A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Chris Cassingham ’18 has been named to the Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program.
When Chris Cassingham collected his political science degree from the University of Mary Washington, earlier this month, he already knew what was next.
The swimmer from Plano, Texas, had learned just days before that he’d earned one of just 23 coveted spots in the 2018 Governor’s Fellows Program, selected among rising college seniors and graduates from around the country.
Beginning Monday, Cassingham will go to work in the Office of the Governor, what he calls “real-world, on-the-job experience” in the highest levels of state government.
He’s ready.
A column on gerrymandering by Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna and Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth appears in the spring issue of Virginia Capitol Connections magazine. To read the article, visit Virginia Capitol Connections.