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Oct 26, 2015 Batten Receives Top Ten Innovative School Ranking Education Leadership A survey by Best Value Schools named the Batten School one of the most innovative public service schools in the U.S. The Batten School was ranked number nine out of 50 schools listed. Learn more
Oct 20, 2015 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson speaks at the Batten School Democracy Leadership U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson spoke at the Batten School on in October on “The Challenges of Policy Change: US-Cuba Relations as a Case Study.” Learn more
Oct 14, 2015 Va. Secretary of Commerce to Discuss "The New Virginia Economy" Political Science Leadership Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones spoke at the Batten School in October 2015. Learn more
Oct 08, 2015 Student Profile: James Cathro Leadership Education Batten has given me the analytical tools to test and prove facts that were previously only hunches—and disprove many more. Learn more
Oct 04, 2015 Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders Leadership Ethics How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Learn more
Sep 30, 2015 Resilience and Character: MPP Students Recall Peace Corps Experience Leadership For two incoming MPP students and returned Peace Corps volunteers it was an experience that has positively shaped who they are today. Learn more
Sep 21, 2015 Batten professor gives keynote at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop Leadership Batten School professor Jay Shimshack gave the keynote presentation at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop. Learn more
Sep 10, 2015 Batten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a Difference Leadership Democracy Working with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation. Learn more
Aug 17, 2015 New Program Allows Any Undergrad to Minor in Entrepreneurship Education Leadership The University of Virginia will launch one of its largest interdisciplinary degree programs to date this month. The new entrepreneurship minor is open to all undergraduate students and represents a strategic collaboration between multiple schools. Read in UVAToday
Aug 05, 2015 MPP Alumna Wins NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Education Leadership Veronica Katz, a doctoral student in the Education Policy doctoral program, has been awarded a National Academy of Education (NAEd) / Spencer 2015 Dissertation Fellowship for $27,500. Learn more
Jul 21, 2015 Slovak Ambassador Discusses Entrepreneurship Policy in Central Europe International Development Democracy The Ambassador’s presentation, “The Slovak Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Visegrád Group of Four States,” covered recent efforts by the Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as the country’s government in Slovakia. Learn more
Jun 30, 2015 Batten Alumna Promotes Gender Equality by the Numbers Leadership Domestic Policy & Politics Rorem wants more people to see all the hidden truths that math reveals about everyday life and how female mathematicians are contributing to that understanding. Learn more