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UPCOMING EPD & OTHER EVENTS

(Virtual) Lunch with Professor Series: Maxine Weisgrau
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Click HERE to register. Zoom link

This is a golden opportunity for all students to get to know our Professors at SIPA! Learn about their background and career and ask them any questions you have!

Prof. Weisgrau teaches (INAF U8785) Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy & Practice in the Spring semester. She received her PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1993. She has conducted fieldwork research in Rajasthan, India since the late 1980s, studying nongovernmental organizations and rural development programs in villages in and around the Udaipur District. Her teaching areas at SIPA include gender, development, and political participation. Professor Weisgrau teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses at Barnard, Columbia, NYU and The New School focusing on gender, development, reproduction, tourism, and cultural anthropology.

Journal of International Affairs Issue Launch: Politics of Protest | Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | SAVE THE DATE
Celebrate the launch of the latest issue of the Journal of International Affairs, Politics of Protest. The Journal is the oldest student-run peer-reviewed academic journal in the field, publishing single-theme issues since 1947. The latest focuses on the dynamics behind the global protest wave in 2019 and the shockwaves continuing to the present. Academics, protest leaders, and students are featured. The Journal's editorial board will host a discussion with contributors including Jonathan Pinckney, Thanassis Cambanis, and Roberta Rice, moderated by Sarah Lockwood. The issue features special contributions on international pro-democracy coalitions from a senior U.S. legislator and a Hong Kong political movement leader.


COVID-19: Policymaking in the Throes of a Global Crisis | Every Wednesday, 1-2 PM

An online seminar co-sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs, the Earth Institute, and the Mailman School of Public Health. For more information on this online seminar series CLICK HERE. September 23rd seminar: “COVID-19 Vaccines in a Time of Anti-Science featuring Peter Hotez, University Professor, Baylor University. To join CLICK HERE to register.

Latin America’s Recovery after the COVID Crisis: Economic, Social and Political Dimensions
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | 6-7 PM
Click HERE to register and receive Zoom link

Join José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director of the EPD Concentration at SIPA; Member of the Committee on Global Thought; Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University; and the Chair of the Committee for Development Policy; Vicky Murillo, Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and Miguel Urquiola, Chair and Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in a discussion on way lies ahead for the Latin American continent, amidst the pandemic-induced crisis, particularly in the political, economic, and social context.
 

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OCS EMPLOYER SESSIONS

Catholic Relief Services International Development Fellows Program
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2020 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Zoom
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES  Seeks diverse and aligned candidates, and welcome people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Zoom
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. Our goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being for all. We draw on almost 60 years of experience and insights to better prepare the world of tomorrow. Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. The OECD will be discussing the entry points into the organization: The Young Associates Program (YPP), the Internship Program, and full-time employment.


U.S. Department of State 
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Presentation will include:
Overview of State Department Foreign Service career tracks (generalist and specialist) and our hiring process, including details about the written and oral assessment procedures. Information on full-time, career employment and additional information regarding internship and fellowship opportunities with the U.S. Department of State.


Career Chat with David Abrahamson | Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Join us for our annual Recruiting Happy Hour, this year we’ll be hosting it virtually. Learn more about our global consulting practice from our Synpulse team - this is an opportunity to engage with our firm in a more relaxed way, prior to the formal interview process. Ask our consultants about their project experiences and learn more about what Synpulse can offer you as a new joiner! Join us for an evening of networking over virtual happy hour!


Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Supervision Group 
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM | Zoom |
THIS IS AN EXTERNAL HOSTED EVENT. 
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO JOIN THIS EVENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO NOW HERE
The New York Fed presents its October 'Spotlight' Webinar Series The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will be hosting Spotlight Webinars during the month of October. The webinars will be for undergraduate and graduate students.
It will provide students with: 
A view of the Federal Reserve System's core mission and responsibilities
Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students
Key recruitment information for applying to our 2021 Summer Analysts and Associate Programs
 

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JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Check out this week's OCS New Job and Internship Opportunities CLICK HERE and Upcoming Deadlines for Jobs and Internship Application CLICK HERE


Exciting New Opportunities with the Patrick J McGovern Foundation

A global, 21st century philanthropy, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is committed to bridging the frontiers of artificial intelligence, data science, and social impact.
 

• Program Associate — We're planning to hire two generalist program associates to support our strategy team
• Executive Assistant — Great role for someone who is interested in entering philanthropy / learning more about our field. 
• Strategist, Technology and Society — we're hoping to hire two of these folks. They'll play a program-officer-like role, but on a more collaborative strategy team. We're hoping to find one person who's more of a generalist focused on tech and society, and another person who is deeper on technology and health
• Communications Specialist — project manager for our comms function
• Director of Technology, Society and Ethics — Senior thought partner role focused on building the foundation's strategy and intellectual platform
• Director of People and Talent — Generalist people leader to help grow our team well, build culture, and establish strong people practices

 

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CAREER RESOURCES

EPD Recruitment Orientation (Session's Recording and Slides)
If you missed the EPD Recruitment Orientation Session organized by the Office of Career Service (OCS) on Monday 9/14, we got you covered! CLICK HERE to access the presentation slides, and CLICK HERE to watch the recording of the event.

