# @suffolk_u on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJWt7qkOCHP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36615612-suffolk-u-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-07T14:01:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Suffolk University (@suffolk_u) — https://gondola.cc/suffolk_u

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: When an aggressive bull rhinoceros started threatening younger animals in a South African game preserve, Suffolk graduate student Cody Black stepped in to help. 
 
Shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow veterans, the former Marine took his orders from one of the preserve’s veterinarians. He’d spent the summer working with an anti-poaching organization. It was an atypical internship for a student on a nontraditional path to the master of applied politics/master of public administration dual-degree program. 
 
In 2016 he joined the marines. His first deployment, to the Black Sea, was eye-opening. Witnessing global tensions at close range taught Black the importance of international relations, he says. He entered the service as a 19-year-old who “got most of [his] news from Facebook” and didn’t bother to vote in the presidential election—but he left in his mid-20s with a keen interest in foreign and domestic policy. He took classes at a community college, then transferred to Suffolk and used the GI Bill to earn his undergraduate degree in international relations. 
 
Black pursued an MAAP/MPA at Suffolk to gain the skills he’ll need to make a meaningful impact. As he finishes up his dual-degree program this May, Black is also putting the final touches on a report for the Office of the Veteran Advocate that looks at roadblocks to healthcare access. 
 
Learn more about his Suffolk journey at the link in our bio.
 
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