Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Leadership Armed with Humor, Batten Student Named Among Nation's Top Four Army ROTC Cadets The Navy Federal Credit Union has selected Batten student Jacob Shapero (MPP '21) as one of four Army ROTC All-Americans nationwide. Read More Student Stories, Leadership, Economics Meet the 2021 Batten Finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows Program One of the most prestigious programs for graduate students and alumni interested in public service, the fellowship affords recipients two years of experience and training at a federal agency. Read More Student Stories, Leadership Professor Mbiti’s Work in Tanzania Recognized Professor Mbiti began working with the organization Twaweza and Tanzanian government partners to develop a study called KiuFunza (“thirst for learning”) in 2012. Read More Research and Commentary, Leadership, Domestic Policy & Politics Batten Alumna Promotes Gender Equality by the Numbers 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. Read More Alum in Action, Leadership, Domestic Policy & Politics MPP Alumna Wins NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 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. Read More Alum in Action, Leadership, Education New Program Allows Any Undergrad to Minor in Entrepreneurship 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 More Student Stories, Leadership, Education Batten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a Difference 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. Read More Student Stories, Leadership, Democracy Batten professor gives keynote at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop Batten School professor Jay Shimshack gave the keynote presentation at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop. Read More Leadership Resilience and Character: MPP Students Recall Peace Corps Experience For two incoming MPP students and returned Peace Corps volunteers it was an experience that has positively shaped who they are today. Read More Student Stories, Leadership Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Read More Research and Commentary, Ethics, Leadership Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 7 Next page ›› Subscribe to Leadership Categories New Student(19) Application(34) Faculty(2) Curriculum(34) Essays(8) Admissions(52) Recommendations(11) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Batten Ambassadors(30) Alumni(6) MPP(40) Events(14) SE Minor(27) Accelerated MPP(63) Career Outcomes(8) Study Abroad (1)Personal Statement(3) Student Life(38) BA(69) Policy Minor(45)