CPD congratulates the 2009 Graduates of the USC Master of Public Diplomacy Program

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy congratulates the 2009 graduates of Master of Public Diplomacy Program who graduated from the University of Southern California on Friday, May 15.

For full bios of this outstanding group of students, click here.

The Master's in Public Diplomacy, offered in partnership with the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ School of International Relations, emphasizes the role of non-state actors, global public opinion, international news and international communication in the public diplomacy process. The program is developing the next generation of leadership for international public service, business and nongovernmental organizations.

In April 2008, the U.S. State Department awarded the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy to USC for its pioneering degree program in public diplomacy and for the work of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.