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Ronald T. Sylvia
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Melinda Jackson
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Sergio Bejar-Lopez
Xintong Chen
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Al Schendan
Christina Turner
Donna Crane
Eric Ramones
Faith Daly
Jeremy Abrams
Jesus Raygoza
Joseph Bergee
Ken Yeager
Kristina Mitchell
Marci Harris
Melissa Horn
Robert Ovetz
Sabrina Pinnell
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Constantine Danopoulos
Frances Edwards
Ken Nuger
Larry Gerston
Peter Haas
Ronald T. Sylvia
Terry Christensen
William T. McCraw
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Panetta Institute Congressional Internship in Washington DC
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Charles Kunsman Scholarship
Douglas McIntyre Award
Fauneil J. Rinn Scholarship
Horace Knapp Jr. Memorial Scholarship
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John Gilbert Scholarship for International Studies
John L. McLemore Scholarship
Peter Szego Scholarship
Roy E. Young Scholarship
Steven Glickman Memorial Scholarship
T.M. Norton Scholarship
Wesley Hubbard Scholarship
USC SJSU Consortium ICCAE Scholarship
Master of Public Administration
Study Abroad
Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (IPACE)
Events
SJSU Winter Leadership Institute
SJSU Votes!
Voting in the California June Primary Election
Don Edwards Lecture
Senator Jim Beall
Veterans Issues Panel
California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Judge Thelton Henderson
George Miller
Larry Gerston
Judge Vaughn R. Walker
Former California Governor Gray Davis
San Jose Mayors
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Michele Norris of National Public Radio
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