The cohort of the Graduate Program in International Development and Service that began in Fall 2012 arrived in Italy on January 15th, 2013. They are embarking on the 2nd semester of their program.

The IPSL/Concordia University-Portland degree program is a multi-national collaboration between IPSL, Concordia University-Portland, International Centre for Intercultural Exchange in Italy, Chiang Mai University in Thailand, and Universidad San Francisco de Quito and the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The program can be completed in four semesters and requires 36 graduate credit hours. Students spend two semesters in Portland, Oregon, on the campus of Concordia University-Portland, as well as two semesters at two different IPSL International program locations (Siena, ITALY, and Quito/Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR or Chiang Mai, THAILAND.)