December 6, 2023
Dear Alumni,
UBC Political Science Head Alan Jacobs
My very best to you for the holiday season!
It has been an exciting year for the department’s alumni engagement efforts. We have made it a priority to forge stronger connections to our alumni through a series of events designed to bring faculty, current students, and our graduates together more frequently and for more direct discussion of political events at home and abroad.
As part of these efforts, we have added two exciting new events to our alumni calendar this year.
In January we launched a new annual event called “Politics to Watch,” which brought current faculty and alumni together in small round-table discussions of pressing local, national, and international issues. Come and join us for Politics to Watch 2024 on January 27 to learn and talk about the challenges likely to shape the next year!
We also launched our new “In Conversation With” series in November, designed to engage guest speakers – prominent local experts and political figures – with our alumni in an informal interview and Q&A setting on issues of the day.
Of course, we held our annual Homecoming Weekend Political Science and International Relations Alumni Mixer and Dinner in September, with over 90 alumni in attendance. We also hosted our popular Mark Zacher Lecture featuring Professor Kathryn E. Stoner of Stanford. Be sure to sign up for our 2024 Mark Zacher Lecture in February 2024, featuring Professor Oona Hathaway of Yale!
We are looking forward to building on these four annual events to offer a regular schedule of engaging and informative community experiences for the alumni of the Political Science Department and International Relations Program. Watch for the launch of our new alumni LinkedIn page this summer, and for more events and opportunities to stay connected with each other. I look forward to seeing you at our events over the coming year!
Best,
Alan Jacobs
Professor and Head, Department of Political Science