GSIS Students Lend Their Expertise to Community Partner Each year, the Department of Global Security and Intelligence Studies (GSIS) challenges its students to apply their classroom learnings to the real world. Like CBSI’s other departments, GSIS offers multiple hands-on learning opportunities, from trips abroad (see page 11 for more information) to consulting arrangements. During the 2023-2024 academic year, GSIS partnered with the Town of Prescott Valley, which is just 15 minutes from the Prescott Campus, on one such arrangement.
library. As part of their consulting experience, they thoroughly documented their findings and then developed recommendations for Prescott Valley to review and implement. One GSIS graduate student also had a unique privilege — serving as an emergency management intern for the town. Julianne Kroger, who graduated in May 2024 with an M.S. in Security and Intelligence Studies, took on the task of creating a business continuity plan for Prescott Valley. The plan included two to three years of milestones to help ensure the town continues to make progress on their goals long after Kroger is gone. Kroger’s internship was specifically developed with Embry-Riddle in mind and was the result of an ongoing relationship with a CBSI alumnus. The department is thrilled to be able to assist the Town of Prescott Valley in this capacity and grateful for the town’s willingness to partner with our GSIS students.
Students in the B.S. in Global Security and Intelligence Studies program frequently work with Prescott Valley to develop risk and threat assessments, and this academic year was no different. Over the course of nine months, GSIS students evaluated the city hall/civic center and
s 180 In Spring 2024, the Department of Global Security and Intelligence Studies educated more than 180 students.
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