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NexPoint Tower Scholar Kennedy Moore’s Summer Learning about Emerging Public Policy Issues

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Post date September 22, 2025
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The LBJ School of Public Affairs welcomed undergrads and recent postgrads from universities across the nation from historically underrepresented backgrounds for Public Service Leadership Weekend held July 17-20, 2025, at The University of Texas at Austin. The four-day conference empowers PSLW scholars to consider graduate degree programs and careers in public service. The LBJ School Public Service Leadership Weekend is co-sponsored by the Public Policy & International Affairs Program, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, and generous funding by the LBJ School’s Patman Center for Civic and Political Engagement. PHOTO: Thomas Meredith for the LBJ School

Kennedy Moore NexPoint Tower Scholar from Providence Village, Texas, double majoring in public policy and music with a minor in public policy and international affairs. I spent three days in […]

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NexPoint Tower Scholar Owen Bartosh’s Experience from Dallas to Prague: Advancing Public Policy Through Refugee Support

Owen Bartosh is a Class of 2028 NexPoint Tower Scholar from Waxahachie, Texas. He is currently pursuing a degree in marketing and public policy with minors in music and public […]

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NexPoint Tower Scholar Tessa Peterson’s Fellowship Experience

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Post date September 11, 2025
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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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Student Spotlight: EJ Rorem

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Post date February 29, 2024
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Student Spotlight Nexpoint Tower Scholar EJ Rorem was accepted at AEI’s 2024 Summer Honors Program in Washington D.C. This program by the American Enterprise Institute is an intensive educational program […]

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Tower Scholar Austin Hickle receives Marshall Scholarship for 2024

Post author By Jennifer Apperti
Post date December 13, 2023
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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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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: TAYLOR ENSLIN ’22

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Post date April 1, 2022
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Each year, we spotlight our Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Seniors. We enjoy hearing about their journey through the program and how their perspective on the importance of sound policy evolved when […]