Melissa Wilkinson, a fourth year JGPT student in the Gow laboratory, was selected as a 2020-2021 Eagleton Graduate Fellow through the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. This is an interdisciplinary program open to graduate students in all Rutgers schools and disciplines who would like to further an interest in American politics and government. This program exposes students to the art and politics of governing and to multiple aspects of public policy making, all while aiding a government office. Melissa was selected to receive the Henry J. Raimondo Legislative Award and will be interning this spring in the Office of Legislative Services at the New Jersey State Legislature.