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Rubottom Fellow Lelin Spriggs Shares Experience Interning in Azerbaijan

This summer, I participated in a three-week internship located in Baku, Azerbaijan. This internship, sponsored and overseen by the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF), enriched me in a multitude of […]

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Kelli O. and Gerald Ford Fellow Nicholas Iwaniuk Shares Experience at Sun & Star Symposium in Japan

I was awarded scholarship funds from the Kelli O. and Gerald J. Ford Internship Fund to complete an internship with the Tower Center this summer. The internship took place in […]

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NexPoint Tower Scholar Tessa Peterson’s Fellowship Experience

Tessa Peterson is a Tower Scholar majoring in political science and psychology, with minors in history, Russian, and PPIA. She is originally from Montgomery, TX, and is entering her third […]

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Jack C. and Annette K. Vaughn Fellow Alexandra Pugh Shares Senate Foreign Relations Committee Internship Experience

Alexandra Pugh ’25, an SMU NexPoint Tower Scholar, is double majoring in political science and music with a minor in public policy and international affairs. She was awarded the Jack […]

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Gerald and Kelli Ford Fellow Alicia Rivera Shares Her Capitol Hill Internship Experience

Alicia Rivera ‘25, a Tower Center Student Forum member, is double majoring in political science and psychology and minoring in statistical science. She was awarded the SMU Tower Center Kelli […]

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Tower Scholar Austin Hickle receives Marshall Scholarship for 2024

Austin Hickle, Tower Scholar ’22, received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship for 2024. This scholarship, which is for postgraduate studies, was established in Britain to “enable intellectually distinguished young Americans, their […]

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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO INTERN IN WASHINGTON D.C.

EJ Rorem ’24, an SMU Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar, is double majoring in Political Science and Statistics with a minor in Public Policy and International Affairs. He was recently […]

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TOWER SCHOLAR IN OXFORD EXPERIENCE

Lily Derr ’24, an SMU Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar, is triple majoring in Mathematics, Political Science, and Public Policy along with minors in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy and […]

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Q&A | Erik Rorem, Kerri and Gerald J. Ford Scholarship Interview’s Andrew Holland, CEO of the Fusion Industry Association

The John G. Tower Center for Political Studies eagerly announces this year’s Kerri and Gerald J. Ford Scholarship recipient is Erik Rorem. Q: Trace your path to the Fusion Industry […]

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State Department Internship Reflection: The Paris Accord, COP26, and the Biden Administration

2021 Vaughn Foreign Service Fellow, Aubrie Yarbrough spent her summer interning with the U.S. Department of State in Italy and shares her experience with us here. One of the most […]