Students & Alumni

On November 10, IWP students and alumni gathered again to volunteer with The Mission Continues, a veteran-run group that helps to improve the community for service men and women once they are back home.  This service project, which took place at Kenilworth Elementary School, was organized by IWP’s Student Government Association. 

On October 13, IWP’s Student Government Association (SGA) gathered a group of students and alumni to volunteer for a day with The Mission Continues, a veteran-run group that helps to improve the community around service men and women once they are back home.  

In an article for Human Events, John Poreba, IWP Class of 2011, discusses the Presidential debate that took place on Monday, October 22. 

IWP views cultural diplomacy as a serious instrument of statecraft, and student Ben Fricke understands this concept from firsthand experience.  

IWP alumnus Brian Platt joined the Army in the mid-1990s, and spent several years in the reserves after completing his active duty.  He rejoined the active Army in 2007 as an Army Strategist partly because he looked forward to working with a small group of military officers with similar interests, and partly because of the…

John Poreba, IWP Class of 2011, recently published an article in The Daily Caller on “Six tips on how to be a more effective public speaker.” John currently serves as Director of Regional Development at The Leadership Institute.

As IWP students realize, the history of intelligence and counterintelligence is riddled by forgeries and deceptions, which were often accepted at face value by policymakers, thus, affecting historical outcomes.  This still astounds me as a certified questioned document examiner.    

It is not often that a student’s paper will catch the attention of a high-ranking military officer – but this is the type of thing that can happen at IWP.

I always had a passion for political science and government-to-government relations, and after getting my Master’s in Finance from ESSCA, a French Business School, I knew I wanted to combine both my skills and knowledge in finance and business with my deep interest for international affairs. 

Dr. Lenczowski, Dean Smith, Ambassador Whittlesey, Dr. Wu, Colonels Eastman and Gunhus, distinguished Chairman and members of the Board of Trustees, Faculty and staff members, friends and family, and colleagues in the IWP Class of 2012.  I am extremely humbled and honored to have the opportunity to speak here today on behalf of our class.