International Development

Hi, my name is Kara Jacobs and I am a third year student at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.  I am pursuing a dual degree in International Development and International Business at the Daniels College of Business.

I was born in raised in West Des Moines, IA.   I attended the University of Denver as an undergraduate where I studied finance/marketing.  I also participated in the  study abroad  program, Semester at Sea, this is where I started to become very interested in international issues and in particular development.  After I graduated, I moved to Washington DC and worked for an investment consulting firm as and Operations Manager.  Although I loved my job, I realized my career was not headed in the direction I wanted it to go and it was time to make a change.  I applied to many schools, but ultimately chose the University of Denver because of the dual degree option, the flexibility of the Korbel curriculum and I missed Denver.  (I love to ski and can’t wait for the slopes to open!)  So there is the very brief synopsis on how I got here.

This quarter I am taking four classes; International Law, Managing Exports, Practical Applications of Global Health and International Project Analysis.  Each of my classes this quarter has a group project component, which is a great learning tool, but can also be frustrating when trying to arrange so many different schedules to get your work done.  Sometimes I forget that all graduate students are busy and not just me!

I have also been busy updating/editing my resume.  I am planning on starting my job search in December over winter break, so a perfected resume will be key!

The quarter ends in a couple weeks so the workload is heavy right now with final exams and final paper deadlines looming…

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