Nominate a Student: Hertog Political Studies Program

NAS members are invited to nominate students for the Hertog Program’s 2012 Summer Seminar and Summer Fellowship.

The Hertog Political Studies Program gives exceptional undergraduates a rigorous look at the theory and practice of politics.  In the heart of the nation’s capital, on the campus of George Washington University, Hertog Fellows study classic texts in political thought such as Plato’s Republic, Machiavelli’s Prince, and some of the seminal documents of American politics with an outstanding faculty.  In addition, students study selected public policy issues with some of those who helped formulate and implement those policies. 

The 2012 Hertog Program will have two parts each consisting of three sections of 15 students each:

1. The Hertog Summer Seminar is a full-scholarship, six-week program in the theory and practice of politics.  In addition to the study mentioned above, students will hear from approximately 20 outside speakers from the world of political affairs—public officials, public policy analysts, and writers on politics and policy.  Speakers will include Bill Kristol, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Juan Williams, David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer.  The Summer Seminar will begin June 11th and end July 20th.  All students admitted will receive a full scholarship and a $3,000 stipend.
2. The Hertog Summer Fellowship is a new, two-week, full-scholarship program focusing on a single topic in political thought or area of public policy.  While the Summer Seminar program is designed for all undergraduates, the Summer Fellowship is open to upper-level undergraduates and recent college graduates. For 2012, the three sections will be devoted to foreign policy, democratic capitalism and the future of the welfare state, and Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.  The Summer Fellowship will begin on July 23rd and end on August 3rd and each student admitted will receive a full scholarship and a $1,000 stipend.

You may nominate students by forwarding his or her name and email address to admissions at [email protected].  The Hertog Program will then email each student mentioning your nomination and offering information on how to apply.  The application deadline for both programs is March 2, 2012 and details can be found at www.hertogprogram.org.

Students may also apply directly, but nominations by faculty members are helpful for reaching and selecting great students.  You are invited to nominate some of your best students and share this invitation with your colleagues.  If you have any questions, contact the Hertog Program by calling (202) 292-5968.