation is a week of fun activities, great parties, and even some light "vandalism."
In an impressive feat of organization, students planned dozens of events spread over the week following the end of the semester; this year there were 45 activities over seven days. These events ranged from movie screenings in Fletcher's main auditorium, to daylong trips to the beach on Martha's Vineyard and the battlefields of Lexington and Concord. Athletic activities were also included, such as a softball game and a MALD vs. MIB cricket match, both of which were guaranteed to be a cultural experience for many of the players. Of course, a couple of parties were also in order, ranging from traditional celebrations in one of Fletcher's "color houses" (e.g., the green house, yellow house, or "Casablanca," that several students share) to a Hawaiian luau (complete with a dunk tank, of course). Finally, following the Tufts tradition of painting the cannon located in the center of campus, students sneakily painted it a blazing Fletcher-orange in the dark of night. They were disappointed, however, to find it painted over by other "vandals" within hours.
Not only is Dis-O a great way to celebrate the culmination of a successful year with our friends and classmates, I find it to be a fitting representation of what exactly is special about Fletcher's culture. First, due to The Fletcher School's long history, traditions like Dis-O (and even individual events within it) have turned into institutions, serving to connect Fletcher students across generations. Second, events like these do not plan themselves, but instead are a product of a student body with impressive leadership capabilities and a tremendous commitment to their fellow classmates. Additionally, the wide range of events demonstrates the diversity of interests across the student body, which has been a wonderful source of mind-opening experiences throughout the year. Finally, Dis-O evinces Fletcher students' ability to balance work and fun: I bet you would have been just as likely to find people at the cricket match discussing India's clean energy policy as you would to find them asking what exactly a "wicket" is.
Whether traditions such as Dis-O are the cause or the result of the strong community here, I do not know. Probably a little bit of both. What I do know, however, is that few other schools are as tightly knit as Fletcher, and that I cannot wait to come back next semester.
Tagged with: Alex • Community • Dis-O • Student Stories
Final notes on Commencement
By Jessica Daniels On May 20, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In About Fletcher, Our Students
With our off-site meeting on Monday, I didn't have time to do justice to the Commencement ceremony and I thought I'd add a few words today. First, I should explain that the weekend is loaded with events. On Friday night, many graduating students and alumni on campus for reunion were joined by staff and faculty for a traditional New England clam bake. Then, on Saturday, we held "Class Day," which is when the graduating students hear from an outside speaker, as well as an alumnus. This year, the alum was Dr. Charles Dallara, F75, former Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance. The invited outside speaker was Dr. Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008-2014, who also received an honorary degree from the University on Sunday. In addition, several students received awards for scholarship and contributions to the community.
On Sunday, the spotlight and the sun shone on the graduating students. They started the day with champagne toasts, led by classmates, and then proceeded to the all-University event, where degrees are awarded school-by-school. The commencement address was given by Dr. Madeline Albright, U.S. Secretary of State from 1997-2001.
All of that occurred before I actually turned up on Sunday. I arrived as graduating students were crossing over from the all-University ceremony to Blakeley Courtyard, where they would line up by degree program and then alphabetically for the procession into the tent. This is always the perfect time for me to congratulate students — they're all "filed" in predictable places. After some farewells, I headed to the tent.
Dean Stavridis makes only the briefest of speeches before handing the podium to the stars of the day. The first is the recipient of the James L. Paddock Teaching Award — Prof. Jenny Aker, F97 this year. As an alumna, Prof. Aker was in a good position to assure all the graduates (and their parents) that they are on their way to exciting work.
Prof. Aker was followed by the two student speakers. Our Admissions pal, Anna McCallie, was up first. Anna is smart and funny and gave the speech we had hoped for. Among the themes was a tally of all that our students from Nebraska have accomplished. This reflected some careful research — even those of us in the audience from Admissions didn't know everything she had uncovered.
When the first student speech is amazing, it's a bit of a nail biter as the second student ascends to the podium. What is it like to follow such a well-received speech? We needn't have worried. From the moment she kicked off her shoes (adjusting her height to the microphone, rather than the microphone to her height), Fern Gray gave a speech that was charming and touching (much wiping of eyes from the audience) and all in that lovely Trinidad and Tobago accent.
