“Coming to the University 20 years ago opened a whole new world to me in so many ways. It’s been great. I can’t imagine having spent my career anywhere else.”

When Matt Zemon, ’94, CEO of American Support, offered two Jepson students a chance to intern with his company and practice virtual leadership, Colin Sweeney and Katrina Goulden, ’12, jumped at the opportunity.

An internship with the Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service at St. Christopher’s School in Richmond gave Anna Von Heill, ’12, an opportunity to share her leadership studies knowledge and help shape future leaders.

Jessy Elphick, ’12, is spending the summer as an intern with Pencils of Promise, an organization that works to build schools in developing countries and train future leaders.

As the executive director of the Tininia Q. Cade Foundation, Camille Hammond, ’97, draws on her leadership studies background to help families realize their dream of having children. She shared her story on “The View” last month.

From national television interviews on a fatal bus crash to articles on finding and reconnecting refugees, Burhans civic fellow Nikki Cannavo is using her communication skills to tell the American Red Cross story of leadership in times of crisis.

A connection with her Leadership and Humanities professor during the spring semester of her first year on campus led Cici Pandol, ’14, to Washington, D.C. for a summer internship.

Junior Colin Billings spent part of his summer in the Middle East, learning ways to break down barriers between people of different faiths.

Leading economists and students from some 19 countries gathered at the Jepson School June 24-27 for the 12th annual Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economic Thought.

A summer program brought students from the American Community School in Athens to Richmond to learn about leadership, get a taste of college life and participate in study trips.