ACDIS Security Studies Group

02/24/2021

Speaker Event tonight !! Patrick Moses, a foreign service specialist & ACDIS alum will be speaking. Be there or be ◼️.
Zoom ID: 895 0475 1726 Password: ACDIS

01/27/2021

Good afternoon ACDIS members! No meeting tonight, but stay tuned for more events to come this semester. Message us with any questions or concerns!

11/03/2020

Tomorrow instead of having our own event we will be going to the virtual ACDIS symposium on nuclear weapons! It runs tomorrow from 6-8:30, so please stop by to hear from one of more of the guest speakers.

Link to more information:

https://acdis.npre.illinois.edu/be sure to

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10/28/2020

Tonight @ 6pm:
ACDIS SSG holding a round table discussion night on the topic of domestic terror. Zoom info posted below!! ⬇️⬇️

10/07/2020

Tonight at 6pm ACDIS SSG hosting a guest speaker, Ms. Acquania Escarne, who is going to be talking to us about her experience within the State Department. She has worked in Haiti, the Middle East and now serves as a Post Management Officer for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. So if you are interested in a career in foreign service now is the time to come get some of your questions answered!! See you all at 6:

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09/25/2020

If you have a security related paper topic, or if you have already written something for a class, be sure to look into getting it published through IJOIS!

09/23/2020

Acdis game night tonight at 6pm!

Zoom ID: 96634665104
Zoom Password: 255458

09/14/2020

Passing along an opportunity that many of our seniors or recent grads may be interested in!

Calling all recent (and soon-to-be) college and graduate school alumni!

If you're passionate about international peace and security issues, and looking to work on them in Washington, DC, the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship may be for you! The next application deadlines are October 9, 2020 (for the spring 2021 semester) and January 4, 2021 (for the fall 2021 semester). Here's more info:

The Scoville Fellowship offers six to nine-month salaried positions in the nation's capital with more than two dozen think tanks and advocacy groups. Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at the host institutions and may work on a range of issues including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, diplomacy, environmental security, and emerging technology threats. They contribute to their host organizations' goals through research, public education, advocacy, and by writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings. Benefits include salary, partial health insurance reimbursement, mentoring, moving costs to DC, meetings with policy experts, a small stipend for professional development use, and an entrée into an increasingly connected and influential network of alumni working for domestic and international NGOs, the federal government, academia, and media. For complete details and FAQs, see http://scoville.org/

Access our social media pages to stay up to date on what our fellows are doing!

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Check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbihyZqtwINdjjdtg-X_sQ/playlists to watch highlights from our most recent reception.

Questions? Email [email protected].

09/09/2020

Our first official ACDIS meeting of the semester is tonight at 6pm! Make sure to be there or be ⬛️ :

Zoom ID: 96534665104
Zoom Password: 255458

08/22/2020

Make sure to come check us out at the virtual quad day today and tomorrow from 12-4! Link is below and we are registered as the “Security Studies Group”. We can’t wait to meet everyone

http://illinois.campuslabs.com/engage/event/6168283/virtual-fair?

08/17/2020

Editor positions at the Illini Journal of International Security (IJOIS) are now open!

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to IJOIS at [email protected] or through their page. The link below includes more information about the application process and what materials you will need!

Applications will be taken on a rolling basis until all editor positions are filled. Preference will be given to those who submit their application by Tuesday, September 20th at 11:59 pm.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOi5qQMz9q3X_oH8XGHqKZfMxsLDYiMUxRPgPgr3DD-cGK9Q/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0