Student Activities
Student Activities
MGPS Student Connects Data, Sustainability in Uganda
Second-year Master of Global Policy Studies student Hina Acharya spent the summer as an intern for the Open Sustainability Institute in Kampala, Uganda.
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LBJ Archer Fellows Live, Work in Nation's Capital
During the summer of 2017, four LBJ School students were selected as Graduate Archer Fellows, affording them the opportunity to live and work in the heart of our nation’s capital.
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LBJ School Crook Fellows Intern Across the Globe
The LBJ School provides grants through the Crook Program to support students undertaking summer internships for non-profit, non-governmental or governmental organizations that conduct development projects in the developing world.
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Gone to LBJ: Meet some of the newest members of the LBJ School
Congratulations! You’re among the LBJ School’s entering class of 2017 and The University of Texas at Austin, an iconic, world-renowned institution. You’ve chosen to build your future on our legacy of bold, fearless action. Make every day count, because you are about to change the world.
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LBJ Crook Fellow Interns with Sustainability International to coordinate bioremediation efforts in the Niger Delta region
2017 Crook Fellow Amara Uyanna is interning with Sustainability International this summer in Nigeria, and updates us here on the environmental conditions of the Niger Delta region, where among other responsibilities she is coordinating bioremediation efforts in the area.
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LBJ Crook Fellow Interns with Artists for Soup, dedicated to reducing poverty through empowerment of women and children
LBJ student Jessi Stafford (MGPS) has taken a summer internship with Artists for Soup, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty through empowering women and secondary school students. Stafford shares her observations on living in poverty in La Paz Centro, Nicaragua.
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Pioneering Exchange: LBJ Student Explores China as Part of New Exchange Program with Fudan University
Each year, LBJ School students travel the world as part of a variety of foreign exchange partnerships. Kirt Smith (MGPS '17) spent a summer in Shanghai at Fudan University's School of International Relations and Public Affairs to deepen his knowledge of Chinese politics and experience with the Mandarin language.
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LBJ Student Policy Research Project Supports Collaboration Among Area Service Providers in Addressing Poverty
A 2016-17 Policy Research Project led by the LBJ School’s Chris King focused on 2-Gen strategies in Central Texas to streamline and coordinate the services provided to families to help them improve their economic situation.
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LBJ School Student-Drafted Legislation Passes House Higher Education Committee
Six LBJ School students wrote a bill to improve coordination between high schools and higher education institutions regarding dual-credit courses.
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LBJ Student Annie Jones Appointed by Governor to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Dual-degree LBJ School/Texas Law student Annie Jones has been appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which oversees all public post-secondary education in the state.
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