Awardee of the Prestigious 2020 Goldman Environment Prize Gives Lecture via Zoom at CSS

Students enrolled in course HDS510 – Development and Environment in the Pacific had the great privilege to have Ms. Jacqueline Evans as their guest speaker via Zoom last week Friday, 06 May 2021. Ms. Evans presented on ‘Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems while Pursuing Economic Development through Integrated Management, The story of the Cook Islands Marine Park
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Group Photo at Piula Cave Pools

Postgraduate Students Field Trip to Upolu Ecological Sites

Development Studies postgraduate students went on a field trip to visit the ecological scenic sites around Upolu on the 01st May 2021. They visited the Piula Cave Pool, Le-Mafa Lookout, Sopoaga Waterfall, Vavau Beach and the Tosua Ocean Trench. These are well-known sites/areas in Samoa. The students spent the whole day exploring and marvelously at
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United Nation Resident Coordinator Guest Lecturers at CSS

It was a great honor and privilege to have UN Resident Coordinator, Dr Simona Marinescu as guest speaker for the postgraduate course HDS501 Development Partnerships on 05 May 2021 to present on Samoa’s Partnership with the United Nation. The presentation covered a wide range of topics including the Ratified & Unratified Human Rights Conventions, Sustainable
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (MFAT) CEO, Afioga Peseta Noumea Simi, Guest Lecturers at CSS

Despite her super busy schedule, Peseta kindly presented on Samoa’s Development Aid Coordination and Management in HDS501 Development Partnerships on 24 March 2021.  This is one of 3 core courses for Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s in Development Studies, that enables students to develop an understanding of the ways in which Samoa’s development projects and programmes
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Guest Speaker Professor Camacho at UCLA gives Lecture to Postgraduate & Master Course Students during a Zoom Class

Students enrolled in course HDS510 – Development and Environment in the Pacific (an elective course for postgraduate diploma and MA in Development Studies Program) had the great honor to have Professor Keith L Camacho as their guest speaker via Zoom last week Friday, 19 March 2021. He gave a lecture on Militarization in Micronesia, which
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