Why did you decide to apply to graduate school? There were two main reasons as to why I decided to apply to graduate school. One, I want to build on my international studies knowledge to help further my career. Many of the career options that interest me require either several years of related work experience […]
Continue reading →Alexa Rollow became an International Studies major because of its flexibility to study other concepts connected to the major. She has an interest in history, economics, business, languages, and ultimately religion. At first, she was unsure how all of these interests would lead her to her next steps after undergraduate school, but she found that […]
Continue reading →Interview by Isabelle Zgorzelski Youshay Rizvi has grown up seeing the world from multiple perspectives. Youshay is a proud first generation American whose parents immigrated from Pakistan to the United States in the 1990s. While growing up, Youshay also had the opportunity to travel and live around the world due to his parents’ work in […]
Continue reading →Minors are a good way to add some tools to your toolbox for life after Baylor. In choosing a minor, think about the skill sets you will need for your chosen career. I have been surveying International Studies alumni about the way they use their IST training in their careers. I ask about skill sets […]
Continue reading →Josie Sawyer had to make a choice between two internships in Washington, D.C. this semester, one with the Embassy of Jordan and one with U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. After many pros and cons lists and long discussions with the directors of the Baylor in Washington D.C. Program, she decided to intern for the […]
Continue reading →The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee is a bi-partisan committee focusing on how world events are affecting the United States.
Continue reading →Interview by Isabelle Zgorzelski Talking with Clay Parham about his experience studying IST, he explains how he has always had in interest in international studies since high school. Upon starting his undergraduate degree at Baylor University, it was the courses he took in high school that encouraged him to choose this major. Parham graduated […]
Continue reading →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 […]
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