Political Science Department at Randolph-Macon College

02/17/2023

The 2023 Virginia Governor's Fellows competition is now open!

The historic and prestigious Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program offers a select group of outstanding and highly motivated individuals the opportunity to experience firsthand the administration of state government in the Commonwealth.

03/15/2022

Have 10 minutes or so? That's enough time to help out one of our PSCI students who's doing a semester-long research project and would love your help! Please scan the QR code or follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2L3B93P to help her out. If you don't have time to take the survey, please consider sharing this post!

03/03/2022

Dr. Bell’s Congress class’s first party caucuses are in full swing!

02/28/2022

The 2022 Virginia Governors Fellows Program is now accepting applications. Due: March 27, 2022.

Governor Northam Announces Launch of 2021 Governor’s Fellows Program.

02/25/2022

Thanks to all who attended today, as Dr. Badey and Dr. Turner spoke to a standing-room only crowd and led a Q&A this afternoon about the developing situation in Ukraine.

11/01/2020

Election Night Watch Party! Tuesday, 7:00-11:00 p.m. at Birdsong Hall. RSVP required on the CORQ app or the Buzz. Space is limited and masks and distancing are required.

For those who prefer a virtual watch party, Dr. Bell is a participant in The Ohio State University’s Virtual Watch Party, and OSU has extended an invitation to R-MC students to attend as well. Registration is required in order to get access to the Zoom link. More information and registration details are here: https://u.osu.edu/electionnight/.

07/26/2020

Here are a couple of internship/scholarship opportunities that may be of interest to our students and alumni!

*Virtual Internships with the US Student Federal Service*
Through the Virtual Student Federal Service program, students work
virtually on projects that advance the work of the US government on
multiple fronts. Students can choose projects from more than 40 federal
agencies. Must be a US Citizen enrolled in the 20-21 school year. Deadline:
31 July 2020. https://vsfs.state.gov/


*Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair*
Science and technology. Business and mathematics. Mapping and GIS. Foreign
language and human resources. If students study it, the IC needs it. On
Thursday, August 13, young professionals can meet recruiters from many of
the 17 U.S. Intelligence Agencies during the 2020 Fall Intelligence
Community Virtual Career Fair. Register and see the list of participating
organizations at https://icvcf.6connex.com/event/ICVCF/fall2020-att/login


*Samuel Huntington Public Service Award*
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides $20,000 stipends for
graduating college seniors to pursue one year of public service anywhere in
the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public
service for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.
Deadline: January 15, 2021 https://www.samuelhuntingtonaward.org/

05/24/2020

Congratulations to all the 2020 Political Science majors and minors graduating this year! We know you are going to do big things, whether in graduate school, government, diplomacy, or something else entirely. We have loved getting to work with you all—please stay in touch!

05/08/2020

Happening now: our annual Pi Sigma Alpha honor society induction & departmental awards ceremony! Congrats to our students!

02/26/2020

Dr. Bell was recently featured in PSNow, a political science blog run by the American Political Science Association! The APSA profiled her approach to teaching after she won R-MC's Thomas Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching in April 2019.

Excellence in teaching political science is essential to the discipline. This interview series highlights campus teaching award winners who have been recognized by APSA for their achievements. Subm…

02/25/2020

Students represented Randolph-Macon and the Republic of Mozambique at last weekend's Model African Union in Washington. Here we are at the Embassy of Mozambique and on the historic quad at Howard University.