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| A C-Span 2 screen shot from the Data Surveillance event showing three SPS students in attendance (from left, at the bottom left corner of the screen: Maddy, Samantha, and Matt E.) |
The St. Albans School of Public Service takes full advantage of our location in Washington, D.C., not least by organizing small group trips to attend many of the interesting think tank panels, speeches, and events throughout the summer. Senior SPS Faculty member Edward ("Ted") Eagles is the moving behind the "Ted Trips," beginning with yesterday's trip accompanying twelve SPS 2013 students to an event at the DC think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies ("CSIS").
At CSIS, the students attended a panel discussion moderated by longtime CBS news veteran Bob Schieffer (part of the ongoing CSIS Schieffer Series on Foreign Policy, Politics, and Leadership), on some of the hottest issues of the day: NSA Data Surveillance, the PRISM Program, and Edward Snowden. (Click on the embedded YouTube video at the bottom of the post for a recording panel presentation that our SPS students attended live.) There was enough interest in this session to bring out the TV cameras from CSPAN -- see the screen shot above capturing some of our SPS 2013 students in attendance!
Next up in the "Ted Trips": thirteen School of Public Service students are off with Mr. Eagles to the American Enterprise Institute ("AEI") to hear a lecture from historian Allen Guelzo on the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg as we approach the 150th anniversary of the battle. Click here to see a further description of the Gettysburg lecture event!
Next up in the "Ted Trips": thirteen School of Public Service students are off with Mr. Eagles to the American Enterprise Institute ("AEI") to hear a lecture from historian Allen Guelzo on the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg as we approach the 150th anniversary of the battle. Click here to see a further description of the Gettysburg lecture event!
