Albion College Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service

Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service. Photo of Robinson Hall by Dave Trumpie.

Featured News

1/25/10 - Dr. Clayborne Carson of Stanford selected for MLK Convocation Speaker, Monday, January 25th at 7:00 PM at Goodrich Chapel
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Recent Events

1/17/09 - Congressman Mark Schauer and Majority Whip of the U.S. House James Clyburn visit with Students and Community on campus
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9/24/09 - Health Care Reform workshop. Ford Director Al Pheley is leading the discussion with members of the Albion community...
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9/17/09 - Video feature of Dr. Pheley's Honors course on Health Care Reform...
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9/17/09 - 'Get the Scoop on Albion,' leaders from the College and the Community served ice cream to current students in the KC...
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9/17/09 - Ambassa-dor Doug McElhaney visits with Ford Institute first-year course...
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7/14/09 - Ford Director Al Pheley and his wife Paula meet with President Ford's daughter...
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3/02/09 - Special Guest Tim Sears, from the U.S. Department of State is coming to campus...
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2/05/09 - Panel discussion, “Obama’s America: Understanding Blackness Today.” Albion College students and faculty,
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1/26/09 - 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Monday, January 19th 2009 - 7:30 PM - Goodrich Chapel The Reverend Faith Fowler, '81...

1/20/09 - The Ford Institute Celebrates the Presidential Inauguration with it's own Inaugural Ball...
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Ford
Features

Al Pheley offers analysis of debates on CBS affiliate WWMT Channel 3 in Kalamazoo.

Junior Annie Gawkowski selected as Ford Motor Company Global Scholar

Junior Becky Friedrick joins Levin's D.C. Office for Internship

Junior Christian Bielski appointed to Albion Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors

Check out what Ford students have been up to...

The Ford Institute
celebrates its 30th anniversary!

Read about it in the Io Triumphe! alumni magazine.

Welcome to the
Gerald R. Ford Institute
for Public Policy and Service

Are you interested on making an impact on your community, your city, your world? Are you motivated to go beyond the surface and what is "required" to learn more regarding topics you feel passionate about? Are you committed to serving others to improve their reality? If so, then please read on to learn more about the Institute.

President Gerald R. Ford created the Ford Institute at Albion College in 1977 to provide an opportunity for undergraduate level students to explore policy issues more fully and to prepare future leaders in all fields though coursework, service, internships and personal mentoring.
Whether your future is in politics, law, education, science or the arts, government policy decisions will impact you personally or professionally. Participation in the Institute will prepare you to analyze and interpret these issues more critically so you can take action.

The Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service has more than 175 student members from a broad range of majors and minors. The program is administered by Dr. Al Pheley, former Robert Wood Johnson Fellow for Policy Research in Senator Rockefeller's D.C. office. In addition, Albion College faculty are specially chosen to teach Ford Institute courses. Please feel free to contact us with any questions that you may have.

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May 16 - 22, 2009