(An aside: I first met Fern when she visited Fletcher as an applicant. I was supposed to conduct her evaluative interview, but I ended up with a conflict and instead recruited a student, first pausing to greet Fern and explain the change in personnel. Fern and the student had a great chat, and the rest is history.)
The graduates were called by degree program and name (thus the crafty arrangements for the procession — everyone was already where they needed to be) and Dean Stavridis closed the event by calling upon the graduates to be "dealers in hope," as they make their way through their careers and the world. And with that (and lunch in a separate tent), they were off!
Commencement+1, Admissions staff retreat
By Jessica Daniels On May 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In About Fletcher
The weather and the mood all cooperated for a lovely Commencement Sunday yesterday. It is always an enjoyable event, marked by enthusiastic participants. The Hall of Flags is already nearly emptied out, but will grow emptier through the week. To postpone the subsequent loneliness felt by those of us who will work through the summer, the Admissions staff will be spending the day off-site, planning our summer projects and looking ahead to a new admissions cycle in the fall. We'll be back tomorrow (Tuesday).
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Commencement weekend: Farewell to students and to Prof. Perry
By Jessica Daniels On May 15, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Our Faculty
When I arrived at Fletcher this morning, I was greeted by a crowd of students eating breakfast before one of the few official events of this week leading up to graduation. Now they're receiving instructions outside, with further details on Sunday's sequence of events.
Last week and this, I've tried to catch up with students to say goodbye. On Sunday, I'll see a few more, and I hope I'll meet some family members. It is a little sad that students with whom I had frequent contact, or who may just have been out there adding to the buzz, will no longer be part of my daily life. But that's how it's supposed to happen, and they're going on to great things.
Meanwhile, there's another very significant goodbye in front of us. John Curtis Perry, Henry Willard Denison Professor of Japanese Diplomacy, who has taught at Fletcher since 1980, will be delivering a farewell lecture to mark his formal retirement. Early in my Fletcher career, my office was right near Prof. Perry's, giving me a chance to get to know him and chat often. I don't see him as much these days, but we did exchange emails after students labeled him "legendarily awesome" last fall.
In anticipation of Prof. Perry's lecture this afternoon, a first-year student, Jack, wrote a letter to honor him. Jack wrote:
The Fletcher School stands unique among graduate programs because of its maritime studies program. Prof. John Curtis Perry is largely responsible for this program's success and its mission to reawaken our awareness of oceanic nations' connection — social, economic, and cultural — to the sea. On the eve of Prof. Perry's retirement, I wanted to offer a short reflection and thank you.
As a member of the Fletcher faculty, Prof. Perry united students in his maritime courses for thirty five years. Recognizing Prof. Perry's scholarship and contributions to Japanese-American relations, the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure. His insistence on quality made all of his lectures shine like his eyes, with brilliant intensity.
In addition to his exceptional kindness, Prof. Perry has long personified the pursuit of wisdom. By bringing our class out of the classroom, he reminded us of the wider world beyond Fletcher. We took excursions to the granite piers of New Gloucester, the Boston MFA's maritime collection, and even to the private library in his own home. One thing I've learned from Prof. Perry is that the mind must be exposed to the elements.
Such learning is an active thing, requiring the energy that Prof. Perry embodies, bounding down Fletcher's staircases, wearing blazing red Nikes with academic regalia, and occasionally injecting profanity to keep lectures interesting!
While Prof. Perry may be retiring, his students have now become teachers. Both Prof. Toshi Yoshihara and Prof. Rocky Weitz carry on the oceanic tradition at Fletcher in their distinct ways.
It has been an honor to have joined the ranks of Prof. Perry's maritime students. From one pupil amidst a sea of students, friends, and colleagues, thank you Prof. Perry for your ideas, wit, and example. Fair winds and following seas!
To keep track of each other's whereabouts, students created and populated this map with their summer internship destinations. While not covering the complete planet, they're certainly spread far and wide.
