Schar School of Policy and Government dean Mark J. Rozell, center, was on hand to congratulate the 2025 Student of the Year award winners.
Each year the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University presents awards to the top students in each undergraduate and graduate program. This year, the award winners accepted medals and certificates from their program directors in a family-and-friends ceremony at George Mason’s Krasnow Institute on the Fairfax Campus on Wednesday, May 14, just a few hours before the Schar School Degree Celebration at EagleBank Arena.
Undergraduate Awardees
Angela J. Khoury/Stephen T. Early Award for Outstanding Senior in Government and International Politics: Lily Yang
John W. Godbold Award for Outstanding Senior in Public Administration: Duy Ha Vu, with Associate Professor Lucas Núñez
Outstanding Senior in International Security and Law: Nathan Stolzenfeld with Associate Professor Lucas Núñez
Masters Degree Awardees
Outstanding Biodefense Student Margeaux Malone with program director Gregory Koblentz
Outstanding International Security Student Abigail Bell with program director Ellen Laipson
Outstanding Political Science Student Alex Donlon with Mark J. Rozell
John D. R. Cole Award for Outstanding Public Administration Student Aurora King, center, with Professor Alan Abramson, left, and Associate Professor Mirae Kim
Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Outstanding Public Policy Student Greer Peacock with Associate Professor Siona Listokin-Smith
Doctoral Awardees
Outstanding Doctoral Students in Political Science Liuqing Ren with Professor Stefan Toepler; not pictured, Caroline Wesson
Not pictured: Joseph L. Fisher Public Policy Doctoral Student award Jennifer Smith-Heys
Not pictured: Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Connor Monie
