Our students at dinner with Chuck Hagel, Jay Rockefeller, Senator Graham, and his wife Adele.
Danielle Emenhiser, Senator Graham, and Elizabeth Akerman at the Kennedy School of Government
Kristen Rosen with Senator Chuck Hagel
Julie Hochsztein and Senator Graham at the Graham Center Opening Ceremony.
Meet Our Graham Center Students!
Our students have the opportunity to experience the government process first hand. They participate in internships, workshops, speaking events, and student activities which are both fun and informative!
As a Graham Center student, you never know who you might “run into” in Pugh Hall from scholars, to senators, award winning authors, and even a former Secretary of State!
Our Students in the News
- Congratulations to Sara Meerow who won the Department of Political Science Best Undergraduate Thesis Award!
Interships
Our students have acquired some pretty impressive internships. Here are just a few!
- Adrian Gonzalez spent the spring of 2008 working for the Alachua County Office of Homelessness.
- Lauren Martin worked for Alachua County support services.
- Elizabeth Akerman and Sara Rubin will be participating in the Florida Governor’s Fellows Program in fall of 2008.
- Ryan Ross is studying at the London School of Economics and interning with the British Parliament.
Internships in D.C.
- Daniel Ben-Zadok is interning for United Jewish Communities.
- Danielle Emenhiser and Sara Meerow are working for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman- Schultz.
- Jerry Bruno is interning with the Presidential Classroom and Ben Cavatraro is interning with the Center for American Progress.
Sponsored Research
The Graham Center awards Policy Scholars Grants each summer to students who will work with a faculty member on an original piece of research.
Policy Scholars Grants awarded summer 2007:
- Wilneeda Emmanuel
Immigration Policy and the Haitian Community
Faculty Mentor: Sharon Austin, Political Science - Krysten Rosen,
The Governance of Medicare Advantage, Faculty Mentor: Michael Heaney, Political Science - Erika Walters, Utilization of Alachua County’s CHOICES Program Among the Working Poor, Faculty Mentor: David Hedge
Policy Scholars Grants awarded summer of 2008
- Daniel Ben-Zadok, United Jewish Communities Merger: Leadership, Social Policy, and Civil Engagement, Faculty Mentor, Brian Mayer, Sociology
- Jennifer Gurland, Higher Education for Undocumented Minors, Faculty Mentor, Lynn Leverty, Political Science
- Robert Lucas, Florida, Clemency, and Civil Rights, Faculty Mentor, Criminology
- Ryan Ross, The British Health Insurance Program (NHS) and the Potential for Universal Health Care in the U.S., Faculty Mentor, David Hedge, Political Science
Workshops and Collaboration
Several of our students have been working with students at the Institute of Politics at Harvard on the Campus Voices Project.This April, two of our students had the opportunity to travel to Boston for the National Conference on Civic Education where they learned strategies for getting student to register to vote!
