Maddie Butler’s advice to incoming first-year students is to “value community over competition.” She learned from experience – after four years of community leadership, Butler graduated from the Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) in May 2023 with a B.A. in International Law & Institutions, a B.A. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures on the Arabic language… Read more »
Mackenzie Knight has been awarded a prestigious fall 2023 Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, an opportunity which will advance her career in policy analysis, research, and grassroots advocacy against nuclear weapons. The Scoville Fellowship, established in 1987 in honor of nuclear arms control activist Dr. Herbert (Pete) Scoville Jr., is designed to recruit and train… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) graduate Kyle Tucker has been named as a fall 2023 Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow, placing him in a highly selective program where he will spend a year as a researcher for a think tank or NGO (non-governmental organization) in Washington, D.C. Tucker says he would have become a teacher if… Read more »
By the time Marria Peduto completes her bachelor’s degree in summer 2023, she will have visited at least six – if not seven – of the world’s continents during her college career. Peduto describes herself as “situated at the nexus of food, climate, and people.” In addition to majoring in International Studies and East Asian… Read more »
When Luke Schmucker applied to Indiana University (IU), he had never even heard of International Studies – he planned to major in Political Science. However, a visit to the IU Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) opened Schmucker’s eyes to a whole new world of opportunities. Now, Schmucker is preparing to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in… Read more »
As an IU undergraduate, Dakotah Meadows started out as an English major. Her love for literature led her to discover South Korean short stories and add a second major in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Meadows is now pursuing an MA in East Asian Studies with a focus on Korea at the IU Hamilton Lugar… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) alumna Neelam Patel plays a key role in hosting international delegations visiting the state of Indiana. Patel, who graduated from HLS in May 2022 with a B.S. in International Studies and a B.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, is now the manager of the International Visitor Leadership Program at the… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) alumna Alex Lebel says “curiosity mixed with a love of history” sparked her interest in international studies. Her degree has led to her current position as an intelligence analyst with the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area), where her work helps to reduce drug trafficking. Lebel graduated from HLS in… Read more »
IU Hamilton Lugar School alumnus Evan Wright, BA East Asian Languages and Cultures ’22, is now a Science Policy Fellow with the Institute for Defense Analyses and a Nonresident Fellow with the Johns Hopkins University – Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. Wright will work full… Read more »