Career Support
Helping you map your journey.
The Keough School of Global Affairs provides undergraduate and graduate students with a variety of resources to help them discern their career path, connect with employers and alumni and launch their professional careers.
Support includes personal career advising through both the Keough School and the University, career development opportunities such as career talks, workshops and funding opportunities to help students advance their professional development.
Personal Career Advising
McKenna Pencak, associate director for professional development and alumni engagement at the Keough School, provides career and internship advising for all undergraduate and graduate global affairs students in the Keough School.
Maura Policelli, executive director of the Keough School’s Washington Office, offers consultations with students who are interested in careers or internships in the policy arena.
Keough School students also have access to 1:1 career advising through both the Keough School of Global Affairs as well as Notre Dame’s Meruelo Family Center for Career Development.
Keough School Career Development
Professional Development Workshops
The Keough School of Global Affairs offers numerous professional development workshops to help students prepare themselves for entering the job market.
These workshops include sessions on:
- How to effectively write resumes and cover letters
- Setting up LinkedIn profiles, searching for jobs
- Conducting informational interviews and networking
- Participating in mock interviews and
- Networking receptions to help refine your skills
Career Talks
Throughout the year, the Keough School invites distinguished guests and alumni to meet with students and share information about their career journeys. These sessions, which consist of roundtable discussions and career panels, invite students to learn about different career paths and graduate programs and network with speakers.
Career Treks
Each year the Keough School hosts one, or more, fully-funded Career Treks to major cities within the United States where students can learn from and network with employers and Keough alumni. Past treks include a trip to Chicago, Illinois, where students met with leaders at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, MacArthur Foundation and National Immigrant Justice Center.
A fully-funded 3-day visit to Washington, D.C. is also available for current sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in global affairs. The career trek takes place during fall break and includes visits to global-affairs related organizations, think tanks, companies, and government agencies as well as networking opportunities.
Professional Development Funding Opportunities
The University of Notre Dame, including the Keough School of Global Affairs, offers many funding opportunities to help students pursue internships, language studies, research and other endeavors that help them gain professional experience.
Funding opportunities include:
- Professional Development Grants - Master of Global Affairs students are eligible to apply for up to $1000 in professional development funding to support a professional development opportunity that advances his or her post-graduate career goals.
- Hesburgh Global Fellowship - Provides funding for a graduate of MGA program to pursue work focused on peace, justice, development, or other related fields. The fellowship provides a salary to a graduating student for two years.
- Keough Launch Fellowship - An award of up to $6,000 intended to support short-term post-graduate practical experiences that help jump-start the careers of recent MGA graduates.
- Keough School Institute Grants - Brings together nine international institutes and centers across university to provide students the opportunity to explore global affairs in the country of their choosing, or apply skills in hands-on research and language study programs in the U.S. and overseas.