Policy Lunches Offer Insights into Breaking World News
By Robert Liu, ’14 SIG’s Campus Awareness Committee had a memorable, productive, and pioneering year. The weekly policy lunches have remained its hallmark events, and this year were particularly timely, with speakers and topics that coincided with current events in domestic and international politics. The year started strong with a well-attended lunch on the Syria […]
From Sacramento to Warsaw: How a SIG Fellow’s Experience Changed Her Life
By Claire Zabel, BS ’14, MS ’15 During the summer of 2013, I worked at the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) through a SIG Fellowship made possible by The Edwin L. Z’Berg Fellowship in California State Conservation and Environmental Issues Fund. It was the most valuable professional experience I have had. The […]
County Initiatives Committee Announces New Opportunities for Stanford Students
By Emma Leeds Armstrong, ’18, and Jack Blaisdell, ’18 Thanks to funding secured by County Supervisor Joe Simitian, MA ’00, Stanford in Government will offer six new fellowships in Santa Clara County offices this summer. The opportunities include placements in the Office of Reentry Services, the Office of Women’s Policy, and the Santa Clara Valley […]
Public Policy Forum: A New Dialogue
By: Libby Scholz, ’17 At the beginning of this academic year, SIG’s board inaugurated a new role for the Public Policy Forum (PPF). As SIG Chair Meredith Wheeler, ’14, explained, the Public Policy Forum “provides an informal space for members of the SIG and the Stanford communities to discuss contemporary policy issues in a peer-to-peer […]
A Letter from SIG Chair Meredith Wheeler, ’14
Dear SIG Friends, It is an honor to write to you as chair of Stanford in Government (SIG). Following the 50th anniversary celebration gala in Washington, D.C. last June, the SIG student board, alumni advisors and university supporters began discussing a series of questions: Which Stanford students can be better served by SIG’s programs? Where […]
Congressman Joe Kennedy and the Government Shutdown
By: Kimberly Tan, ’17, and Maddie Hawkinson, ’17 On October 1, 2013, the government officially closed for the first time since 1996 as a result of arguments over the Affordable Care Act and the debt crises. The shutdown lasted 18 days and resulted in harsh media criticism. On October 16, 2013, President Obama signed the […]