Are you considering attending graduate school in the future? If you're looking to gain insight on the application process, thinking about funding opportunities, or simply looking to gain more insight on the overall application and admission process, Join the Toppel Career Center & the McKnight Doctoral Scholars for our "Is Graduate School Right for Me" event on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 5:30 PM.

We will feature a diverse set of panelists ranging from law, medicine, psychology, environmental policy, and microbiology who will help answer all these questions for you.

Register or learn more about the event here.

As part of UM’s continued celebration of the Peace Corps’ 60th Anniversary, the Master of Arts in International Administration (MAIA) program invites you to attend a special conversation featuring returned volunteers Dr. Donna Shalala and Carol Bellamy. The Reflections on the Peace Corps Event will take place virtually on Wednesday, April 21 at 6:30 PM.

Donna Shalala, Ph.D. was among the Peace Corps first volunteers, serving in Iran where she was part of a group that helped to construct an agricultural college. Since then, her prolific career includes appointments as Secretary of Health & Human Service during the Clinton Administration, representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District in the U.S House of Representatives, and serving as President of the University of Miami from 2001-2015.

Carol Bellamy, J.D., a frequent contributor to the MAIA program, is a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Guatemala who went on to serve as director of the Peace Corps from 1993-1995. In addition, Ms. Bellamy was executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 1995-2005 and chair of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association. She currently serves as chair of the board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).

Mahogany Black Peer Advisor

Mahogany Black is a Public Health major in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, from Boston, Massachusetts. She is a Community Assistant in the University Village, and a member of the Caribbean Student Association Executive Board. Mahogany is also a member of United Against Inequities in Disease, and she volunteers at the Infectious Diseases Division at the UM Miller School of Medicine.

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