Student Highlight: Dylan Woodrow
Dylan Woodrow just finished up an incredible internship with Camara Education, a non-profit located in Dublin, Ireland. While at Camara, Dylan was part of a two-person
team in the fundraising/development department. He managed fundraising communications
with past and prospective donors and several aspects of Camara’s database software,
plus he gathered volunteers and gave volunteer presentations. In addition, he had
the opportunity to represent Camara at some local conferences.
Here is what Dylan shared about how some of his MIAGE classes prepared him for finding
success in non-profit work:
MGT 6790 – International Management: “International Management proved useful when helping my coworkers in dealing with
the challenges that come naturally with working in far-away countries whose cultures
are very different from that of the country the organization is based in.”
PADMN 6550 – Nonprofits & NGOs: “The lessons I learned from Nonprofits & NGOs came up very often . . . That class gave
me a strong theoretical understanding of the management and operation of a nonprofit,
which proved useful all the time at Camara. If I had to pick one thing from that class,
though, it would be the importance of remaining sustainable in pursuing the mission
of a nonprofit . . . While I was not managing Camara’s operations abroad, the understanding
provided by these classes helped me work more effectively together with the parts
of Camara that did manage those operations, and also was extremely useful when advocating
Camara’s operations to volunteers and potential donors. Because of this, volunteers
were more likely to return in the future, and donors could feel more secure in trusting
Camara to use their funding effectively.”
Dylan just graduated from the MIAGE program in August. He shared this his favorite
class while in the MIAGE program was either Middle East Law or Global Perspectives
on Counterterrorism. Dylan plans to either continue work with non-profit organizations
or go on to work with the government, especially the State Department. Congratulations,
Dylan, on your great accomplishments in MIAGE!