Political Science

Fueling a career with meaning and impact

POLITICAL SCIENCE — Her work includes riding the bus and walking along train tracks. She also wheels a wagon full of bottled water around Eugene. For Sarah Koski, who graduated with a degree in political science in 2006 from the University of Oregon’s College of Arts and Sciences, she has her dream job: supporting the unhoused community in Lane County, Oregon. 
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Liberal arts to legal career

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Dulce Gutierrez valued the flexibility to explore different majors and minors. Originally a biology major, she switched her major to political science and government and picked up a minor in Spanish. She went to law school and is now a practicing attorney and finds herself using her multilingual studies in a practical manner.

Finding meaning and purpose in a political science degree

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Years before Sravya Tadepalli started working as a senior legislative advisor at the Oregon Employment Department, she was a Clark Honors College student studying political science and journalism. As a UO student, she received some of the highest honors for an undergrad, including being a Truman Scholar and Rhodes Scholar finalist. After the UO, Tadepalli went to graduate school at Harvard University to earn a master’s degree in public policy.
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