SIPA Career Website & Resources
Check out great career development resources for students that can be found on SIPA Career Resources Website.

Factsheets on Career Development - Tips for international students and on connecting with alumni, interviewing, networking, PMF information, writing resumes and cover letters and other career development topics.

Career Overview Factsheet - Information, sample employers, and online resources for a variety of fields and industries

Sector-Specific Fact Sheets - Lists of employers by industry or field, organizational charts, and information on IFC and World Bank internship programs and YPPs.

Check out other resources in the website to get access to general career fact sheets, career overviews, PMF information, lists of employers by sector, tips for international students, and sample resumes and cover letters, as well as online databases, paid subscriptions, and the OCS Weekly News e-newsletter.
 

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS

Gergana Tsvetanova is a second-year MIA student concentrating in EPD and specializing in Gender and Public Policy and DAQA. She is originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. Gergana is very passionate about gender and data. Prior to SIPA, she worked for the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law team where she researched legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Her research focused primarily on restrictions to women’s work, workplace protections for women and leave policies. Over the summer, Gergana had the opportunity to do a remote internship with the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation team where she supported two impact evaluations of edutainment interventions – one in India and one in Mexico. Gergana holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Bath. As you can probably tell from her Instagram stories, she is a foodie and her favorite cuisine is Italian. Gergana also loves sports and is looking forward to skiing in the winter. 
 

Sanarya Al-Shalal is a first-year MPA student with an EPD concentration. Sanarya is proud to embody Iraq’s diverse ethnic charm with both Kurdish and Iraqi heritages. She is fluent in both Arabic and Kurdish. After the 2003 war, her family moved to Canada where she attended high school and completed her undergraduate education in Economics from Queen’s University. After graduation, Sanarya was adamant to use her education and privilege in building back her homeland. For the last three years, Sanarya has lived between Erbil, Iraq and Beirut, Lebanon working at a boutique consulting firm tasked with assisting the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in transforming its most vital institutions, from Customs to the Ministry of Finance and Economy, into more robust and effective organizations. Sanarya worked on KRG’s fiscal management, building the first comprehensive customs statistics in the KRG, budget preparations and negotiations with the central government, and policy analysis for various ministers. Post-SIPA, she hopes to be a change agent serving both MENA region’s economic and social challenges as well as her adopted homeland, but she thinks they’ll be okay. Sanarya had a great time breaking gender barriers in Erbil; quite literally pulling chairs and fitting herself into the same table as the men, for example.

Outside of SIPA and work, Sanarya loves horse riding, hearing people’s life stories and heritages, and twitter. Please feel free to reach out to her through email or social media! 
 

(Reach out to us if you'd like to be featured in the next newsletter!)

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PICK OF THE WEEK

This week's featured movie: No Man's Land (2001)

Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival 2001, No Man's Land is a 2001 Bosnian war film that is set in the midst of the Bosnian War. After various skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, one Bosniak and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man's land between their lines. They wait for dark, trading insults and even finding some common ground; sometimes one has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can't move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. Superbly written and directed, "No Man's Land" deals with a complicated subject with stinging humor and great moments of drama.

Watch the trailer HERE, Rent/Buy the movie HERE. 


This week's featured book: Farewell Kabul

From the award-winning co-author of ‘I Am Malala’, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong?

‘Farewell Kabul’ tells how the West turned success into defeat in the longest war fought by the United States in its history and by Britain since the Hundred Years War. It is the story of well-intentioned men and women going into a place they did not understand at all. And how, what had once been the right thing to do had become a conflict that everyone wanted to exit. It has been a fiasco which has left Afghanistan still one of the poorest and most dangerous nations on earth.

The leading journalist on the region with unparalleled access to all key decision makers, Christina Lamb is the best-selling author of ‘The Africa House’ and ‘I Am Malala’, co-authored with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. This revelatory and personal account is her final analysis of the realities of Afghanistan, told unlike anyone before

Available on Amazon 

(We would love to hear your recommendations! Let us know what you have watched/read/listened to recently so we can feature them in the next newsletter!)

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EPD OFFICE HOURS

José Antonio Ocampo, EPD Co-Director
Sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/officehours-ocampo

Jenny McGill, EPD Co-Director and Workshop Director
Sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/mcgill-oh

Ilona Vinklerova, EPD Manager
Sign up online: https://sipa.campusgroups.com/meetings/1060915/IlonaOfficeHours
Wednesday OH are held at SIPA. 

Séléna Batchily, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at ssb2200@columbia.edu

Saiful Salihudin, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at sas2409@columbia.edu