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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Lauren Strohmeier \u201808, a political science major and history minor from Owenton, Ky., will pursue a master\u2019s degree in global politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science beginning this fall.<\/p>\nLEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Lauren Strohmeier \u201808, a political science major and history minor from Owenton, Ky., will pursue a master\u2019s degree in global politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science beginning this fall.<\/p>\n
When she came to Transylvania, her thoughts centered on domestic political concerns, but a study abroad experience with the Hansard Scholars Program in London and her Transy classes changed her perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cI interned with a member of the British Parliament and really enjoyed it,\u201d Strohmeier said. \u201cThat experience, and several of my classes with (political science professor) Dr. Freyman, changed my focus to international politics and issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strohmeier is looking forward to her London School of Economics experience as a way of narrowing her interests to a specific career goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a whole big spectrum of things I\u2019m interested in right now, including economic issues in third-world countries and the strategizing and marketing of political candidates,\u201d she said. \u201cI also feel very compassionate about world poverty and what the rest of the world can do to help people in difficult situations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Lauren Strohmeier \u201808, a political science major and history minor from Owenton, Ky., will pursue a master\u2019s degree in global politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science beginning this fall. When she came to Transylvania, her thoughts centered on domestic political concerns, but a study abroad experience with the Hansard Scholars Program in London and her Transy classes changed her perspective. \u201cI interned with a member of the British Parliament and really enjoyed it,\u201d Strohmeier said. \u201cThat experience, and several of my classes with (political science professor) Dr. Freyman, changed my focus to international politics and issues.\u201d Strohmeier is looking forward to her London School of Economics experience as a way of narrowing her interests to a specific career goal. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole big spectrum of things I\u2019m interested in right now, including economic issues in third-world countries and the strategizing and marketing of political candidates,\u201d she said. \u201cI also feel very compassionate about world poverty and what the rest of the world can do to help people in difficult situations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n