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Student News

2026
Future Leaders in PSIA: Meet Owen Wooten
2026-09-22

Spring & Summer 2026 PSIA Graduates
2026-08-19

PSIA Contributes to SMC Ethics Bowl Win
2026-04-21

PSIA Excels at 9th Model UN Conference
2026-04-02

Department Award Recipients 2026
2026-04-09

Ghazal Awarded Barry Friedman Scholarship
2026-04-04

Sullens Recognized for Leadership
2026-04-01

Building Leaders at GPSA 2025
2026-03-15

PSIA Champions On and Off the Court
2026-03-11

Quiros Awarded CURCA Grant
2026-03-03

Fall 2025 Graduates
2026-01-12

2025
Claudia Marban Expands Diplomatic Horizons Through Summer Fellowship
2025-12-16

Commencement Speaker Maddie Lindell
2025-12-15

Benjamin Smith Leads the Nation
2025-11-10

Distinguished Military Graduates AY 2025-26
2025-11-05

Distinguished Military Students AY 2025-26
2025-10-10

FROGS Join PSIA
2025-10-02

Summer 2025 PSIA Graduates
2025-08-12

Spring 2025 Graduates
2025-05-25

PSIA 2025 Fulbright Recipients
2025-05-21

Inaugural Nighthawk Legacy Award to PSIA pre-law major
2025-05-02

PSIA Interns at the Golden Dome
2025-04-21

More New Members for PSA!
2025-04-11

Boars Head Brigade’s Military Awardees 2025
2025-04-10

Barrocas awarded Friedman Scholarship
2025-04-08

Department Award Recipients 2025
2025-02-25

PSIA Student to Intern in Dublin
2025-01-10

Fall 2024 PSIA Graduates
2025-01-15

Seven FROGS join the #PSIAfamily
2025-01-18

Two More PSIA Students Receive Gilman Scholarships
2025-02-25

2024
GLIP class of 2025 includes two PSIAers
2024-12-16

Student Success at GPSA 2024
2024-12-10

PSIA at WMGIC 2024
2024-12-3

An Awesome Trend Continues – Another Commencement Speaker from PSIA
2024-11-05

Spring 2024 Nationally Competitive Scholarship Recipients
2024-09-19

Welcome Fall FROGs!
2024-09-03

August 2024 Graduates
2024-08-27

Meridian-Cox Foreign Service Fellow
2024-08-13

Spring 2024 PSIA Graduates
2024-06-13

PSIA Student to Conduct Research in Canada
2024-06-04

2024-05-14

Model United Nations 2024
2024-05-07

Reflections of a Student Worker
2024-05-02

Fatima Santillan Receives Dr. Barry D. Friedman Scholarship
2024-04-30

2024 Distinguished Military Graduates
2024-04-23

Department Award Recipients 2024
2024-04-22

Fall 2023 PSIA Graduates
2024-04-21

Pi Sigma Alpha Has Two New Members!
2024-04-17

Frogs Join PSIA
2024-04-17

PSIA Cadet Earns Scholarship From Veterans’ Group
2024-03-26

Southern Regional Model United Nations
2024-01-10

PSIA Attends the Biannual WMGIC x NATO Contest for the Third Time
2024-01-10

Meet Friedman Scholarship Awardee Victoria Landa, IA ’24
2024-01-10

2023
First-Ever Student Commencement Speaker is from PSIA!
2023-12-19

GLIP Class of 2024
2023-12-07

Annual NISA Program is a Success
2023-10-11

New Cadets Join PSIA
2023-10-09

Five More Distinguished Military Students
2023-10-07

Summer 2023 PSIA Graduates
2023-09-20

Five Attend Annual "State of the State"
2023-09-18

Five Inducted into Tri-Alpha National Honor Society
2023-09-12

Aaliyah's Time Interning at the White House
2023-09-08

Mia Libosada Awarded Boren Scholarship
2023-07-25

PSIA Attends William & Mary Biannual Innovation Contest
2023-07-17

Olmsted Grant Funds Overseas Opportunities for Cadets
2023-06-14

New Pi Sigma Alpha Members
2023-06-05

Victoria Landa Awarded Friedman Scholarship
2023-10-19

Cadet Awards '23
2023-05-31

Sara Gonzalez Honored as a Nighthawk Nine
2023-05-08

Model UN Club Takes on SRMUN Charlotte '23
2023-05-04

Women in PSIA Club
2023-04-14

Department Award Recipients 2023
2023-04-03

Meet Natalia and Abby: Mother Following Daughter’s Footsteps
2023-03-29

Diplomatic Speaker Series: Israel at 75
2023-03-27

PSIA Students are Fullbright Semifinalists
2023-03-09

6th Annual Model UN On-Campus Conference
2023-03-07

PSIA Students at the White House
2023-02-15

GLIP Class of 2023
2023-02-09

New Additions to the PSIA Communications Team
2023-02-08

PSIA Students at GPSA 2022
