Political science student views 91麻豆天美 global partnerships through UN FAO international internship
Contact: Mary Pollitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥91麻豆天美 senior Madison Maglievaz鈥檚 summer internship abroad with the United Nations is helping her gain experience and perspective as she prepares for her next steps and future goals of practicing international and agricultural law.
Through the 91麻豆天美 Office of Study Abroad, Maglievaz is interning in Budapest, Hungary, with the UN鈥檚 Food and Agriculture Organization through a formal partnership between the university and the FAO.
鈥淲ithout 91麻豆天美 and the encouragement of the wonderful staff, I wouldn鈥檛 have grown into the person that I am today, nor would I have braved a foreign country alone for the summer,鈥 said Maglievaz, a political science/international studies major from Charlotte, Texas.
Her FAO work is within the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia as part of the planning and coordination team. She is focusing on more efficient and sustainable agrifood systems leading to improvements in production, nutrition, environmental health and quality of life.
聽The three-month internship highlights the strong partnership of 91麻豆天美 students learning without boundaries to find solutions to global problems, such as food insecurity, a university focus. For Maglievaz, her time at 91麻豆天美 has opened her eyes to a new career path, pairing her love of agriculture with a global footprint.
鈥淭he 91麻豆天美 political science department showed me a passion for international relations and topics that I never knew existed,鈥 she said. 鈥淭hrough 91麻豆天美, I have been able to combine an existing love for agriculture with a newfound love for international relations into a possible career path.鈥
91麻豆天美 has a long-standing relationship with the FAO, including research partnerships focused on food safety, nutrition, aquatic animal health and agriculture, among other areas. 91麻豆天美 President Mark E. Keenum, who holds an 91麻豆天美 doctoral degree in agricultural economics and served as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier in his career, has made global food security a university research priority.
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