The biggest group will be found in Washington, DC, though they'll be distributed across sectors, organizations, and agencies, including:
Department of Defense
Department of State (various divisions)
Catholic Relief Service
Nathan Associates
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Middle East Institute
Delegation of the European Union, Trade Division
Save the Children International; Education/Child Protection Division
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Internet Education Foundation, Google Policy Fellowship
Catholic Relief Services
There's a surprising little cluster in the Bay Area (San Francisco) at:
Concur Inc., Environmental Conflict Resolution
Gap Inc., Supply Chain Division
Allison+Partners, Global China Practice
Beyond those friendly groupings (lunch, anyone?), other selected internship sites include:
United Nations and other international organizations
International Labour Organisation, Regional Decent Work Team for North Africa, Egypt
UN Women Headquarters, NY
UNRWA, Jordan
UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations, NY
UN Office of Sustainable Development, Seoul, Korea
UN Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT), Bangkok, Thailand
Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
European Parliament, EPP on Committee for Strategic Dialogue with the U.S., Brussels
International Committee of the Red Cross, Senegal
U.S. Government, outside of the U.S.
U.S. Embassy, Ouagadougou
U.S. Mission to the European Union, Foreign Commercial Service
USAID Ethiopia
USAID Maputo, Mozambique
USAID, GIS Fellow, Lima, Peru,
Department of State, Beijing
NGOs, large and small
Manos de Madres, Kigali, Rwanda, M&E internship
International Crisis Group, Beijing
Faire Collection, Otavalo, Ecuador
Center for Democratic Development, Nigeria
Accion, Bangalore
The Asia Foundation, Dili, Timor-Leste
Impact Investing, Lima, Peru
Danish Refugee Council, Turkey
China Foundation Center, Beijing
Center for Democratic Development, Ghana
Danish Demining Group, Juba, South Sudan
The Awethu Project, South Africa
Mercy Corps, DME intern, Mali
Development Innovations, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Resonate, Kigali, Rwanda
The Akanksha Foundation, AIF Fellowship, Pune, India
The Advocacy Project, Peace Fellow, Lima Peru
Private sector organizations
Johnson & Johnson, Marketing Division, Tokyo
Scholastic, NY
Ernst & Young, Chicago
A.T. Kearney, Dubai
The ASG Companies, NY
And some others that I wasn't sure how to characterize:
NATO Defense College, Rome
Legal Aid Clinic, University of Namibia Law School
Economena Analytics, Lebanon
This is not a comprehensive list, and the information each student added to the location pins wasn't consistent, but I hope the message is clear. Students pursue a wide variety of internships and they may be found anywhere in the world.
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This is the first year when providing an "annotated curriculum" is a mandatory (o.k. — strongly suggested) topic for graduating student bloggers. Here's Diane's review of her four semesters in the MALD program.
Pre-Fletcher Experience
Oxfam Australia, Australia
Jewish Aid Australia, Australia
World Food Programme (internship), Nepal
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (internship), New York
Fields of Study
Development Economics
International Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
Post-Fletcher Professional Goals
Humanitarian policy
Curriculum Overview
Semester One
- Agriculture and Rural Development in Developing Countries
- Humanitarian Action in Complex Emergencies
- Econometrics
- Law and Development
- Quantitative Methods (1/2 credit)
In the summer before arriving at Fletcher, I made the decision to pursue studies in food security in Africa, a topic I am passionate about. I also really wanted to strengthen my economics skills. I arrived at Fletcher excited by the many and varied classes in areas I wanted to study. I jumped right into it, taking a heavy load in my first semester. After placing out of the basic economics requirement during Orientation, I was able to get my quantitative, economics, and law requirements out of the way this semester. I enjoyed taking Humanitarian Action in Complex Emergencies, as this class is offered jointly by Fletcher and the Friedman School of Nutrition and it was held at the downtown campus. It was a heavy first semester load, and I am not sure I would recommend to incoming students that they take 4.5 credits.
Semester Two
- Development Economics: Macroeconomics Perspectives
- Econometric Impact Evaluation for Development
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Strategic Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations
- French (audited)
After practicing my French over winter break in Montreal, I came back to Fletcher for my second semester, determined to pass my language requirement. I am pleased that I focused on it this during my first year, because I was quite stressed about the requirement, and by spring break I had passed both the written and oral exams. I decided to try out some different classes at Fletcher, and found myself learning about technology for development, and loving the topic. Both the marketing class and Prof. Wilson's Microfinance class were outside of my comfort zone. They were both probably the most interesting and practical classes I have taken at Fletcher. My Development Economics and Impact Evaluation classes helped me complete my Development Economics requirements. I also spent the semester applying for internships for the summer. In the end everything came together, I finished my first year at Fletcher, and spent my summer interning with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Northern Ghana.
