Schar School of Policy and Government

The Summer 2019 session of the “Young Women’s Leadership Program,” founded and led by former Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, is accepting applications from middle and high school girls. There is no charge to participate.

While some might be happy with dinner and glad-handing during a semi-formal gala, the Schar School of Policy and Government’s tireless Alumni Chapter combined May 15’s alumni awards dinner with a remarkable policy panel on U.S. statecraft in a period of international overextension.

Originally from the Czech Republic, Michaela Dodge first became interested in missile defense as a college student. Her home country was considering hosting a U.S. missile defense site at the time, she said, and she became fascinated with debates surrounding the controversial topic.

Schar School of Policy and Government graduating Government and International Politics major Tim O’Shea spent his time at George Mason University helping his peers become more engaged citizens in their community and state.

Alice Rivlin, a leading government economist and the first woman to serve as the nation’s budget director, a cabinet-level position, died of cancer May 14 at her home in Washington, D.C. She was 88.

Only at Mason: Former CIA director George Tenet (1997-2004) made a rare public appearance earlier this month when he took the stage at George Mason University’s Founders Hall in Arlington for an off-the-record, 90-minute conversation with Mike Morell.

The soaring brass music that accompanies the faculty procession during the 2019 Schar School of Policy and Government’s Degree Celebration at EagleBank Arena sounds like a classic, grand ceremonial instrumental.

A new Washington Post and Schar School of Policy and Government poll shows the reputation of Washington, D.C.’s mass transit system is improving.