The 24 members of the Kroc Institute M.A. peace studies class of 2003-04 graduated on June 30. Six of them have received Kroc support for internships immediately following graduation.

Josh Vander Velde will be living in Jerusalem for a year, working with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. He will also be studying Judaism and human rights in a program offered by the Yakar Center for Tradition and Creativity.

Munah Hyde will do a six-month internship with the Victim Witness Support section of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.

Mark Canavera will be in Uganda, working for AVSI (Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale). He will analyze data collected on former child soldiers, and assist reintegration centers working with child/adolescent soldiers.

Deniz Ugur will begin an internship at the Association for Liberal Thinking in Turkey. He will edit publications and assist with the organization of an interfaith conference in November.

Others with Kroc-funded internships are Nid Poonyarat, Nonviolence International South East Asia, Thailand; and Mirak Raheem, Center for Conflict Management, Rwanda.

Also, Irene Zirimwabagabo received Kroc Funding to continue writing her book, “How We Made Rwanda Our Home Again.” Her primary funding is a grant from the Rwandan government’s Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.

Plans of the other graduates include:

Camlus Omogo has a six-month Fulbright internship to work in the Washington office of International Crisis Group. He will be assist with research on counter-terrorism and small arms proliferation in the Horn of Africa, as well as Africa land reforms, and will attend Congressional hearings.

Brenda Fitzpatrick will have a 10-week internship in the Conflict Resolution Department at the Carter Center in Atlanta, funded by Carter Center. In early October, she will head to the Philippines for a Kroc-funded internship with Catholic Relief Services in Mindanao.

Rebecca Steinmann will do research and writing as an intern in the peacebuilding and advocacy department of World Vision Canada.

Ann-Sofie Nyman will return to the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, where she will work as an researcher and editor.

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