Baylor Model United Nations Team traveled to Japan over Thanksgiving break to compete in an international conference. Before the conference began, the team learned about Japanese culture and history, visiting Hiroshima and Kyoto. The NMUN-Japan conference was hosted by Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in Kobe, Japan. Two of the seven delegates, Chris and […]
Continue reading →Outstanding Delegation Representing Qatar On April 9-15, sixteen members of Baylor’s Model United Nations team traveled to New York to participate in the National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN-NY), marking the first in-person conference for the team in New York since 2019. Baylor’s team represented Qatar in eight committees simulating the work of the United […]
Continue reading →Hearty congratulations to Veronica Penales on winning a Truman Scholarship! The Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 toward graduate education to one student from each state. This is the first Truman awarded to a Baylor student in 15 years. This is an excerpt from Baylor’s press release: Baylor student Veronica Bonifacio Penales, a senior international studies and professional […]
Continue reading →Our 2022 graduates have been through a lot. Their freshman or sophomore year the pandemic hit and classes suddenly switched to emergency online teaching. Many of these students saw their plans to study abroad fall through again and again. Their internships became remote internships more often than not. Through it all, they have showed grace […]
Continue reading →Have you been wondering how to find work in the field of international studies that uses your talents and gives you joy? Are you wondering if graduate school is right for you? Do you want to build up your network of contacts with Baylor alumni who majored in international studies? Do you want to make […]
Continue reading →by Isabelle Zgorzelski In the middle of my second year at Baylor University, I knew I wanted to become more involved within my academics. I was an avid supporter of taking around sixteen to eighteen hours in academic courses among having both a double major and a double minor, but I wanted to dive deeper […]
Continue reading →by Emmy Frigo Talking with Sarah Yocum (’21) about her experience as an IST major and a student athlete (in track and field), she explained how she incorporates both International Studies and her sport into her post-graduate plans. Advantage-wise, Sarah says that because student athletes receive special tutoring, she is better able to understand classes […]
Continue reading →by Emmy Frigo Meredith Pratt (’21) is an international studies alumna who spent a summer in Italy on the Baylor in Tuscany study abroad program. Her experience there has helped form her future career choices, and Baylor’s study abroad availability and prowess actually helped her make the choice to come to Baylor in the first […]
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Each year the International Studies faculty vote to select two outstanding students to recognize at the Academic Convocation in the spring. This year, Leah Ash and Lauren McLane were the students who were selected for this honor. They were recognized at the Twenty-Ninth Annual J. Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Convocation on Friday, April […]
Continue reading →by Emmy Frigo Erin Hudgins has many feathers in her cap. She is the first Baylor student to double major in public health and international studies, she is the president of Sigma Iota Rho, and she has already committed to Northeastern University for law school and a master’s in public health for the Fall of […]
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