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July 16, 2021

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President Bush with former North Korea Freedom Scholarship recipients, including Joseph Kim (left), in June 2019.



This Year's North Korea Freedom Scholarship Recipients

This week, we announced the five recipients of the 2021 North Korea Freedom Scholarship. Established in 2017, it is designed to help North Korean escapees and their children pursue higher education and build productive, prosperous lives as new Americans. This year's recipients aspire to lead a variety of careers across the areas of science, sociology, education, medicine, and more.
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In Focus


VETERANS | Institutions of Higher Learning Provide Support for Student Veterans
In a recent op-ed for the Military Times , Amy Bernard, Bush Institute Military Service Initiative Senior Program Manager, and Wendy A. Lang, Founder and Executive Director of Operation College Promise, argue that while the end of the pandemic seems imminent, now is the time to double down on support for both veterans and for the institutions that educate them.
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IN THE NEWS | Texas' Unique Opportunity
Immigration is one of our country's greatest strengths. Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute – SMU Economic Growth Initiative, wrote in a recent Houston Chronicle op-ed about the unique role Texas plays in our national immigration narrative and how, without immigrants, there is no Lone Star State.
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THE STRATEGERIST | Finding Common Ground
Paul Ryan, 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, joins The Strategerist podcast and takes us behind the scenes on Capitol Hill and onto the Speaker's chair. He discusses leadership lessons, legislative accomplishments and disappointments, and finding common ground.
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OLYMPIC GAMES | The Olympics Don’t Have to Be the Only Time Our World Unites
There are few common languages we share in this world, but sports is one of them. Michael Bailey, Bush Institute Leadership Programs Manager, argues that the Olympic Games constitute the most beautiful display of unity when countries come together and celebrate something we all love and share.
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