Jackson School’s first graduating class
On May 22, the 43 members of the Jackson School of Global Affairs Class of 2023 received their degrees in a festive ceremony at Horchow Hall. The school awarded 29 master in public policy (MPP) degrees, five master of arts (MA) degrees, and nine master of advanced study (MAS) degrees.
In remarks to the graduates, Dean James Levinsohn reflected on the recent opening of the Jackson School and the significance of the school’s first graduation ceremony. “Last fall was about what we opened; today is about why we did it,” Levinsohn said. “And the why is you, the students. . . . This is a school that builds on a tradition of service at this university that is more than three centuries old. That’s a responsibility that you inherit and, having spent the last couple of years with you, I know that you are up to the task.”
Michael Davies ’23MPP and Bomi Okuyiga ’23MPP received the Award for Academic Excellence in Global Affairs. Stephen Coles ’23MA/MBA and Joshua Lam ’23 MA/MBA received the Miguel Ferreyros Memorial Award, which is awarded to the joint-degree student in global affairs with the highest academic achievement.
Alumnus authors presidential book
C. W. Goodyear ’16 has authored a new biography of the 20th US president, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier (Simon and Schuster, July 4, 2023). Over nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era—Reconstruction and the Gilded Age—Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. Elected president in 1881, he was assassinated 200 days into his term. Goodyear, who majored in global affairs at Jackson, is an author and historian based in Washington, DC.
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