Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST (Zoom)

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Is it important for you to work for a company that is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion? Do you want to learn more about corporate employers recruiting liberal arts majors? Join our panel to learn how Capital One and Charles Schwab are working to recruit students with diverse voices and backgrounds and to promote professional success in inclusive workplaces.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST (Zoom)

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Join us on Zoom for the November installment of The Futures Initiative, a program highlighting how studying humanities and social sciences prepares students for public and professional lives of purpose. This month we welcome G. Elliott Morris, a data journalist at The Economist who will be Zooming in from Washington, D.C. Elliott writes about American politics and elections, usually by engaging in a close study of political science, political polling and demographic data. He is responsible for many of the paper’s election forecasting models, including their 2020 US presidential election forecast. Elliott is also author of the forthcoming book Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.

Elliott began blogging about political statistics as a UT student in 2015. He also worked as a survey methodology intern at the Pew Research Center and produced statistical models for the election returns startup Decision Desk HQ between 2017 and 2018. He received his undergraduate degrees in government and history from UT Austin in May 2018.

Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government & Public Service is hosting an online Public Service Weekend Oct 29-30 for those interested in learning about and preparing for careers in public service. Specifically, undergraduate students from Texas universities who exhibit leadership skills, support diversity, and have self-identified as future public servants interested in related fields are encouraged to attend:

Nonprofits * Government at all levels (agencies and elected offices) * Women, Peace & Security *

INGOs * Pandemic Preparedness * National Defense * Homeland Security * Cybersecurity *

Intelligence * Diplomacy * Int’l Economics * Int’l Politics * Int’l Economic Development *

Policy Areas in Education, Health, the Environment * Regional Studies * and more!

What: Public Service Weekend

When: Friday, Oct 29 (about 2:30-6:15 PM) and Saturday, Oct 30 (10:00 AM-12:45 PM)

    It’s OK to just attend part of it as needed; we’ll send an agenda soon

Where: Online via Zoom

How: Click here to REGISTER by Oct 26

Submit the form above and a resume. We will send reminders and Zoom links a few days before the event.

Content: SERVICE-MINDED attendees will hear about public service careers and what benefits they offer, participate in a career workshop, attend breakout sessions over various career sectors, join a faculty-led discussion, have Q&A opportunities with an alumni panel and current students panel, learn the graduate admissions timeline and how to be a competitive grad school applicant, and receive information on how grad school funding works.

Fuel your passion for public service while learning the next steps to take from professionals who live it!

Still have questions? View our PSW 2021 Flyer or visit our PSW website. You can also contact us directly; we’ll be glad to help.