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Rona Jobe says her 2013 Master of Public Policy degree prepared her to help other women and minorities elevate their businesses. Now she’s a Rising Star winner from a major nonprofit.

Graduate student Nick Marko earned a master’s in biodefense and a graduate certificate while working full time as a neurosurgeon.

Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at George �鶹��Ƶ, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.

As a first-generation Guyanese American student, Zayd Hamid has found his calling in empowering his generation of student leaders with the education and experience they need to solve the world’s grand challenges.

Catherine Read is the first woman and first �鶹��Ƶ graduate (BA government and politics ’84) to be mayor of Fairfax City, Va., the university’s hometown, and she isn’t shy about touting a university she says helped teach her how to think critically. Want to know why it’s good to “disrupt the system,” why it’s important to get more women into policy-making decisions, and why our educational system doesn’t reward bold ideas? Read tells you.

�鶹��Ƶ students are working with the U.S. Department of State to find out what motivates students to study abroad, specifically in Southeast South Korea.

More than 70 �鶹��Ƶ students traveled to Richmond on Thursday, Feb. 15, to advocate for �鶹��Ƶ’s legislative priorities during �鶹��Ƶ Lobbies.

Schar School senior Maaz Abbasi juggles full-time studies while working as a teaching assistant and legislative intern.

A newfound passion convinced Ruthu Josyula to pursue a government and international politics major at the Schar School.

With his master’s degree in global commerce and policy, Carter N. Coudriet aims to pursue a position at the Arctic-focused nexus of trade and national security.