The School is home to the Marc Lindenberg Center for International Development, Humanitarian Action and Global Citizenship. The Center, established in 2002, helps students and faculty across the University fill important gaps in knowledge about international problems. The Lindenberg Center is named in honor of the late Evans School Dean and Professor Marc Lindenberg, who devoted his career to improving lives across the globe through direct action, teaching, and research. The Center develops partnerships with international humanitarian relief organizations and other institutions and supports internships with these organizations allowing students to learn firsthand how theory translates into practice in the international arena. The Mobility Grant program at the Lindenberg Center offers competitive travel grants to undergraduate students from any discipline to join their professors working on projects in countries around the world.

Evans School students can direct their course of study to international affairs. They may choose a substantive policy focus on international affairs by electing the International Affairs Gateway. This curriculum emphasizes the policy dimension of international relations as well as comparative perspectives on administration, development, and democratic transitions.

They may also pursue a Concurrent Degree in International Studies through a joint program with the Henry M. Jackson School for International Studies.

The Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI) program incorporates Peace Corps service into the Evans School M.P.A. program. PCMI students focus on nongovernmental organization (NGO) development and management during their first year of study. They apply these skills during their two-year Peace Corps field experience and return to the Evans School for a final quarter of course work.

The Certificate in International Development Policy & Management prepares UW graduate students in a variety of fields with the conceptual framework and practical tools needed to become effective development practitioners. Students focus on the problems that undermine health, stability, freedom, and prosperity in developing countries. The program complements graduate degrees in the social and natural sciences or professional programs. The Evans School teaches core courses, and electives are offered by the College of Forest Resources, the School of Nursing, the School of Public Health & Community Medicine, and the Department of Anthropology.

The School is also host to international fellows. Each year the Evans School hosts approximately a dozen mid-career professionals from developing countries who are recipients of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. These future leaders spend one academic year pursuing advanced study and professional development opportunities that include independent research, professional meetings, field trips, special seminars, and colloquia. Humphrey Fellows are an invaluable resource for Evans students.

The Population Leadership Program (PLP) provides one academic year of intensive training in management and leadership for 12 accomplished professionals from developing countries who work on family planning, reproductive health, and related population policy issues. Evans School students benefit from exploring population policy issues with PLP Fellows. The PLP is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

The Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program selects outstanding citizens of the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union and the Baltics to receive scholarships for master’s-level study in the United States in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and public administration. The program is designed to foster democratization and the transition to market economies in the NIS and Baltic countries through intensive academic and professional training. The Evans School currently hosts one Muskie Program Fellow.

For more information, contact the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs through http://www.evansuw.org/resources/contact.html, email evansuw@u.washington.edu, or telephone at 206.543.4900.