Notre Dame Washington Program

One final hang out for the Spring 2026 cohort! Happy finals— best of luck!!!

Class feature— SP26-GLAF-34091-01
Reimagining the U.S.: The Evolution of American Soft Power and the Future of Foreign.

This class, offered through the Global Affairs courses, studied USAID and how our country has developed with its dismantling. With this, they have gotten to visit super interesting places, like the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Meet Grace Davenport ‘27, a Global Affairs and Anthropology major with a minor in European Studies. She is from Aurora, Oregon, and a resident of Ryan Hall! Grace is spending her spring semester interning for Senator Jeff Merkley in the United States Senate. She has been gaining firsthand experience in the District to see what a future career in government might be like.