LTG James M. Dubik (U.S. Army, Ret.), a Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), currently conducts research, writes, and briefs on behalf of the Institute and is the 2013 General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership, shared by the Army War College, Dickinson College, and Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs. General Dubik will be teaching a cross-listed course in Political Science/International Studies on Monday afternoons in the spring semester of 2013. The course is titled "War: What's Justified and What's Not?

Course Description:  War is one of the most consequential acts a nation can undertake; it involves life and death decisions and permanently alters individual lives as well as the lives of political communities.  This course will discuss the basics of modern just war theory and use the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and against Al Qaeda and their affilates to challenge some of the tenents of that theory.

Professor Michael Fratantuono hosted a special diplomatic guest, You Shaozhong, minister counsellor for education affairs in the Office of Educational Affairs of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States to Dickinson College on May 2, 2011. Read full story below.

http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/features/2010-11/Strengthening-Connections-with-China/ 

International Studies student Patrick May 11' spent 10 weeks last summer interning at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. Rest of the article: 

http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/publications/extra-features/2010-11/Dynamic-Summer/ 

International Studies alumni Nalylee Padilla '09 works at Oceana, the world’s largest international marine-conservation organization.

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Elizabeth Chegezy '05 majored in both IS and Spanish.  After graduation she applied and was accepted to the Monterey Institute of International Studies.  In Fall 2005 she enrolled in their Graduate School for Translation and Interpretation to pursue a two-year MA in Spanish Translation and Interpretation.  Elizabeth completed the rigorous first year of the program from 2005-2006, then studied abroad in Granada, Spain for a year.  While in Granada, she studied Spanish Translation and Interpretation at the Universidad de Granada, did self-guided study and provided English-language tutoring services.  She then returned to Monterey to complete her MA.  In May 2008, she graduated from the Monterey Institute and relocated back to her native Pennsylvania.  She now resides in Philadelphia, where she is a full-time freelance Spanish Translator and Interpreter.  She works in local hospitals, the state court system, for private clients and is a contract interpreter for the State Department.

Professor Edward Webb, Assistant Professor Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College has been asked to serve on the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Advisory Board for 2009-2011.  The Advisory Board's purpose will be to provide strategic advice for the organization.  Members serving on the Advisory Board will have a direct, positive impact on the advancement of liberal education.  Congratulations, Professor Webb!!