“Do you do community service at SEGL?”
It is a question I hear regularly when sharing our school with new audiences. Until this semester, my answer has been incomplete. Yes, we have students who perform service while at SEGL, yes, our students’ social venture projects demonstrate service at its finest, and yes, the topics we learn about often inspire service. But we have alway felt we could do more.Read More
Last Friday SEGL held its second Master Class of the Spring 2012 semester with former State Department Chief of Speechwriting Lissa Muscatine and current State Department Speechwriter Megan Rooney. In five groups, our students presented speeches they wrote for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deliver before five different audiences.
The topic? The current violence in Syria.Read More
The PBS documentary “Ghosts of Rwanda” has become something of a right of passage for SEGL students. Shown in preparation for our second case study of the semester, the film challenges students with difficult imagery and what many observers call the U.S. government’s failure to respond.Read More
One of the best parts of our flagship Ethics and Leadership class is the “Master Class.” Each cohort of SEGL students meets with dozens of guests over the course of the semester, gaining critical insights and skills from each one. When our guests go beyond Q & A, something particularly special happens. Our first Master Class of the semester occurred Friday after a week of learning about ethical theories, past and present. Read More
SEGL’s Spring 2012 semester is underway, and what an auspicious start! Our 22 students come from a wide array of backgrounds, and each one is clearly working to take full advantage of the SEGL experience.
What if you had only three weeks left in DC? How would you spend your time?
Our Fall 2011 students made the most of their post-Thanksgiving days.
Attention all prospective students:
We are excited to announce our newly released 2012-2013 application for admission! All current sophomores are eligible to apply for our Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters (each with a Priority Application Deadline of February 15, 2012).
Please see our admissions page for more details on the process, our apply page for the application download, our tuition and financial assistance page for an overview of costs and available aid, and our calendar page for an outline of significant semester dates.Read More
What did you do in school today? Yesterday, our students were at the State Department presenting their policy recommendations for Burma to Ambassador Derek Mitchell, the U.S. Special Envoy to Burma. Mitchell is the highest ranking State Department official working on Burma.Read More
Each Veteran’s Day our students meet with military leaders to discuss the life and sacrifices of military life. This year’s conversation was particularly poignant. It took place at Arlington National Cemetery with Lieutenant General John F. Kelly, the highest-ranking military officer to lose a child in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts. Read More
SEGL students and faculty had a brush with international music stardom this morning when Sudanese rap artist Emmanual Jal joined us for a private concert, motivational talk, and Q and A session. Read More