Practicums for Fall 2006

Practicum in International Affairs Teams, Clients and Projects

Please click on below project titles for explanation of each project.

 

Awareness on Development Inequalities

Organization: Foundation for Sustainable Development (FUNDESO)
Team: Heather Higle
Summary: Student compiled an Annual Activities Report for FUNDESO, analyzing a breakdown of their projects, as well as the many agreements that exist between FUNDESO and international donors and NGOs.

Community-Based Refugee Organizations

Organization: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Team: Danielle Rosario-Mullen, Kim Hafner
Summary: Student worked with the International Rescue Committee to work with refugee organizations to draft an outline of a trip report before and after the trips, and worked with refugee organizations to organize a presentation of the trip results to refugee communities.

E-commerce for the Women's Sewing Cooperative

Organization: East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children
Team: Samantha Silva, Kate Crowley
Summary: Students were tasked with developing the content for an ecommerce site that would bring added income to the East African Commission, the women of the producers group, and to the Vutakaka Center programs.

Weighing the Evidence

Organization: Human Rights Watch
Team: Julie Wilkinson, Sri Peddu, Nina Arron
Summary: Students conducted background research, primary interviews and International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia trial transcript analysis for Human Rights Watch.