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When you're a student at the Josef Korbel School, you enter a stimulating environment that continuously challenges you to examine your perceptions, whether through scholarly activities, interactions with visiting world dignitaries, engaging seminars with international professors or casual debates with faculty. About 15 percent of our student body comes from outside the United States, representing more than several dozen countries. Many of our students are enhancing their careers in business, government, the military and international development. We invite you to join a community of students who represent the diversification, expansion of opportunity and global mixing of peoples.

More than 400 students attend the Josef Korbel School, which is home to at least as many stories--each compelling in its own right.  

 

Student profiles

T. Brett Walnutt
  • T. Brett Wallnutt
  • MA, International Security

Program

MA, International Security

Experience

Intern, Israeli Ministry of Justice's Office of the Coordinator in the Battle against Trafficking in Persons
Member, Denver Office of Emergency Management's Community Emergency Response Team
Real Estate Broker

Why Korbel?

I liked that the school offers courses that cover the most salient security issues of the day and that the program follows a policy-oriented approach. I was also attracted by the vast real-world experience of the professors.

“The policy-oriented approach and the diverse faculty make the academics distinctive.”

Brittany Kuhn
  • Brittany Kuhn
  • Master's candidate, International Studies, 2010 or 2011

A video profile

Kuhn has produced a video detailing her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. This experience acted as a prime motivation in her decision to enroll at the Josef Korbel School. See her video here.

Kuhn has produced a video detailing her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. This experience acted as a prime motivation in her decision to enroll at the Josef Korbel School. See her video here.

Shadd Pease
  • Shadd Pease
  • BA, Political Science, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    MA candidate in International Security

Program

Master of Arts in International Security

Experience

Third Ranger Battalion of the U.S. Army Rangers at Fort Benning, Georgia
Special Forces Green Beret
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Carson, Colo

“The small class sizes, collegiate atmosphere and dedication of the faculty make Korbel outstanding.”

Liz O'Grady
  • Liz O'Grady
  • MA, International Security
    BA, Political Science, Furman University in South Carolina

Program

Master of Arts in International Security

Experience

I was on campus for nine months and while there I was in the Organization of Security Students. I also participated in the Center for Strategic and International Studies Nuclear Scholars program, which took me to Washington, D.C. for one weekend a month for six months for conferences and meetings with experts in the nuclear field. I also participated in the DU study-abroad graduate program in Jerusalem my first semester.

“The flexibility of the program and clear focus on the student are excellent. There is also a great balance of skills achievement along with academic knowledge. ”

Cayce Munson
  • Cayce Munson
  • BA, English
    MA, Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration

Cayce Munson is a first-year graduate student in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies' Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration Program.

Education:

BA in English, Rutgers University

Experience:

Peace Corps volunteer in China

Why Korbel:

"The Peace Corps Fellows program at Korbel is incredible. And Korbel's commitment to social welfare, plus the excellent location, made the program here my first choice."

Languages:

English, Mandarin Chinese

Plans: "I'm interested in Chinese-U.S. resource conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa- a topic I became aware of as a Peace Corps Volunteer in China. I plan to work on these issues as a policy analyst with the government or a non-profit."

“The Peace Corps Fellows program at Korbel is incredible. And Korbel's commitment to social welfare, plus the excellent location, made the program here my first choice.”

Katherine Ntiamoah
  • Katherine Ntiamoah

Education

Bachelor's degree from Indiana University, where she studied political science and African languages. In addition to the Josef Korbel School, she applied to the Fletcher School at Tufts University; Duke University; the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University.

Languages

French, Akan, English

Why Korbel

As a winner of a prestigious Rangel Fellowship, designed to increase minority representation in the diplomatic services, she wanted to attend a school outside of the "East Coast bubble" where she would be exposed to theory and practice in an atmosphere of academic excellence.

Experience

Intern, U.S. House of Representatives and intern at the U.S. Embassy in Kinsasha, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire.

Megan Stokke
  • Megan Stokke
  • BA, Human Development, Warner Pacific College
    MA, International Development and MBA, 2010

  • Portland, Oregon, USA

Program

Master of Arts in International Development with a Certificate in Global Health Affairs

Experience

Traveled to Tanzania for the "Go Tanzania" course through the University of Denver Daniels College of Business

Goals

Work in the private sector for an aid organization in global health and eventually open up a health clinic in a developing country where there would be a focus on teaching basic health procedures as a way to increase the number of people who can receive health care

“I wanted a program that was broad enough so I could be exposed to different classes but still concentrate on my specific interests. It's great to connect with like-minded people and form relationships that will span our professional careers. The opportunities are here to get connected in a wide range of interests; it would be hard to not be able to find something you're interested in.”