Opening doors, defining dreams
A year ago, Harvard President Drew Faust posed some fundamental questions about public service: “What is your responsibility to others? What values guide your work?” This past summer, 11 students from across the University were given the chance to answer her as recipients of Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Fellowship. The five-year-old program lets undergraduate and graduate students spend a summer working for the public service organization of their choice, whether governmental agency, nonprofit, or community group. The awards are given to students who demonstrate leadership and interest in, and commitment to, public service, and typically cover travel and living costs for the duration of the project. For Michael Huggins, a candidate for a master’s degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington, the award meant a chance to help build a more just society. Huggins worked as a legal intern at the...