2009.04.30
Hubbard receives public service certificate at Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College senior Matthew Ryan Hubbard (center) recently received the prestigious Wilson Center Public Service Certificate from Dr. Walter M. Bortz III, President of Hampden-Sydney College (right), and Dr. David E. Marion, Director of the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest (left). The Public Service Certificates are presented to seniors who have successfully completed a two-year concentration of classes, internship, and research and who are seriously considering careers in public service.
Matthew R. Hubbard completed a General Assembly internship in 2007. His research addressed party leadership in the General Assembly: Delegate Ward Armstrong and the tensions between his party leadership and his conservative constituency. Through the Marshall University "Appalachians Abroad" program, Matt has been accepted to teach in Shanghai during the 2009-2010 academic year.
A Venable Scholar, Matt serves as President of the College Democrats and as a DJ on the student-operated radio station, WWHS-FM. He was recently initiated into the national honor societies Phi Beta Kappa (academics) and Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership) and is a member of the honor society Phi Alpha Theta (history). He is a tutor at Southside Learning Center and a volunteer at the Farmville area food bank, FACES. Matt participated in a Summer Research Honors Project on Chinese nationalism in the summer of 2008 and in Virginia Commonwealth University's Capitol Semester Program. A political science and history major, he is a graduate of Hidden Valley High School and is the son of Johnnie & Pamela Hubbard of Roanoke.