Summer Internship
Innovations for Poverty Action, Tamale, Ghana
I was keen to use my summer to gain more field experience, and I really wanted to work on a research project. After taking Econometrics and Impact Evaluation in my first year, applying to IPA seemed like a natural choice. My offer from IPA came through on the day of my last exam, right before I flew home to Australia for a couple of weeks of R&R. I then spent about 2.5 months with IPA in Ghana. It was great from the perspective of allowing me to further develop skills and knowledge I had gained in my first year at Fletcher. It was also useful from the perspective that I was able to rule out impact evaluation as a future career choice. This allowed me to refocus my second year at Fletcher in a different direction.
Semester Three
- Processes of International Negotiation
- Microeconomics
- Managing Operations in Global Companies: How the World's Best Companies Operate (1/2 credit)
- International Economic Policy Analysis (audited)
- Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (Harvard Kennedy School)
I returned to Fletcher with some new goals. I decided to go back to basics a little bit, so I took Microeconomics, which I loved, as Prof. Tanaka included a lot of very practical applications. I also took Processes of International Negotiation, which fulfilled my DHP requirement. I wasn't super keen on taking this class, but I ended up really enjoying it, and continued on to make this one of my Fields of Study, fulfilling the other requirements in my last semester. Because I had always been interested in logistics and business operations, I decided to take Managing Operations. It was fast and furious, and I learned a lot really quickly and enjoyed the business focus. I also decided to finally take the opportunity to cross-register at Harvard. I really wanted to take a management or leadership class, and ended up in Exercising Leadership. It was a great experience, as the class was all about personal leadership failures. I enjoyed getting off the Tufts campus two days a week and exploring Harvard Square some more. I also worked as a Research Assistant at the Feinstein Center, which was almost like taking another class, as I worked 10 hours each week on a research project. I really enjoyed this experience; I learned some important skills and became a better researcher.
Semester Four
- Leadership on the Line (Harvard Kennedy School January term)
- Negotiation and Mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Engaging Human Security: Sudan and South Sudan
- Seminar on Program Monitoring and Evaluation (Friedman School of Nutrition)
My parents came to visit over winter break, and it was great to show them a little of the country I have called home the last two years. I left my parents a few days early, because I was enrolled to take a J-term class at Harvard. This was a follow-on to the leadership class I took in the fall. It was a fantastic experience, however J-term classes do cut into the first week of the Fletcher schedule, which makes it a more stressful start to the semester. But after attending classes full time for two weeks, and a final paper, I was done, and able to take three classes the rest of the semester. Again, I worked as a research assistant for the Feinstein Center, and served on the Admissions Committee, so I was glad to be taking a lighter course load.
I decided that, given I had finished most of my requirements and completed the economics classes I had wanted to take, I would select classes that interested me on a more personal level. This led me to take the Israel-Palestine negotiations class. This has definitely been the most interesting class I have taken at Fletcher. Prof. Rouhana had a guest speaker involved in the negotiations almost every week. We were then invited to dinners with the guest speakers, and it was a fabulous opportunity to engage in study of the conflict in a really focused way. I also decided to take the opportunity to take a class with Prof. Mazurana and Prof. de Waal on Human Security in Sudan and South Sudan. This was a great way to bring together a lot of what I had learned at Fletcher and also fill some gaps in my knowledge. I also cross-registered at the Friedman School to take their M&E class. It was fun to spend a day a week at Tufts Boston campus, particularly as the weather got nicer and I could walk through the Boston Common on my way to class. I decided that I would work on my thesis over the summer, building on the final paper I am writing for the Sudan class, while I look for work.
As I wrap up my two years at Fletcher and begin my search for my next job, I can honestly say that the diversity of classes I have taken here has allowed me great flexibility in the type of roles I am able to apply for. That, as well as access to other schools in the area, is why I have enjoyed the Fletcher curriculum so much.
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The farewells begin
By Jessica Daniels On May 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Our Alumni, Our Students
Last Thursday, we hosted our Admissions interns for an end-of-year lunch. For two, it's only farewell until September. For three of the interns, it was a more final goodbye. We'll see them at Commencement, of course, but after that they are all off to do good things in the world.
This week, the pace of farewells accelerates. When not busy having a great time with classmates, students will stop in to say goodbye. One first-year dropped off plants that I will be plant-sitting for the summer. Others just want to touch base before they leave. Honestly, while I'm always proud to have played the tiniest of roles in launching students in their new careers, the dominant emotion is wistfulness. And not only because it's a little lonely for us staffers in the summer.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of recruiting writers for the Five-Year Updates and First-Year Alumni posts has been reconnecting with old pals. It was so nice to correspond with Jelana and Ivette, for example — friends from when they spent lots of time in the Admissions Office. And I recently received an invitation to an alum's wedding in Tunisia. That is, once students leave the campus, we can still create opportunities to remain in touch. I can feel happy about their graduation, knowing that it isn't the end of our contact with each other.
Earlier this semester, via the Social List, a PhD student who previously completed the MALD degree revived a several-year tradition wherein students reframe the title of their thesis in the form of a haiku. Unfamiliar with this poetry form? In its most basic, the haiku requires three lines of seven, five, and seven syllables. Perhaps these thesis haikus (or thes-kus) don't quite reach the pinnacle of haiku achievement, but they certainly frame the thesis topics well. I tried not to pick among them and just harvested as many as I could off the Social List messages.
The Thesis Haikus
Thesis/haiku title: "Trends in youth political engagement during Tunisia's democratic transition, 2010-2014″
We did it our way
And then we tried it their way
Neither really work.
Thesis/haiku title: "Culture and Women's Rights: CEDAW Article 5(a) Implementation in West Africa"
Women get the shaft
Laws are trying to fix this
Culture makes it hard
"The New Frontier of development: how securitization and risk spreading in the microfinance industry can benefit development and the private sector"
Nervous investors
Development won't hurt you
Try it, it's awesome
"The 2014 Tunisian electoral system: implications of a semi-presidential system on the nascent democracy"
Tunisia has a new regime!
Lots of new rules
Awesome! Or is it?
"The Drivers of Russia's Course: Russian Foreign Policy and Putin's Fear of Revolution"
Putin is afraid
of color revolutions
and blames the U.S.
"The Evolution of Head of State Immunity for International Crimes"
Gotta extradite!
personal immunity?
Oh, never mind then.
"Beyond Isolation: Moving Past the Refugee Camp and Connecting to Home"
War and disaster
A mobile phone for the road
Connecting with home
"Food Security, Monoculture, and the Black Box: Impact and Causal Mechanisms of the Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting, and Hillside Irrigation Program in Rwanda"
Dudes ate better food
Why do we see these results?
Probably compost
"The effect of sector-specific tax incentives on Brazilian FDI inflows"
People hate taxes.
Wait, isn't that obvious?
Yup. That's my capstone…
"Russia's invasion of Crimea: effects on energy geopolitics in the Caucasus and the Central Asia"
Putin hits, EU watches
Right in the middle Ukraine falls
In the end, energy talks
"Commercializing Cassava: A Case Study of SABMiller's South Sudan Supply Chain"
Beer is real tasty
And farmers might make mo' cash
Oh wait, there's a war
"Migration by Choice, Not Necessity? Shifts in the Migration and Development Discourse since 2007"
If not migrant rights,
What are you really talking about?
Cue awkward silence.
"Advocating for Security Sector Reform in the Review of Peace Operations: Strategy and Analysis for United Nations Security Sector Reform Practitioners"
Not merely bullets
Governance and ownership
Listen, Ban Ki-moon
"How to Evaluate Non-State Actors for Political and Military Partnerships in Irregular Conflicts: A Case Study of the Free Syrian Army"
Wars get ugly quick.
Something called HUMINT.
Next time, read a history book.
"The new European Commission: institutional and political capacities to relaunch the European economy."
New leaders – new will?
Or promises don't bind?
Merkel will decide.
"A comparative analysis of transnational criminal groups in Latin America: Mexican drug cartels and Salvadoran gangs — an overview of trends and responses"
Both are really bad
Monkey see, monkey do… eek!
Governments are slow
"Progress, Opportunity, Prosperity? A Case Study of the Digitization of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Mexico"
Cash money real nice
Digital road less traveled
Change is really hard
"Philippine Department Of Tourism: A Case Study Destination Branding Through "It's More Fun In The Philippines"
Manila Thrill-ah
Islands, Beaches, FDI
And lots of traffic…
"Drivers of conflict around hydropower development in the Brazilian Amazon: from Tucurui to Tapajos"
It's all about trust
If you screw me I screw you
As simple as that
"Navigating Nairobi: A Case Study of Digital Innovation in the Transport and Logistics Sector in Kenya"
Bus, car, bike, walk…stay?
