Category: Fellows in the News
Fellows in the News
March 27, 2024
RFG Fellows Reconnect in Taiwan
RFG Fellows, Olivia Parker (UMD 2024) and Jackson Rice (UCSD 2025), had the incredible opportunity to reconnect in Taiwan this quarter. Olivia traveled to Taiwan this spring to conduct research as part of her University of Maryland graduate capstone research project, which she is doing in collaboration with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Center for Excellence in […]
Academic Partner News
March 26, 2024
Maxwell Fellows Leverage Semester in Washington, DC Program
In recent years, RFG Fellows at Syracuse University’s (SU) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been leveraging the School’s Washington, DC program to accelerate not only their academic efforts, but their professional development as well. Headquartered at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Maxwell-in-Washington Program is an opportunity for students […]
Fellows in the News
December 27, 2023
RFG Fellows Arrive in DC for the 2023 Fall Gathering
This past October, 20 current RFG Fellows traveled to Washington, DC for the annual RFG Fall Gathering. Fellows began their stay in Washington with a Welcome Dinner at the Texas A&M University’s Bush School location in Washington, DC. RFG President, Geoff Robertson, delivered remarks at the event along with senior leadership from Syracuse University’s Maxwell […]
Fellows in the News
December 27, 2023
RFG Hosts a Dinner Reception in Partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
RFG partnered with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to host a dinner for RFG Fellows and Alumni as part of the annual 2023 RFG Fall Gathering. This event was an incredible networking opportunity for Fellows and Alumni as they mingled and spoke with RFG partners, members of the Robertson family, Federal Agency […]
Fellows in the News
December 27, 2023
RFG Fellows Meet with Federal Employers As Part of Annual Fall Gathering
As part of the RFG Fall Gathering, current RFG Fellows visited different federal employers throughout Washington, DC, including the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Treasury Department. Fellows also met with a panel of representatives from the intelligence community. In each of these meetings, Fellows learned about different employment […]
Fellows in the News
October 6, 2023
RFG Welcomes the Class of 2025
The Robertson Foundation for Government is proud to announce the newest additions to the Robertson Fellows’ network. Ten new fellows have kicked off the 2023-2024 academic year, which marks the 15th class supported by RFG. To learn more about their diverse and engaging backgrounds, please check out their individual bios below. Syracuse University, Maxwell School […]
Fellows in the News
October 6, 2023
RFG Fellows Complete Summer 2023 Internships
RFG Fellows from the Class of 2024 completed a diverse set of robust summer internship and research projects this summer. These included RFG Fellow, Andrew Gasparini‘s (Maxwell 2024) time at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, where he engaged in interagency projects between the MCC and the Department of State. Melissa Alvisi, another RFG Fellow from the […]
Fellows in the News
October 6, 2023
Summer Internship Spotlight: U.S. INDOPACOM
This summer, two Robertson Fellows traveled to Hawaii as interns in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Center. This program, which has partnered with RFG for several years, hosts students from across the United States to work for ten weeks under a combatant command dedicated to preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. Olivia Parker (UMD 2024) worked […]
Fellows in the News
July 20, 2023
Chronicles of a Boren Fellow: Studying Swahili in Tanzania
In April 2023, RFG Fellow, JaKyah Beatty (UMD, 2024), returned from her travels abroad as a Boren Fellow studying Swahili in Tanzania. While abroad, JaKyah had the opportunity to learn a critical language, progressing from having no prior knowledge of Swahili to reaching an advanced intermediate fluency in the language after nine months of intensive […]
Fellows in the News
July 20, 2023
RFG Fellows Begin Federal Summer Internships
The Class of 2024 Robertson Fellows have finished their first year of graduate school and are embarking upon their summer internships, focused on furthering their careers in public service. This year, Fellows are interning at agencies as diverse as the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. […]