Peace and Justice Studies

This is from Paul Joseph and Dale Bryan, of Peace and Justice Studies. It seems like the this carrer network thing they are talking about would be a good way to do enact TPAN as real.

Dear PJS Alum:

At our informal graduation ceremony in the Oxfam Café, we often talk about how good it would be to establish a network among graduates of the Peace and Justice Studies program. Now we are going to do it!

This network will be useful in many ways. It will build contacts among PJS alums and perhaps even enable you to help each other in your various activities. You may also be in a position to help seniors and alumni with the “insider information” and advice that is so helpful in a job search. The PJS network may also allow for internship placements and for the development of mentoring relationships. And it will certainly allow us to show prospective students that it is possible to major in PJS and end up with interesting, productive careers.

To build our PJS network, we’ll use the Tufts Career Network. To join, please go to http://careers.tufts.edu/network and click on “New Members”. Next, complete your profile with your career and school information and advice, and LIST PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES AS A MAJOR. Please do this even if you took PJS as a certificate or if you were only affiliated with PJS in some other way (such as “only” being a Board Member). By listing PJS as one of your majors, you will be able to search for and find other PJS-affiliated alumni. Not only will you contribute your invaluable advice and knowledge to students and alumni interested in peace and justice issues -- you can also expand your own personal and professional network.

In addition, you can check out Tufts expanded Alumni Career Services, including job search and career counseling assistance and on-line resources, at http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni.
You will be pleased to know that by now more than 250 students have passed through the program. The size of our introductory course has grown to the mid-50s and, this year, we taught the class in both the fall and spring semesters.