Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Leadership Class of 2021: Leading through ‘Yes’ A former sports journalist and investment banker, Batten’s Sean Bielawski, who will graduate with his MPP next week, has no regrets about saying yes to everything. Read More Student Stories, Leadership The Batten School Announces Class of 2021 Winners of the Pilot and Legacy Awards The Pilot and Legacy Awards are the most prestigious student-nominated awards for graduating MPP and BA students. This year, a record number of nominations were submitted by Batten students, faculty and staff who were impacted by Batten’s Class of 2021. Read More Student Stories, Leadership Batten’s Gelsdorf and Holbein Receive UVA’s Faculty Public Service Awards Batten professors Kirsten Gelsdorf and John Holbein were two of the five University of Virginia faculty members to be recognized with 2020-21 Public Service Awards for their dedication to work that enhances student experiences and engages communities nearby and around the world. Read More Leadership Class of 2021: Future Leader Is Committed to Creating Policies That Keep Children in Mind Batten student Heeyon Joy Kim (MPP '21), who has been taking classes remotely from Korea during the pandemic, is working to be a voice for vulnerable children. Read More Advocacy, Student Stories, Leadership Class of 2021: Terrell Jana ‘Always Sat in the Front Row’ As he awaits the NFL Draft this week, Batten student and co-captain of the football team Terrell Jana (BA '21), looks back on his time at UVA, where he learned that athletes can shape public policy. Read More Advocacy, Student Stories, Leadership Amidst the Pandemic, Employment Outcomes for Batten Graduates Remain High Despite major disruptions in the hiring market posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Batten’s most recent graduates demonstrate that a Batten education continues to be in high demand among employers across sectors. Read More Leadership Why Our Brains Miss Opportunities to Improve through Subtraction In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and co-authors explain why people systematically overlook subtractive improvements. Read More Research and Commentary, Leadership, School Engineering, Social Psychology Batten Professor Selected as University of Tulsa’s Next President Brad Carson, a native Oklahoman who represented the state’s 2nd Congressional District in the House of Representatives, taught courses related to national security and public sector innovation at Batten. Read More Leadership, National Security Class of 2021: Batten Student Aims to Use Her Policy Prowess Back Home Tatenda Mabikacheche (MPP ’21) grew up in Zimbabwe during a period of incredible economic instability. What she’s learned during her time at Batten, she said, can help her country rebuild. Read More Student Stories, Darden School of Business, Leadership, Economics, Domestic Policy & Politics Looking Back and Looking Forward: 10 Years of Social Entrepreneurship at SE@UVA Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia (SE@UVA), a Batten School initiative, is marking its 10-year anniversary with a renewed commitment to educate the next generation of social innovation leaders. Read More Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ›› Subscribe to Leadership Categories Personal Statement(3) Batten Ambassadors(30) SE Minor(27) Faculty(2) Curriculum(34) Alumni(6) Application(34) MPP(40) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Career Outcomes(8) Essays(8) New Student(19) Admissions(52) Recommendations(11) Study Abroad (1)Policy Minor(45) BA(69) Accelerated MPP(63) Events(14) Student Life(38)