Phone and internet, oh yay!
Twende o twende
(Twende = "let's go" in Swahili)
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Tattoo Artist, Kat Von D, was seen at the opening of the new nightclub, Trousdale, in West Hollywood, California. She was wearing Hudson's limited edition Union Jack jeans in Jagger. These were last spotted on Supermodel Elle Macpherson. Who do you think wore it better Kat or Elle? I think these jeans suit both of them well, considering they have completely different styles. Buy these jeans here at RevolveClothing.
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Lynne Spears in True Religion
Like Mother, Like Daughter. Here is Britney Spears out with her Mom, Lynne Spears who is wearing one of Britney's favorite denim brands, True Religion. Lynne has been spotted in the past in another pair of True Religion and honestly I think they look pretty good on her. She picks a good cut for herself (straight leg) and she is looking more like a "hip" Mom here than last time.
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Fresh from the Oscars, Charlize Theron heads back to Paris. She looked causal in a pair of cute jeans. She wore Current/Elliott Skinny jeans in Antique Stretch. Despite her Oscar dress criticism, she always looks so chic! Buy these jeans here at Revolve.
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Ratings based on 63 Verified Reviews
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for Business Travelersby Brian from Buffalo Grove, IL
Nice for businessPosted Feb 9, 2015 on Hotels
Friendly check-in but my room smelled of cigarette smoke. Breakfast was typical with a good selection of hot and cold items.
for Personal Eventby A verified traveler
Clean & spacious, but could be better.Posted Jan 18, 2015 on Hotels
Horrible weather conditions resulted in my stay here last minute. The rooms are big and spacious as well as maintained. Breakfast was good. The bed is firm and not very comfortable. The heater took over 2 hrs to heat the room. Request a room on the opposite side of the expressway if you are a light sleeper. I do not understand why they would not install soundproof windows.
for Familiesby Christine from Kalamazoo
Great Family Get-Away!Posted Jan 13, 2015 on Hotels
We really enjoyed our stay. The hotel is clean and nicely decorated. The breakfast was even good! The staff were friendly and helpful, even with a hotel full of soggy, squealing kids. It wasn't super cheap, but it was worth it for a quick stay-cation.
for Familiesby Vickie from Iowa
very clean but the stay does not include the slidePosted Dec 28, 2014 on Hotels
We had a wonderful stay there but I think you should make it a little more plain that the water slides are not included in the price as it is part of the pool. I think that was quite confusing as who can use the pool and not the slides. Everything else was nice and clean which is something that I really appreciate.
for Familiesby John from Colorado Springs, CO
Nice place for our holiday stay.Posted Nov 30, 2014 on Hotels
Stayed here during the holidays. Staff was nice and the hotel was newly remodeled. It would have been nice to know that the water park in the hotel had limited access during the week with full access on the weekends.
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Posted Oct 21, 2014
the water park wasn't part of our package, since it wasn't booked directly with them that was another 50 a room. coffee pot in room wasn't all there couldn't use the hot tub out of order. Won't stay there again.
for Personal Eventby Paul
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for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Parker, Colorado
Amazing indoor pool/water parkPosted Jul 2, 2014
Our children (3 and 7) loved the indoor pool/water park/lazy river. We were the first there in the morning after pulling in late so the water sprayers weren't on yet. Staff agreed to leave them off until others came so our children could play without being sprayed or scared. It was AWESOME. Other younger children came and appreciated the sprayers being off. By the time older kids came and the water was turned on, our children were comfortable enough to try and enjoy the water spray area. Thank you for GREAT customer service.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from west Burlington
Very clean and friendlyPosted Jun 27, 2014
We would stay there again. Great water park right there as well.
for Couplesby A verified traveler
Good hotel that is close to a barn wedding venuePosted Jun 1, 2014
Pros: Nice staff and very receptive to our needs.
Cons: Had a plugged up toilet, but they remedied it very quickly.
Location: Waterpark inside the hotel, but we did not get a chance to try it out.
