Category: Blog

  Jessica Trijsburg, Class 15 (2011-2013) Twenty Blogs for 20 Years Jessica Trijsburg elected to pursue a master’s degree at UNC’s School of Education with her Rotary Peace Fellowship, focusing on researching and developing methodologies to promote understanding of emerging … Read more

  Patrick Bwire, Class 15 (2016-2018) Twenty Blogs for 20 Years Patrick Bwire joined the Master’s in International Development Policy (MIDP) program at Duke University in 2016 to enhance his skills in peacebuilding and conflict-sensitive natural resource management for the … Read more

  Katia Mello Dantas, Class 6 (2007-2009) Twenty Blogs for 20 Years Katia Mello Dantas graduated in 2009 with a Master’s in International Development Policy from Duke University. After graduation, she became a fellow at the International Center for Missing … Read more

  Introducing Twenty Blogs for 20 Years To mark the 20th anniversary of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center, we’re introducing the “Twenty Blogs for 20 Years” series, which will run from October 2022 to end of May 2023! The series … Read more

  Empowered for Global Impact by Rotary: My International and Diverse Summer Internship Experiences by Jibikeoluwa Faborode It seems like it was only yesterday that I went through the 5-month rollercoaster of emotions associated with applying for a chance to … Read more

    “Chance favors only the prepared mind” Louis Pasteur   From Yared: AFE at the Fund for Peace and beyond My 12-year professional career in the field of Environment and Energy has shown me the important contribution of these … Read more

  “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”                                                     by Mexan … Read more

  From Sakina: Working with PartnersGlobal, Research at Duke, and Learning in Geneva Being a Rotary Peace Fellow has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. As a student in Duke University, I had the chance to … Read more

  From Neta: Global Studies at UNC, and a summer at the Legal Aid Society of New York City The opportunity to apply to the Rotary Peace Fellowship was revealed to me at a point in life when I needed … Read more

  From Simon: A Summer to Remember: Reflections of the Impact of the Rotary Fellowship Pre-completion A Summer of Impact It has been great and fulfilling so far. Before my applied fellowship experience officially started in Zambia (more of this … Read more

  From Abdedaim: DUKE-UNC, where the next generation of peacemakers meet When I was a kid, I used to think of people across borders and overseas, if they looked like me, or spoke the same language, or had the same … Read more

  From Scarlett: Innovation, Resource Mobilization and La Vida Mejor – An Applied Field Experience in Uruguay I’m not going to say North Carolina barbecue was the main incentive, but it wasn’t not part of my reasoning. Applying for the … Read more