ACADEMICS

Lecture Series

Capital Semester students attend one of the guest lectures.

Incorporated into the Monday night internship seminar course, the guest lecture series gives students the opportunity to hear from various industry professionals in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Speakers range from policy experts to government officials, lobbyists and newspaper/magazine editors.

Speakers give first-hand accounts of the day to day life of D.C. working professionals as well how they broke into their respective fields. The lecture series serves as way for students to begin thinking of their future careers and to cultivate their professional network.

Past speakers have included:

Public Policy Track

• Jim Derleth, USAID
• Wally Hsueh, Senate Small Business & Entrepreneur Committee
• Ed Hudgins, The Atlas Society, Center for Objectivism
• Holly Jackson, State Policy Network
• David Kelley, Founder & Senior Fellow, The Atlas Society
• Ginger Loper, Timmons & Co.
• David Mason, Chairman of the Federal Election Commission
• Jodi Olsen, Peace Corps
• Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX)
• Jennifer Pollom, Senate Budget Committee
• Ambassador Jack Pritchard, President, Korea Economic Institute
• Jocelyn M. Rowe, Director of International Marketing, Management Training Corporation
• Thom Stohler, Department of Labor

Political Journalism Track

• Tom Vanden Brook, Pentagon Reporter, USA TODAY
• Catalina Camia, USA Today
• Randy DeCleene, Communications Director, Secretary of the Army and former Deputy Press Secretary for Robert Dubill, retired Executive Editor, USA TODAY
• Gordon Johndroe, Former White House Deputy Press Secretary under George W. Bush
• Michael Kranish, Boston Globe
• Carl J. Leubsdorf, Political Reporter and retired Bureau Chief, Dallas Morning News
• Charlie Mahtesian, Politico
• Julie Mason, White House correspondent, Washington Examiner
• Rym Momtaz, CNN International
• Bill Nichols, Politico
• Patrick O'Connor, Politico
• Susan Page, USA Today
• Lou Peck, Editor-in-Chief, Congress Daily
• Katherine Skiba, U.S. News & World Report
• Brian Tumulty, Gannett News Service
• Richard Wolf, USA Today