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Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Institute of American Civics

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Activities and Partnerships

Institute students will be provided the opportunities to learn about, observe and engage with the government at all levels through internships and special projects.

Spring Local Government Fellows

The institute’s new undergraduate fellows program will provide students the opportunity to attend local City Council, County Commission, School Board and Planning Commission, and other government agency meetings as they follow a project, topic, or function of government through the regulatory and/or approval processes.

Students will have regular meetings with Baker Center Director and Professor Emeritus of Political Science Bill Lyons, who also served as Chief Policy Officer for 16 years in the City of Knoxville before joining the Baker Center as Director of Policy Partnerships.  Here they will explore the structures, issues, and interests and their resolution in the local political arena. The goal is to increase student engagement in politics and their appreciation for the critical work of local government. Upon successful completion of the program students will have earned an honorarium of $1,000.

This project is running in parallel to a set of undergraduate internships in city and county government, and quasi-governmental organizations that the Baker Center has launched.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

Apply Here

Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership

Two UT Students are currently enrolled in the ICDP, administered through Harvard University’s Safra Center for Ethics. It is possible that the Institute would invest in a longer-term administrative partnership in this project.

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Working Group on Building Democratic Citizens in Higher Education

Marianne Wanamaker is serving as the Institute representative to this group, chaired by Ben Vinson III, Provost & Executive Vice President at Case Western Reserve University and David Campbell, Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame.

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Engagement

Visiting the Baker Center

Facilities & Reservations

Appalachian Leadership Institute

Institute of American Civics

Modern Political Archives

Baker Briefing Newsletter

News and Events

Podcast

Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Find an Expert

Faculty Fellows

Publications

Grants and Contracts

Research

Modern Political Archive

Students

About Our Student Programs

Living Learning Community

Baker Ambassadors

Baker Scholars

Washington Fellows

Japan Ambassadors Program

Minor in Public Policy Analytics

Diplomacy Lab

Vols Vote

Tennessee Campus Civics Summit

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“I increasingly believe that the essence of leadership...is to be an eloquent listener.”
—Howard H. Baker Jr.





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