Spring 2023 State & Hill | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

International policy education

State & Hill, spring 2023
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Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Happy spring from Ann Arbor!

This edition of State & Hill focuses on the growth in the international policy experiences we offer our students. Students have more options than ever before to tailor their experience at the Ford School and prepare for careers in international policy.

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A dynamic hub

International policy engagement grows here

The Ford School's two internationally-focused research centers have made the U-M a dynamic hub for engagement with the foreign policy community and a national leader in international policy education. S&H asked associate dean and center director John Ciorciari for his thoughts on the school's approach to international policy education.
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On the map

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The Ford School won APSIA's 2021 innovation in international programming award

19

Weiser Diplomacy Center Fellowships awarded to top graduate students for two years of study

300+

Students participated in one or more experiential learning activities
Diplomacy Lab
International policy education

From grounded to global

International learning projects take flight
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Global Fordies Potluck
International policy education

Global Fordies

International students strengthen the community
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International policy education

On the map

A global view of learning experiences
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International policy education

Forensic anthropology in Guatemala

Lessons in restorative justice
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Ford School in photos

International travel

As travel resumed in 2022, students once again took their learning abroad to expand their worldview and hone practical skills. Undergraduate and graduate students traveled to Tunisia, Budapest, China, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, and more—applying the skills and knowledge they’ve learned here at the Ford School to internships and research projects. Travel courses took groups of students to Chile and to Belgium to meet directly with stakeholders grappling with the policy challenges they were learning about in the classroom.
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In addition

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Catalysts for racial justice

Center for Racial Justice visiting fellows reflect
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Mara Ostfeld visits the University of Puerto Rico.

Amplifying the voices of Puerto Rican communities

Ostfeld partners with the University of Puerto Rico
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Stephanie Leiser and Tom Ivacko

Quantum leap

City of Flint and CLOSUP work toward transparency in municipal financial reporting
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from INVITATORY

A poem by Molly Spencer
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Watkins-Hayes, Chang, Staebler

Social change through policy

Senator Chang (MPP/MSW '14) builds coalitions, better policy
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David Fauri

Investing in his values

David Fauri (MPA '64) leaves a legacy
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Betsey Stevenson

Thinking like an economist

Betsey Stevenson uses the tools of her trade to empower people and improve lives
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Discourse

Fordies in the news
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Soundbites

Highlights from Policy Talks @ the Ford School
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Faculty Findings

A fractured superpower and beyond torture
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And more...

Beth Soboleski

The Last Word: Beth Soboleski reflects

For many Fordies, admissions director Beth Soboleski (MPP '89) was the first person they met at Michigan. Beth is retiring this spring after 20 years of recruiting and welcoming new students at the Ford School.
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Dean: Celeste Watkins-Hayes; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: H. Luke Shaefer; Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement: John Ciorciari; Director of Communications/Executive Editor: Laura K. Lee (MPP ’96); Managing editor: Rebecca Cohen (MPP ’09); Art lead: Madison Brow; Contributors: Lillian Chen, Katee Cole, Daniel Rivkin, Tracey Van Dusen, Miriam Wasserman; Class Notes Editor: Elisabeth Johnston; Photographers: Austin Thomason, Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography; Design: Savitski Design; Printer: University Lithoprinters, Inc.

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