They allowed the wedding party to congregate in the nice wide open reception area before the wedding after rehersal and after the wedding without any hassle. Wedding was at a nearby barn called MillCreek.


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Coons, John William Clune III, and Stephen Sugarman, 1970 Private Wealth and Public Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
Gold, Steven, David Smith, Stephen Lawton, and Andrea C. Hyary , 1992. Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada, 1990-91. Albany, NY: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Hanushek, Eric, 1986. "The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools". Journal of Economic Literature 24 (September) 1141-1177
Ladd, Helen and John Yinger, 1991. America's Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health and the Design of Urban Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Monk, David, 1990. Educational Finance: An Economic Approach New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Odden, Allan and Lawrence Picus, 1992. School Finance: A Policy Perspective. New York: McGraw-Hill
San Antonio Independent School System v. Rodriquez, 1973. 411 U.S. 1
Serrano v. Priest, 1971. 487 P2d 1241
Strayer, George and Robert Haig, 1923. The Financing of Education in the State of New York. New York: McMillan.
EFFECTIVENESS. The assessment of policy or program outcomes against stated goals or objectives.
Effectiveness, either singly or in association mainly with efficiency, has long been a goal of public management. Under the traditional model of public administration, effectiveness was understood to refer to the achievement of formal goals, in the sense getting "the right things done" ( Drucker 1967). As public management has undergone a major reform process, or as some would have it a reinvention, in the U.S., the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and elsewhere in the 1980s and 1990s, effectiveness has become increasingly associated with a focus upon the quality of outcomes ( Pollitt 1993).
In this regard, effectiveness is one of a number of performance criteria-which include efficiency and economy-applied to public management. Of these, effectiveness-with its emphasis on the quality of outcomes and links to performance measurement and performance monitoring-is now the preeminent yardstick by which public management is judged. However, it is far more difficult to assess the effectiveness of an agency or one of its programs than it is its economy or efficiency. The chief reason is that effectiveness is essentially a qualitative judgment, whereas efficiency and economy involve quantitative assessments.
Because qualitative judgements are seen as subjective, necessarily imprecise, and thus not always defensible in a political context, the trend within public management has been for effectiveness to be assessed on the basis of tangible or measurable outcomes against clearly articulated goals and performance indicators. As with other aspects of the new public management, this trend has its critics.
For example, it is argued that attempting to "measure" effectiveness is incompatible with the intangible nature of much of the work of government, such as human services (which are the predominant domain of government) and the provision of policy advice. To rely upon a statistics or data-based methodology in fields such as these may lead to misleading or even incorrect conclusions regarding effectiveness and to a decline in the overall quality of public management itself. This latter concern arises from the view that what is measured is what is inevitably valued and rewarded. What is not measured may be devalued and left to deteriorate or cease altogether, with potentially serious consequences for the effectiveness of a service.
Critics also claim that the pressure to use measurement-based techniques in public management has tended to blur in practice the distinction between efficiency and effectiveness. This is because performance indicators are focused in the main on measuring efficiency, which is the easier of the two to measure. The result, it is said, is that efficiency is measured at the expense of effectiveness and that fundamental issues relating to effectiveness have been marginalized ( Pollitt 1993).
Thus, although efficiency and effectiveness are by no means mutually exclusive, they are not always compatible. As Drucker ( 1988) has observed, "even the most efficient business cannot survive, let alone succeed, if it is efficient at doing the wrong things, that is, if it lacks effectiveness" (p. 44).
Drucker, Peter, 1967. The Effective Executive. London, UK: Heinemann.
--, 1988. Management. Rev. ed. Oxford, UK: ButterworthHeinemann.
Pollitt, Christopher, 1993. Managerialism and the Public Services. 2d ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
EFFICIENCY. The measurement of the inputs, or resources, required to produce, or achieve, a unit of output.
Under the traditional model of public managementwhich melded the key recommendations of the British Northcote-Trevelyan Report( 1854) with the principles of bureaucratic organization espoused by the German sociologist and economist Max Weber and the U.S. political scientist Woodrow Wilson's theory of the dichotomy of policy and administration in government-efficiency was viewed narrowly in terms of an acceptable level of administrative performance. A public agency that in a technical sense operated smoothly, made few if any errors (thus minimizing political flak or fallout), and kept within its budgetary limits was considered to be a model of efficiency.
