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Policy Studies student Kyle Rosenblum named 2020 Senior Class Marshal
The Senior Class Marshals exemplify what it means to be Orange as well-rounded leaders who have excelled academically and co-curricularly, all while engaging on campus and beyond through research, service and leadership opportunities. “I am most looking forward to forming new and strengthening existing connections throughout campus,” Rosenblum says.
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Elise Roberts awarded grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation
Roberts is a Ph.D. candidate in political science who focuses on comparative politics and international relations. The Foundation is supporting her dissertation research, which examines the effect of foreign aid in post-conflict states and the processes of conflict relapse, as part of their mission to support scholars and organizations that promote international security and domestic public policy.
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Veterans in Politics initiative featured in Wash Times, ConnectingVets
The new Veterans in Politics program is designed to help veterans and military family members who aspire to public office or another form of a political career.
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Lux, Armstrong discuss new Veterans in Politics program on WSYR
Steve Lux, director of Executive Education, and Maxwell alumnus Nick Armstrong '08 M.P.A./'14 Ph.D. (SSc), IVMF senior director of research and policy, claim the new program will help veterans and military family members who aspire to public office or another form of a political career.
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Universidad Panamericana students spend week in DC with Reeher
“The UPA program in Washington is a great two-way learning experience,” said Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. “I easily learn as much from the participants as they glean from me.”
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Veteran Katy Quartaro '20 EMPA finds new ways to achieve goals
“Ultimately, I want to work for the government in counterterrorism or intelligence, so a good foundation in public leadership is important,” says E.M.P.A. candidate Katy Quartaro.
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Voices at the Table
The inaugural Policy Camp introduced undergraduate students of color to career options in policy — and to the impact bolstered racial and cultural diversity can have across the public sector.
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Geo PhD student Emily Bukowski publishes paper on Dutch elm disease
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Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows embark on year of exchange and engagement
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