By Karly Schledwitz, MPP’14 Staff Writer Bittersweet. That is how many of the 562 Kennedy School graduates have described this graduation day. After lectures from world leaders in the JFK Jr. Forum, long hours in the library and the forging of friendships with classmates from around the world, it is now time to celebrate the […]

The following e-mail was sent by Mukhtar Abdi Ogle, MC/MPA ’13, to his classmates at the Kennedy School. With the author’s permission, we have reprinted it here.   From: Abdi Ogle, Mukhtar Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:28 PM To: Mid-Careers/MPAs Subject: The process of me walking straight has just begun: THANK YOU ALL   […]

By Azum Z. Ali, MPP’13, Correspondent They say that the more you find out, the less you know. In my final few weeks at HKS, I have confronted my own naïveté. HKS is a meeting point for hundreds of students from all walks of life and from every corner of the world, working to address […]

By Jon Murad, MC-MPA’13, Staff Writer They had come from Cambridge and Boston, of course, and from Burlington and Lowell and Worchester. They had come from Connecticut and New Hampshire, from Maine and New York. They had come from Chicago, from Quebec, from Australia. Thousands of law-enforcement officers gathered at MIT on April 24, to […]

Dear Friends and Families of the Graduating Class of 2013: Last week, a group of students and I had the opportunity to meet with Representative John Lewis from the state of Georgia.  Lewis was only 23 years old when he spoke in the historic March on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, Jr.  While […]

For my beloved Shilpi – You shall for ever live in our hearts! (Sep 4th 1973 – May 8th 2013)  I still remember the Saturday morning of May 9, 1998 when I first met you and realized that we are made for each other. As we would often talk, that day and the following days, […]

By The Citizen Staff  Saying goodbye to the Kennedy School today – alongside the Class of 2013 – is Dean of StudentsChris Fortunato, who was named the 16th head of school at the Blair Academy in northwest New Jersey. He is leaving the Kennedy School after three and a half years. In this final interview […]

Editor’s Note: Boston native and aficionado Anthony Barrows has provided insider’s advice to exploring the region in his biweekly column ‘Breaking the HKS Bubble’.  By Anthony Barrows, MC/MPA’13 Staff Writer Commencement is upon us. This is a time filled with family, friends, celebration and ceremony. It’s also an opportunity to tour loved ones around your […]

By Irene Shih, MPP’13  To My HKS Family: For this final, graduation issue, I am grateful to be back in the pages of The Citizen again – our newspaper marked many beginnings and ends during my two years here, and I couldn’t be happier to share my farewell with you as I await my diploma […]

By Chris Lien, MC/MPA’13, Correspondent I have come from the tropics, bringing my family with me. For us, the last year has been such an adventure.  Our university flat by the river has become our very comfortable home.  Our son goes to a nearby nursery and loves his school.  We have grown to understand the […]

By Jaya Bhagat, MC-MPA’13 & Mason Fellow, Opinions Editor The letter offering me admission to Harvard in April 2012 brought with it the promise of new beginnings. As I was preparing to travel to the United States for a year as a mid-career in Cambridge, one of my seniors in the civil services in India, […]

By Amy Antonelli, MC/MPA’13, Correspondent “Damn it!!!! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!! This BullSH$% makes me furious. We have one of the absolute most corrupt administrations in the history of this country and 50 million idiots just voted to give Obama another term.” This statement, posted by a conservative acquaintance on Facebook days after […]