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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.

Taking advantage of �鶹��Ƶ’s myriad study-abroad opportunities, Schar School junior Maggie Reier journeyed to Oxford, England, for a semester and thrived.

Lydia Sigman grabbed every Schar School opportunity to position herself for a career in government.

Interning with his Congressional representative, Schar School senior Matthew Glaubke turned his Capitol Hill dreams into reality.