Info Session: Student Professional Development Fund
The Clements Center awards funds to undergraduate and graduate students who secure unpaid internships in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Please join us on April 19th, in the Texas Governors’ Room UNB 3.116 at 12:00pm, for an information session on our Student Professional Development Fund. Associate Director Paul Miller will be there to answer any questions you might have about the application process, requirements, and funding. Applications for Summer 2017 funding are due April 24th, by midnight.
Democracy and Human Rights in US Foreign Policy
Please join the Clements Center on Thursday, April 20, at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122, for a talk on “Democracy and Human Rights in US Foreign Policy” with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Ms. Bibbins Sedaca has held numerous positions in the public and non-governmental sectors in the United States and Ecuador. She served for ten years in the United States Department of State, working on democracy promotion, human rights, human trafficking, religious freedom, refugees, and counterterrorism.
Call for Papers- 2017 “Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project announces the third annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash prize of $5000, with two semifinalists each receiving a cash prize of $2500. This competition is open to unpublished work by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in degree programs at accredited U.S. higher education institutions during the 2016-17 academic year. The deadline for submitting papers is June 30, 2017.