Category: Student News

News related to PSIA students.

PSCI/IA Students Attend AWIU Ninth Annual COIR Symposium: “Women Building Bridges Amid Global Challenges”

On November 7, 2025, PSCI/IA major women from UMW attended the AWIU Ninth Annual Symposium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Conference Center in Washington, D.C. They participated in discussions on women’s leadership, AI’s impact on women, social entrepreneurship, and career resilience, hearing from global leaders including Associate Vice President at Girls and …

U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman Visits Campus

U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman Visits Campus

On Monday, February 17th, 2025, U.S. Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) took time during the U.S. House of Representatives district work week to speak to students in Professor Ranjit Singh’s Introduction to Political Science and Professor Stephen Farnsworth’s Mass Media Politics courses. While on campus, Rep. Vindman spoke to …

UMW Student Experience – Abby Tank

Check out this student interview on our Instagram where Abby Tank (’24) discussed her experiences at UMW and plans after graduation! Congratulations to her and the many other students that recently graduated! Abby is an International Affairs and Spanish double major. She has recently focused more on Latin America in her studies including her thesis […]

Pi Sigma Alpha 2024 Conference Presentations

Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honor society for political science students, holds an annual conference for students to showcase their research. This year it took place at George Washington University in Washington D.C. on Feb 16th-18th. Three of our students went to the conference to present their research.               […]