{"id":3620,"date":"2017-11-21T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:59:15","slug":"veteran-state-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department","title":{"rendered":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Douglas Esser
\nRyan Dzakovic has a well-worn pair of Army boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ryan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dzakovic wore them as a combat medic in Iraq, later while deployed in Uganda and again when hitchhiking across America (photo, left) for the capstone project for a UW Bothell master\u2019s degree in cultural studies. Now Dzakovic has taken the boots to Washington, D.C., for a fellowship with the U.S. State Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dzakovic, known as Ryan Blanco while a student at UW Bothell, has been in the Army since 2001 and remains in the Army Reserve as a noncommissioned officer with the rank of staff sergeant. A medic in Iraq 2008-09, Dzakovic supported an emergency combat hospital and also worked with the State Department on a provincial reconstruction team at Mosul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was much more interested in opening doors than breaking them down,\u201d said Dzakovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dzakovic went back home long enough to earn a degree in anthropology from St. Martin\u2019s University. In 2012, Dzakovic was sent to Africa with a small Army Reserve unit and lived a year in a remote village as military support for a State Department community project. Collaborating with the local officials, they transformed a library into a cultural center with a focus on health and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanting to learn more about cultural studies, Dzakovic found UW Bothell using a unpredictable internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was applying for the graduate program and communicating with the veterans office while holding my laptop on my lap in the middle of the jungle trying to get reception,\u201d Dzakovic said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving at UW Bothell, Dzakovic was pleased to find Rosa Lundborg, veterans services<\/a> manager, to help with financial paperwork and a veterans organization \u201cto support people like me who had recently deployed back to the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dzakovic drove from Olympia four nights a week for classes. Practicing what he calls intrepid scholarship, Dzakovic hitchhiked 4,793 miles with long-haul truckers for the capstone paper, \u201cInterstate Diaries: Searching for Freedom, Authenticity and Self Along the American Highway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWalking on I-40 and seeing the desert sunrise, I was walking in the same boots I wore to Iraq and Uganda,\u201d said Dzakovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 UW Bothell master\u2019s in cultural studies<\/a> degree in 2015 helped Dzakovic receive a fellowship for a second master\u2019s this year in library and information science from the UW in Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it was an email last summer from UW Bothell that directed Dzakovic to a posting about the Veterans Innovation Partnership fellowship, which is offered to vets with master\u2019s degrees. 足彩app哪个是正规的 deadline to apply was the same day. Dzakovic rushed to finish the application that afternoon and was later interviewed and offered the job in the State Department\u2019s Office of Global Partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 fact that that resource was available through the veterans office at UW Bothell was frankly life-changing,\u201d said Dzakovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a background as a culture worker and librarian, Dzakovic feels qualified and grateful for the year-long fellowship that began this fall. It aims to serve diplomatic goals through public-private partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving the background in graduate studies prepared me for an opportunity at a caliber I thought I would never achieve,\u201d Dzakovic said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ryan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUW Bothell and cultural studies promoted the idea of citizens being cultural workers. 足彩app哪个是正规的 iSchool promoted the concept of information as a human right,\u201d Dzakovic said. \u201cIf I can combine those to serve my community or country in any capacity, I would like to do that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Dzakovic in Iraq. (Photos courtesy of Ryan Dzakovic)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a timely notice from UW Bothell, Ryan Dzakovic won a Veterans Innovation Partnership fellowship for a year-long position with the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships in Washington, D.C. Dzakovic (master’s cultural studies ’15) is an Army reservist who served in Iraq and Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[209,202,200],"tags":[276],"school":[],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-campus-news","category-profiles","tag-veterans"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"\nVeteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thanks to a timely notice from UW Bothell, Ryan Dzakovic won a Veterans Innovation Partnership fellowship for a year-long position with the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships in Washington, D.C. Dzakovic (master’s cultural studies ’15) is an Army reservist who served in Iraq and Uganda.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\"},\"wordCount\":580,\"keywords\":[\"veterans\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\",\"Campus News\",\"Profiles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\",\"name\":\"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"Just another UW Bothell site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/author\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News","og_description":"Thanks to a timely notice from UW Bothell, Ryan Dzakovic won a Veterans Innovation Partnership fellowship for a year-long position with the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships in Washington, D.C. Dzakovic (master’s cultural studies ’15) is an Army reservist who served in Iraq and Uganda.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department","og_site_name":"News","article_published_time":"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship","datePublished":"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department"},"wordCount":580,"keywords":["veterans"],"articleSection":["Alumni","Campus News","Profiles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department","url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department","name":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-11-21T15:46:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-13T18:59:15+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/veteran-state-department#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veteran alumnus on State Department fellowship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/","name":"News","description":"Just another UW Bothell site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/author"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31910,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/31910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}