2023-02-03

SRMUN Fall 2022
2023-01-30

Three New Cadets Join PSIA
2023-01-23

PSIAers Named Distinguished Military Graduates
2023-01-20

December 2022 Grads
2023-01-18

2022
Winning WMGIC x NATO Conference
2022-11-10

Caroline Beach Wins Spirit of Service Award
2022-10-24

Students Named Distinguished Military Student
2022-10-9

Carly Evans Interns in the Governor's Office
2022-09-20

Forty-Nine Join Boar's Head Brigade
2022-09-14

Southeast Regional Model United Nations (SRMUN) Conference
2022-09-2

Meet Heather Keith
2022-08-22

August 2022 Graduates
2022-08-16

Meet Philip Ly
2022-08-15

Cadets Gain Overseas Experience
2022-08-8

Edleen Henriquez Wins Grant
2022-08-3

Gilman Scholarships Awarded
2022-07-28

Jenna Patterson
2022-07-19

May 2022 Graduates
2022-06-18

Meet Zane Parrish Ranger Challenge Champion
2022-05-24

New Pi Sigma Alpha members
2022-05-24

Yvette Zamudio Wins Clark Theodore Award
2022-05-23

Students Shine in Award-Winning Debate Team
2022-05-24

Anna Perry at GPSA
2022-05-2

Moot Court Club
2022-04-14

Cadet Awards
2022-04-4

Department Award Recipients 2022
2022-03-17

Successful Southeast Regional Model UN Conference
2022-03-2

2021
Carly Evans Selected for Internship Program
2021-12-15

Jenna Patterson at the Alexander Hamilton Institute
2021-11-07

Nicholas Ives on the State House Internship
2021-11-07

Anna Caitlyn Anderson Chosen as Presidential Fellow
2021-10-21

Hayley Robinson Inducted into �� Athletics Hall of Fame
2021-10-15

Distinguished Military Students
2021-10-07

Four Selected for Washington Program on National Security
2021-07-09

Nine Awarded Gilman Scholarships
2021-07-08

Seven Awarded Fulbrght Awards
2021-05-20

Tri-Alpha National Honor Society Inductees
2021-05-05

Boren Scholarship Winners
2021-04-26

Distinguished Military Students and Graduates
2021-04-01

Fulbright Program Semi-FInalists
2021-03-31

Jacob Warren Interns with the Fund for American Studies
2021-03-31

Spring 2021 Awards & Scholarships
2021-03-26

Massey University Exchange Program
2021-03-26

Model UN Team Participates in Virtual Southeast Regional Model United Nations
2021-01-29

Two Gain Entry into Georgia Legislative Internship Program
2021-01-28

SGA President Jelma Flores-Mota
2021-01-26

Freeman-Asia Scholarship Winner
2021-01-12

Faculty News

2026
PSIA Faculty Active Abroad During Summer 2026
2026-09-02

2025
Dr. Eric Wilk Receives Teaching Excellence Award
2025-09-03

Blue Ridge Faculty Member Gets a New Position
2025-08-10

Changing Faces in PSIA
2025-08-7

�� Faculty at SPSA Annual Research Conference
2025-01-18

2024
PSIAers assume GPSA leadership roles
2024-12-10

Dr. Viman-Miller Named Romanian Land Forces Academy Honorary Senator
2024-10-18

PSIA Staff Making a Splash
2024-09-19

New Faculty Faces
2024-07-25

PSIA Faculty Author Three New Books
2024-04-17

2023
Undergraduate Mentorship Trio Wins Grant and Attends ISA Research Conference
2023-10-13

Glen Smith’s Latest Publication
2023-10-05

Dr. Chand Publishes His First Book
2023-10-03

2022 ILSS Symposium Book Published
2023-06-20

Dr. Raluca Viman-Miller Receives Emerging Leader Award
2023-05-24

Dr. Viman-Miller Teaches Spring Semester in Romania
2023-05-22

Dr. Bibek Chand’s Paper on Nepal gets Published
2023-04-05

Dr. Smith Authors a Book!
2023-03-23

Another PSIA McBrayer Awardee!
2023-02-12

PSIA Faculty at GPSA 2022
2023-02-07

2022
Dr. Stephen Northam’s eCore Book Published
2022-09-20

Dr. Stephen Northam Receives Teaching Excellence Award
2022-08-17

PSIA at GPSA
2022-08-08

Dr. Dwight Wilson Receives Presidential Incentive Award
2022-08-01

Meet Dr. Joe Gershtenson
2022-06-20

Professor Kerry Stewart Slated to Retire
2022-04-22

Ukraine: Why, What, and Next Steps
2022-03-14

2021
Romanian University Continues Collaboration
2021-11-07

Faculty Members to Attend and Teach at The Wrocław Security Summit
2021-11-07

Association of Former Intelligence Officers Sits Down with Dr. Edward Mienie
2021-11-07

