During the 150 Days of Service project, a number of current students and alumni alike conferred online in a campaign of service to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Jepson School’s first graduating class.

On November 9, James MacGregor Burns joined the Jepson faculty in welcoming the new students into the Jepson School of Leadership Studies during the Prelude induction ceremony.

Alumna Corrie Mixon first connected her love for justice with her passion for social issues in a leadership studies course. As an AmeriCorps worker and future nurse, that connection is now part of Mixon's daily life.

On Jan. 31, 2009, top economists met at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies to discuss “Leadership in Times of Crisis: Economic Science and the Constitution.”

Many students make a conscious effort to avoid the controversy that often surrounds the discussion of such hot-button topics as sexuality. For his senior honors thesis, Jepson student John Frank, '09, sought to change the pre-existing attitudes toward homosexuals.

“The changes we can make in educating children about the political process can produce better leaders, and at the very least citizens who are well informed about their rights, ” said Meredith Hull, ’09, who discovered her future career goals through research for her senior honors thesis.

For a group of 13 high school students from Greece, the Jepson-Athens Leadership Academy provided the opportunity to further their study of leadership. Jepson professor Tom Wren incorporated his text on the subject, “The Leadership Companion,” into the classroom discussion.

With the center of the nation's political life so close, it's common to find Richmond summer interns working in the District of Columbia. In 2009, three Jepson women landed positions in Washington in women's rights advocacy organizations. 

Working as part of a national movement in community leadership development programs geared toward emerging leaders, this Jepson student combined her interests in diversity, leadership and community engagement.

Leadership and political science double major parlays relationship with editor/adjunct Jepson faculty member into demanding internship at Governing, a national political magazine covering state and local politics for 80,000 readers, mostly elected and appointed officials.