Research shows that women make government more transparent, inclusive and accessible. Women bring different priorities and experiences to public life, including perspectives that have been largely absent in public policymaking. Women change the way government works, and their voices are needed around the country. …
Finalists for the 2018 National Student Congress Senate Since 1991, the Stennis Center has sponsored the National Student Congress as part of the National Speech & Debate Association’s National Tournament. The country’s top high school debaters assemble every June to compete for the honor of the …
College women from across Mississippi gathered at Mississippi University for Women for Mississippi NEW Leadership, a leadership development program for women interested in careers in public service. COLUMBUS, Miss. — Statistics show that while women make up more than half of the U.S. population, they …
Pictured from left to right: Congressman John Yarmouth, Congressman Tim Ryan, Congressman Tom Cole, General Paul Selva, Congressman John Garamendi, Congressman John Moolenaar, and Mike McCord, Director, Civil Military Leadership Program, Stennis Center. Attended but not pictured: Congresswoman Susan Davis and …
Pictured left to right: Captain John J. Cummings, prospective commanding officer of the USS GERALD FORD; Captain Randall Peck, prospective commanding officer of the USS JOHN C. STENNIS; Captain Matthew Paradise, prospective commanding officer of the USS CARL VINSON; and Captain Patrick Hannifin, prospective …
Pictured above: 115th Stennis Fellows in front of Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. The Stennis Fellows of the 115th Congress met at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, April 20-22, 2018, to explore their theme, “Meeting the Legislative Branch Leadership Challenge in …
Pictured above: 115th Stennis Fellows working in small groups at Synthesis Retreat, May 18-19, 2018, in West Virginia. The Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows of the 115th Congress met in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on May 18-19, 2018, for their synthesis retreat to review the group’s findings from previous …
Pictured from left to right: Mike McCord, Director, Civil-Military Leadership Program, Stennis Center; Paul Tencher, Chief of Staff to Senator Ed Market; Joel Kelsey, Chief of Staff to Senator Richard Blumenthal; Dana Grisham, Chief of Staff to Senator Doug Jones, Toni-Marie Higgins, Chief of Staff to Senator John …
Pictured from left to right: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith; Senator Roger Wicker; Senator Tom Cotton; Senator Bob Casey; Senator Angus King, General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army; Senator Gary Peters; Senator Debbie Stabenow; Senator Chris Van Hollen; Senator John Hoeven; Senator Dan Sullivan; and Mike …