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The Batten School Announces Recipients of the Bocock and Hitz Public Service Fellowship
The Batten School announced the 2018-19 student recipients of the Bocock and Hitz Public Service Fellowship. Established in 2012 by a generous gift from Fred Hitz and Mary Buford Bocock, the Bocock and Hitz Public Service Fellowship Fund supports outstanding students in Batten’s Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs who are committed to effecting positive change through careers in public service.
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Governing NGOs: A Challenge in Four ActsNGO boards can stray too easily from the path of effective governance. And when they do, the impact on the NGO’s performance can be devastating.
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Batten’s National Security Policy Center Celebrates Inaugural Year Preparing Students for Critical Foreign and Domestic ServiceThe Center's first year included more than a dozen programs supplementing a ground-breaking core education to prepare professionals for highly sensitive and specialized service.
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Dream Team: Batten’s Mulloth Part of Duo to Produce Revolutionary Air FiltersBala Mulloth, right, and Gaurav Giri believe their innovative air filter will be both effective and affordable. Their venture won the Global Research Programs of Distinction grant—which included $86,000 in seed money—from UVA’s Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation.
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Batten Professor’s Expanded “Nudge” Program for Student Success Draws National InterestBen Castleman and his colleagues have expanded the reach of their efforts to help students achieve and succeed at work with their new national program Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions. (photo by Sanjay Suchak, UVA Communications)
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The Batten School Announces Recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund
Today, the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the 2018-19 student recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund. The fund, generously established in 2016 by UVA alumna Jill Royster and her husband Drew Lawton, supports students in Batten’s undergraduate and accelerated Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs who are pursuing work in social entrepreneurship.
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Recovery, Resolve, and Resilience: Dominica Presents Students with Unique Social Entrepreneurship Challenges"We're looking at how to reset the economy...to get people back onto the land, and create value from utilizing the land as a resource." — UVA's Bevin Etienne
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Dual Batten-Darden Graduate Recovers From Severe Injuries, Develops Medicinal Tea for InfectionsAli Barta's commitment to the success of her herbal products company, Nuna Med, is deeply personal. Her first product, called Urinary Tract SupporTea, treats her own chronic urinary tract infections, caused by a workplace accident in April 2014 that nearly killed her.
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Batten’s Sechser and Womack at Department of Politics Discuss Trump-Kim Summit"I want to know what the North Koreans are going to ask for. They have been very quiet about it so far, offering vague promises instead of saying what they might want. That is the big question for me." — Todd Sechser
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Batten’s Gratz Among UVA-Record 16 Fulbright ScholarsMaggie Gratz, an accelerated Master's degree graduate, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Jaffna, Sri Lanka beginning in the fall.
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Parks Daniel, Dual Batten-Darden Graduate, Looks Ahead to High-Impact Career With Mastercard"It’s the combination of Batten and Darden that has brought me to this place." — 2018 dual graduate Parks Daniel.
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Three Batten Graduates Secure Staff Positions with North Carolina General AssemblyMaster's degree graduates Madison Lahey, Grant Schwab, and Mary Greeson will begin work this summer in the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly.