Alumni Corner - Journalist & Humanitarian Omar al-Mashhadani
Omar A al-Mashhadani, Forage Corps Alumni ‘22 In June 2022, Omar al-Mashhadani arrived in Costero, a fictional country, carrying a...
Forage Center News
Immersive Humanitarian Response and Disaster Relief Training Resumes in Maryland
For four days in June 2022, 10 graduate students deployed to the fictitious country of Costero and served as an advance team tasked with...
In-person Programming Resumes With Simulation at Arcadia University
After two years of pausing in-person exercises, the Forage Center held a multiday training simulation at Arcadia University in...
9th Annual National Community College Virtual Peacebuilding Seminar
The 9th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar will be held October 29-30, November 5-6, and November 12-13, 2021 – all...
Interview With Catherine Cousar
Catherine Cousar holds a master’s degree in global policy studies from the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree in English...
Interview With Chelsea Cornwell
Chelsea Cornwell holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Connecticut and a master’s in disaster resilience...
In This Moment: Reflections on an Extraordinary Time
Forage Center president David J. Smith was recently interviewed — along with eight other members of the University of Baltimore community...
Interview With Ernest Ogbozor
Ernest N. Ogbozor is the newest member of the Forage Center board of directors. He is a scholar-practitioner of conflict resolution,...
Interview With Natalie Costa
Natalie Costa, often referred to as Talie, is in her junior year of her undergraduate degree. She is studying communication and hopes to...
Interview With Sarah Gresham
Sarah Gresham interned with the Forage Center this summer. She worked with Jess Bonnan-White, director of education and training, to...
We Have a Global Crisis: No Time for Schadenfreude
Forage Center president David J. Smith has just released a new article about the COVID-19 implications for the Global South and...
Interview With Lena Choudhary
Lena Choudhary, JD, MS, RN, is an associate professor of nursing at Montgomery College and has taught at the bachelor's and graduate...
Interview With Logan Varker
Logan Varker is currently an International and Global Studies major and Spanish minor at UNC-Greensboro, and he participated in the...
Interview With Christy McGuire
Christy McGuire participated in the May 2018 training at LaRoche College, then returned in November 2018 as a role player and member of...
Interview With Kathryn Rzeszut
Kathryn Rzeszut is one of two new members of the Forage Center's board of directors. Kathryn is a conflict and stabilization specialist...
Interview With Will Muehl
Will Muehl first participated in the Forage Center's Coastal Promise program in Spring 2014 and returned in Spring 2017, Spring 2018, and...
Interview With Ninette Irabaruta
Ninette Irabaruta was a participant in the Forage Center's Coastal Promise exercise in September 2018. She fled violence and political...
Swanton Transformed Into Fictional Country for Disaster Training
The Garrett County Republican recently published an article about the Forage Center's recent program at our field training site in...
The Forage Center Comes to La Roche College
A lone female border agent sits behind a plain folding table, an impatient expression plastered over an unwelcoming face. She wears a...
Successful Field Simulation at La Roche University
The Forage Center recently partnered with La Roche University in Pittsburgh to hold its Coastal Promise Field Simulation May 23–24, 2018....