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July 2023

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Impact Stories

Jul 2023

Making the CHIPS Act Pay Off: How to Boost STEM Talent to Meet Industry Needs

RFG is proud to recognize Emily Ashbridge (Bush, 2023) as the winner of the Dr. Michael Schneider Professional Writing Award for the second quarter of 2023. Check out her award-winning piece below titled, “Making the CHIPS Act Pay Off: How to Boost STEM Talent to Meet Industry Needs.” This piece was originally published by the […]

Impact Stories

Jul 2023

RFG Joins with the Virtual Student Federal Service to Recognize This Year’s Top Virtual Interns

The Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) held their Virtual Intern of the Year Awards on May 31, 2023. In support of this event, the Robertson Foundation for Government partnered with the VSFS Program to highlight the important contributions of virtual student interns to Federal Government initiatives. As part of that support, RFG gave cash awards […]

Fellows in the News

Jul 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

Jul 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. […]

Alumni Spotlight

Jul 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Reflections of a Commercial Service Officer

This quarter we connected with RFG Alum, R. Taylor Moore (UMD, 2013), who has worked for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (Commercial Service) for nearly a decade. Taylor’s career with the Commercial Service has included overseas postings in China and Mozambique and service stateside in Washington, DC and Houston, Texas. Currently, Taylor is the […]

Fellows in the News

Jul 2023

RFG Congratulates the Graduating Class of 2023

The Robertson Foundation for Government is proud to recognize the graduating Class of 2023! This class includes Jacob Emont, Paul-Donavon Murray, and Kelli Sunabe, RFG Fellows from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; Emily Ashbridge, Christina Baker, and Chase Burciaga, RFG Fellows from Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public […]