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16 Undergrads Join Pelosi Scholars Cohort

16 Undergrads Join Pelosi Scholars Cohort

By Riley Vakkas December 1, 2023

On Nov. 21, the Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative (PSI) announced its 2024 cohort of 16 Georgetown University students, its largest to date. Since 2019, the PSI has selected annually a group of sophomores...

Twitter/@Victorcha | Victor Cha serves as founding chair of the Asian Studies Program and chair of the Government Department.

SFS Professor Recognized for Public Service

By Caleigh Keating September 7, 2023

Victor Cha, a government professor in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS), won a prestigious award for his research on political science and his public service. He was honored at...

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

By Julia Frankel December 2, 2022

The Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative (PSI) awarded 15 scholarships for the summer of 2023 to Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) students for their scholastic and extracurricular achievements.  PSI...

VIEWPOINT: Pursue Passions in Public Service

VIEWPOINT: Pursue Passions in Public Service

By Hannah Spengler October 7, 2021

After graduation, I joined Teach For America to teach high school math to the greatest students in Oklahoma. After three wonderful, impossibly hard years, I realized the majority of challenges my students...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (left) and chair of the SFS Board of Advisors Paul Pelosi (SFS ’62)(right) donated $1.6 million to support students seeking a career in public service.

Pelosi Family Endows Public Service Scholarship

By Anya Howko-Johnson January 18, 2019

Chair of the SFS Board of Advisors Paul Pelosi (SFS ’62) and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi donated $1.6 million toward expanding the career development programming of...

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Interviews with nine graduate and undergraduate students, faculty members and former diplomats reflected a growing attitude of disaffection with State Department leadership and the administration of President Donald Trump in the School of Foreign Service.

In Era of Trump and Tillerson, Students Lose Faith in Foreign Service Careers

By Jeff Cirillo December 8, 2017

As turmoil in the Department of State and widespread disaffection with the Trump administration’s leadership drive away top students from careers in foreign service, educators are sounding the alarm...

BYMAN: Finding a Place in Government

BYMAN: Finding a Place in Government

By Daniel Byman January 20, 2017

The allure of public service led many of us to come to Washington and to Georgetown. After graduating from college way back in the Precambrian Era, I joined the United States government with a vague goal...

TRIVEDI & SHETTY: Reconciling Creativity With Public Service

TRIVEDI & SHETTY: Reconciling Creativity With Public Service

By Rohan Shetty and Naman Trivedi September 1, 2015

When the two of us look at life after college, there seems to be a clear fork in the road between private sector jobs that aim to give students the best outlet for learning and public sector positions...

New Institute Targets Youth Engagement

By Alicia Che September 1, 2015

The McCourt School of Public Policy will launch the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service this fall, led by former Democratic National Committee Director of Communications Mo Elleithee (SFS...

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Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (GRD 74) spoke at the SFS commencement ceremony.

Gates Issues Call to Public Service

By Mallika Sen May 17, 2014

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (GRD ’74) urged members of the School of Foreign Service’s Class of 2014 to pursue public service and recognize the United States’ responsibility in the...

Clinton Pushes Public Service, NGOs

By Penny Hung May 1, 2013

Former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) encouraged students to engage in public service in the first of a four-part lecture series in Gaston Hall on Tuesday morning. The four lectures, to be given...

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