Joanne M. Lisosky Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. She is one of PLU's globe-trotting faculty. This summer she is leading a class in Geneva, Switzerland at the United Nations -- right at the crossroads of international politics. Join her as she and her students meet with UN officials and try to unravel the mysteries behind global problem-solving. No previous knowledge of international affairs required and she promises ... no tests.
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Time to bid adieu to Geneva and the United Nations.
Andrea Stanaway, Valerie Smith and Maren Anderson left for home Monday. I leave tomorrow. Four of our original group, Emma Lugenbill, Liz Lamb-Ferro, Jonathan Bongard and Jennifer Henrichsen are staying in Geneva until the end of August or perhaps longer. They will be working as freelance journalists at the Palais des Nations.
During the past weeks we have been like sponges... absorbing everything we can about the United Nations in Geneva. We have engaged with UN agencies and NGOs... we attended the historic first meeting of the Human Rights Council... we heard how the world regards the United States... Some of what we learned was thrilling and some disappointing... but all of it was enlightening.
No doubt when the students return home they will experience a bout of culture shock... Leaving this international city in the throes of a major international conference for hometown, U.S.A. might be a bit jarring at first... But, I suspect these students will remain engaged in international issues whether home or abroad ... even at the Lutedome.
a bientôt
