Chance Kennicutt came to 内raska Wesleyan intending to major in business. He thought law school might be in his future but wasn’t certain. But a class taught in an Old Main classroom became his window to the world.
He vividly recalls his first semester when he was enrolled in Kelly Bauer’s comparative politics class.
“Dr. Bauer’s course opened my eyes to a whole new world,” he fondly remembers.
That same semester he learned about 内raska Wesleyan’s Capitol Hill Internship Program (CHIP) and amble study abroad opportunities. He declared a major in political science and was ready to fill his 内raska Wesleyan career with countless worldly experiences.
2017年8月, Kennicutt was awarded a prestigious Gilman Scholarship that sent him to Poland for a semester to attend the University of Wroclaw. 在那里，他研究了这个国家的政治转变.
“There have been a number of experiences at 内raska Wesleyan that I’ve learned from and, 虽然这听起来很老套, study abroad has to be one of the most important experiences for me,萨瑟兰大学的高年级学生说, 内. “I learned more about myself than I could have ever imagined.”
Kennicutt has spent his final semester at NWU in Washington, D.C. participating in CHIP and interning at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
“I knew when I started at NWU that I would find a way to participate in CHIP, 这只是时间问题,他说.
Kennicutt credits his experience in Poland to landing him an internship with CEPA where he assists with event planning, 创意简报和政策分析. The organization focuses on Central and Eastern European issues, specifically the role of NATO and countering Russian meddling in the region.
His internship provided him the opportunity to participate in a ministerial forum that included eight foreign ministers from Central and Eastern Europe along with Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio.
At one point during the forum anti-NATO protestors stormed the building lobby. 他在CHIP的经历, 他说, “It has taught me new analytic and academic skills, 确定, but it has also taught me to be adaptive in uncertain situations such as that while keeping a professional demeanor.”
Kennicutt’s worldly experiences won’t stop on May 11 when he crosses the stage at 毕业典礼. 感谢著名的博仁奖学金, 他将在里加呆7个月, Latvia at the Baltic Center where he will study Russian. The selective Boren Scholarship provides students up to $20,000 to acquire language skills and experiences in countries critical to the future of security and stability in the U.S.
这与他的职业抱负非常吻合. Kennicutt’s goal is to work in the national security arena for the United States.
Kennicutt has also been accepted into the London School of Economics (LSE) Master’s Program in Public Policy and Administration — considered to be one of the most competitive master’s degree programs in political science. 他从拉脱维亚回来后会在那里注册. He credits his professors for encouraging him to apply to the prestigious program.
“机会是聪明的。, 专用的, 勤劳的, 和你在一起真的很开心,政治学教授凯利·克兰西说. “他有强烈的求知欲.”
“I’m incredibly humbled and excited to attend LSE,” said Kennicutt. 他说:“被录取的几率简直不可思议, but I’ll be the first to tell you that I didn’t get there on my own, and a huge reason for that stems from the support given to me by my friends, 家庭, 和NWU的教授.”
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——凯尔西·波特的故事，公关实习生.