However, in the second half of the twentieth century the traditional model of public management has been consistently criticized on the grounds of unacceptably low levels of efficiency. According to these critiques, spending by


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Sometimes, it feels as if we are eavesdropping on day-to-day conversations rather than just hearing the usual litany of platitudes and regrets.
Sometimes, it feels as if we are eavesdropping on day-to-day conversations rather than just hearing the usual litany of platitudes and regrets.
"Stray Dog" largely succeeds because Granik's technique complements her subject. Both he and the film are modest in their goals and cherish the value of…
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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Nick Allen picks one of his favorite Roger reviews.
An excerpt of Tony Fitzpatrick's column, "Dime Stories," which has its first published compilation in stores this month.
Nick Allen picks one of his favorite Roger reviews.
An excerpt of Tony Fitzpatrick's column, "Dime Stories," which has its first published compilation in stores this month.
A review of Han Gong-ju from a Far Flung Correspondent.
An FFC responds to Kyle Smith's assertion that women can't enjoy GoodFellas.
America takes on Trump; "St. Elmo's Fire" turns 30; Music in Sofia Coppola's films; Chat with "Vampire Diaries" DP Darren Ganet; R.I.P. Brian Clark.
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Even Robert Mitchum seems defeated by the great weight of "Villa Rides."
His voice, usually rich with a kind of drawling irony, is flat and tired. His face is weary. He wanders through his part in a white shirt with a button-down collar, just the thing for the Mexican Revolution.
Yul Brynner has grown or rented hair for the role of Pancho Villa and plays it with a certain energy. But the political implications of the Mexican Revolution are never quite brought to the surface, and what we are given instead is a pretty cut-and-dried story of Mitchum as the gunrunner and Brynner as the dashing revolutionary.
This is usually the case when Hollywood considers revolutions (and it will be interesting to see how Omar Sharif handles the title role in the upcoming film "Che!," (1969)). The political questions involved are shuffled into the background in embarrassment, and the whole war becomes a Wild West shooting match between two identical sides.
This contrast became particularly apparent to me after seeing "The Battle of Algiers," which handles the Algerian War with fierce honesty. By contrast, Hollywood's "The Lost Command" completely ignored the issues and cast Anthony Quinn as a Frenchman who wins the war despite historical fact.
"Villa Rides" is another exercise of this sort. You would think an interesting picture could be made about Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution, a subject most Americans know next to nothing about. But we learn nothing except that Pancho was a romantic fellow who had a mustache and liked to have people lined up three in a row and killed with one bullet. (That scene, incidentally, got a big laugh.)
Frankly, this kind of movie is beginning to get to me. You can enjoy one, maybe, or two. Or you can enjoy a particularly well done shoot-em-up. But the Loop has been filled with one action-adventure after another for the last month, and if "Villa Rides" is not the worst, it is certainly not the best. If you like to see desperadoes galloping over the ridge to attack a troop train, while Robert Mitchum lights bombs with his cigar and drops them on the Yankees, "Villa Rides" is for you. But are you sure that's what you want to see? Again?
A rebuttal to Joni Edelman's piece on "Inside Out."
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Guns N' Roses' Dizzy Reed Reveals Band Will Take Time Off, Details Progress on New Album
Guns N' Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed has just shared a double dose of important band news.
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Axl Rose's former personal manager believes a reunion of the classic Guns N' Roses lineup will take place in the next two years.
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Duff McKagan played a full concert with Guns N' Roses on May 31 in Las Vegas.
In a new interview, Axl Rose discusses two potential albums the band could release.
Axl Rose speaks on the possibility of a lot of new music coming from Guns N' Roses.
The timing of such a departure, as GNR begins a new Las Vegas residency, would have been shocking.
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'College football coaches' category stumps Jeopardy contestants
College football made an appearance as a category on Jeopardy this week, but as the round played out it was avoided by the three contestants. The five clues -- all college football coaches -- asked for a university as the answer, and when the other clues had been picked Alex Trebek forced the group to face the pigskin.
Amy got Notre Dame as Knute Rockne's school and successfully tied Tom Osborne to Nebraska, but Urban Meyer and the Michigan helmet were not recognized by any of the contestants. Emily whiffed on getting Texas as Mack Brown's school -- she said Auburn, and Clay (the contestant on the far left) decided to sit this category out.
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