In this episode, our hosts, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam, discuss the history, significance, and future of presidential debates with Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates. Televised debates have been instrumental in shaping the course of presidential elections for decades, providing voters with a platform to evaluate the candidates […]
Members of the inaugural class of undergraduate students at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) visited the Knoxville campus during the University of Tennessee’s s Division of Student Success Vol 103 experience earlier this month. In the morning, students and their families viewed academic spaces, dining facilities, […]
Stepping onto the Senate floor, looking out from the Speaker’s Balcony and looking at the teleprompter from behind the PBS NewsHour anchor desk were just a few of the exclusive experiences 12 University of Tennessee students encountered over two weeks in May as participants in the Washington Fellows program with the Howard H. Baker Jr. […]
Baker School graduate assistants Aom Boon and Jackson Scott have leveraged their education and experience to land prestigious summer internships. Boon, who works with our Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, is using her research experience as an intern for the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. Originally from Thailand, she is interested in U.S. […]
The Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA) housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was awarded a grant to develop and organize the U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for university students in Northern Japan. The diplomatic academy is designed to offer […]
