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...joined the Peace Corps,” Kennedy said in an interview after his speech. “I think they want to play that kind of role today. The real challenge is giving them the opportunity to do it.” Kennedy said that part of the IOP??s legacy was its ability to translate material taught in classrooms into real-life scenarios. “A number of students have come and worked in the Senate, in the House, so they are taking their experiences at the Institute and are getting a lot of opportunities...
Some programs are designed simply to bring the leaders of the political world to Harvard. The IOP??s fellows program brings six accomplished public servants to campus for a semester to interact with students. Fellows lead study groups relating to topics of their expertise, and they often bring other experts—from Senators, to presidential candidates to journalists—to campus to engage in a dialogue with them. Beyond these small study groups, the IOP is also home to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the world’s premiere venues for public...
...also gives students the chance to practice public service. Students write about, debate, and find solutions to the most pressing political issues of the day at the Harvard Political Review, the Harvard Political Union, and the IOP??s Policy Program, respectively. Students can also impart their passion for public service on others, be it by training Harvard employees to become citizens as a citizenship tutor or teaching Boston students about being an informed citizens in the CIVICS program. Beyond Boston, students raise awareness about politics among young people through the National Campaign for Civic Engagement, and they take...
...cast includes both undergraduates and graduate students, and those involved hope to start a new tradition of political theater at the school. “The idea of this was that it would sort of start a tradition of having a play in the forum be the IOP??s entry to Arts First,” says producer Eleni Andreadis, who will receive a Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School this June. Though the production team has faced challenges working in what Byrne describes as a presentation space rather than a theatrical one, Andreadis argues...
...cast includes both undergraduates and graduate students, and those involved hope to start a new tradition of political theater at the school. “The idea of this was that it would sort of start a tradition of having a play in the forum be the IOP??s entry to Arts First,” says producer Eleni Andreadis, who will receive a Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School this June. Though the production team has faced challenges working in what Byrne describes as a presentation space rather than a theatrical one, Andreadis argues...