Carl Boswell will graduate from Penn State with a Bachelor of the Arts in International Politics and a Masters degree in International Affairs. He is a Paterno Fellow, a Chapel Executive Intern, and a participant in Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program.
A member of the Schreyer Honors College, Carl enrolled in the Integrated Undergraduate/ Graduate degree program which allows students to simultaneously pursue a Masters and an undergraduate degrees. During his time at Penn State, Carl received various scholarships to help him dedicate time to his studies and pursue study abroad and internship opportunities . These scholarshps included the Bunton Waller Fellowship, Virgina Todd Chapel Executive Internship Scholarship, and other Schreyer Honors College and Liberal Arts funding.
In addition to his academic accolades, he is a proud member of the Presidential Leadership Academy, The Schreyer Consulting Club, The Paterno Fellows Program, and the Penn State Lion Ambassadors. In his downtime, Carl ran in intramural track meets and played flag football.
While enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts, Carl studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he learned more about the spanish culture in the capital city while travelling around the country, holding baby goats and walking on a glacier. His love of experiencing different cultures has also taken him to Europe where, in the summer of 2013, he backpacked through five European countries .
Carl has interned and worked at the former International Center for the Study of Terrorism, the Smeal Center for Global Business Studies, and two government relations firms located in Washington D.C. In the Spring of 2014 he served as a teaching assistant for Professor Fariborz Ghadar in his two MBA courses on the topics of internaitonal finance and business strategy. This experience served him well as he focused his Schreyer Honors College thesis on the economic impact of the Olympic Games on the host country.
When asked about the future, Carl responded “ I feel most excited when immersed in new social and professional environments where I am able to learn from those around me. There are over 7 billion people in the world. I will not meet all of them, but only I can set my own social, professional, and boundaries. After graduation, he intends to move to Washington D.C. where he will continue to test his limits.