Professors Reflect on LEAP into Action Grant
2021-06-08

Alumni News

2026
PSIA Alumnus & Boren Awardee Jordan Barrocas in Tanzania
2026-04-17

Meet Thomas Vella, '21
2026-04-17

2025
Meet Madelyn Beacham, IA '19
2025-12-15

Meet Nataly Morales Villa, ‘19
2025-09-10

Women of �� 2025 Honorees Include FOUR PSIAers
2025-06-03

Chase Sanger, PS ’12, Marietta Business Association’s New President
2025-06-02

2024
Fifth honoree for "20 under 40" Alumni Association
2024-12-20

Meet Neva Garrett
2024-10-15

Nataly Morales Villa named Gilman Alumni Changemaker
2024-10-09

Meet Charlie Barrett, ‘19
2024-10-09

Meet Ben Jarrard, '13
2024-04-16

Meet Chase Sanger, PS ’12
2024-04-08

PSIA’s ’20 under 40′ honorees
2024-1-09

2023
Alumni 1873 Speaker Series
2023-09-22

Alum Harrin Receives Outstanding Airman Award
2023-07-12

Meet Jenny Muller
2023-07-06

Meet LTC Rebecca D’Angelo ('02 Grad)
2023-02-17

2022
Impacts of PSIA Graduates – A Sesquicentennial Event
2022-11-10

Gainesville campus alum interns at The Carter Center
2022-08-18

1st Lieutenant Aaron Brock, '20, Garners Young Alumnus Award
2022-08-15

Alumnus Assists in Evacuation of Kabul Airport
2022-07-15

Alumna Isatou Jallow Fights Gender-Based Violence in The Gambia
2022-04-08

Meet Jessie Owensby – Development Director for Cornelia and MPA Student
2022-03-25

Meet Sadie Foote, MAIA '16
2022-03-17

USG Lauds Kat Torres, '21
2022-03-10

2021
Another accolade for Kat Torres, '21
2021-11-22

Meet Samuel Walley, '20: US Army Veteran & Ralph Colley Awardee
2021-11-16

Meet Ben Harkins: '16
2021-11-11

Meet Kylee Smith: '20
2021-11-07

Meet Ash Harris: '14
2021-09-22

Meet George Johnson: ’38: Graduate & WWII Veteran
2021-04-14

Alumnus Ben Miller Jr. Named Superior Court Judge
2021-02-18

Meet Brian Harrin, MAIA Alumnus
2021-02-04

Department News

2026
The Impact of the Dr. Barry Friedman Scholarship
2026-08-27

Fresh Faces in PSIA: Welcome New Faculty!
2026-08-20

Meet PSIA Communications Assistant, Ceres Williams
2026-08-18

2025
4 + 1 Comes to the MAIA program
2025-12-03

PSIA Speaker Series – Spring 2025
2025-05-02

FCPL and PSIA Presents: Global Citizenship Series
2025-03-01

CAL Gets a New Leader
2025-02-10

2024
�� President Visits PSIA
2024-10-28

Drill Field Gets New Look
2024-09-19

FPCL's "Understanding America" Series
2024-08-27

Third NISA Program is a Success
2024-08-17

Great Decisions Series Returned For The Spring 2024 Semester
2024-04-20

2023
Farewell to Student Workers: Orla & Gabi
2023-12-19

New Minor: Public Administration & Public Service
2023-09-14

New Student Workers: Morgan & Donny
2023-09-07

New Department Head: Craig Greathouse
2023-08-23

ILSS Symposium Discusses New Challenges to Human Security
2023-08-03

Announcing New European Concentration for IA
2023-06-30

Meet the Advisory Board
2023-04-10

The Dr. Barry D. Friedman Scholarship Arrives!
2023-04-03

Community Collaboration-"PSIA Goes to the Library"
2023-03-20

2022
Impacts of PSIA Graduates - A Sesquicentennial Event
2022-11-10

Classroom Named in Honor of Governor Deal
2022-09-06

PSIA/ILSS provides intro to intelligence field
2022-08-16

Great Decisions at Forsyth County Public Library
2022-08-04

Symposium Focuses on Higher-ed Impact on Security
2022-06-20

Diplomatic Speaker Series to Bring New Perspectives for 2022
2022-04-18

PSIA/IA-Authored Textbook Released
2022-04-11

The Basics of American Government, 4th edition published
2022-04-01

PSIA’s Continued Collaboration with the University of Wrocław
2022-03-28

Great Decisions Series Returns for the Spring 2022 Semester
2022-03-21

2021
Romanian University Continues Collaboration
2021-11-07

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