Students & Alumni

IWP alumni are living and working all over the world, but never before has IWP been represented at the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.  This past October, alumnus Paris Michaels has done just that. 

One of the expectations of this school is that you are going to become leaders at some point.  Some of you already are in various capacities.  

IWP alumna Patricia Schouker was named an “Influencer” in the top 40 connectors in the energy sector by Right Relevance, Inc.

“My undergraduate degree is in Political Science and my graduate degree from IWP is Strategic Intelligence Studies. My personal passion growing up was always technology, and I tried my best to incorporate that into whatever I was studying at the time.”

IWP students recently elected officers for the 2017-18 Student Government Association. The new officers will assume their positions beginning on May 20.

“I strongly believe that the Defense Strategy, Planning and Budgeting course is an essential course for analysts, policy makers and subject matter experts working in the field of national security, intelligence, foreign policy and defense industries.”

This month, IWP students and alumni took part in private investigation training to get their Virginia O2E PI certification.  The training, conducted by ASPIS Security Services, took place over the first three weekends in March and met Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) standards for 60 hours of training and practical exercises. Each participant was…

“I chose IWP after developing a working relationship with Dr. Schroeder while building a comprehensive plan for defense spending during the 2016 Presidential elections. When our campaign team completed our work, Dr. Schroeder invited me to attend IWP, which I accepted. My goal at IWP is to learn more about the inner workings of our…

A school for national security and international affairs, IWP has several alumni who are entrepreneurs – among them Olivia Goldstein of RepHike, Hampton Stephens of World Politics Review, and Robert Turner of PEGASAT.

John Scimone (’10) recently accepted a position as Chief Security Officer at Dell.  In this role, he will lead the company’s global corporate security program, aiding Dell’s businesses in the management of security risk across the physical and cyber domains.