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Henry Mielarczyk ’25 Published in the Public Service Review

Henry Mielarczyk ’25 contributed to the winter issue of the Stennis Center for Public Service’s Public Service Review. He interviewed Ben Rich, chief of staff to Congressional Representative Nellie Pou, about the legacy of his former employer Representative Bill Pascrell Jr., a lifelong resident of New Jersey who established the first federal program to deliver grant money directly to firefighters. Rich said working for his hometown representative meant, “I was able to better understand the needs of the district because I knew it intimately.” He says his approach as chief of staff is still to execute good policies and “make sure [they] help people.”

Mielarczyk was recently elected to the New Jersey Democratic State Committee as its youngest member. He currently works with the New York State Assembly as a graduate scholar, and is a student in the Levy Master of Science program. Last summer, he joined the Stennis Program for Congressional Interns.

Post Date: 02-03-2026

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Professor Garry L. Hagberg Named the 2025 Monroe Beardsley Lecturer

James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics Garry L. Hagberg has been named the Monroe Beardsley Lecturer for 2025. The annual lecture series, hosted by the American Society for Aesthetics, honors the memory of Beardsley, a 20th-century American aesthetician who researched the relationship between art and philosophy. Hagberg will deliver his lecture on the philosophical nature of the visual arts at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.

Hagberg also received the Peter Kivy Memorial Prize from the American Society for Aesthetics for his article on how counterpoint in instrumental music generates meaning. His most recent book, Living in Words: Literature, Autobiographical Language, and the Composition of Selfhood, was published by Oxford University Press in 2024.

Post Date: 07-07-2025

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Henry Mielarczyk ’25 Joins Stennis Program for Congressional Interns

Bard alumnus Henry Mielarczyk ’25, a philosophy and music performance major, has been accepted into the 2025 Stennis Program for Congressional Interns. The internship, given by the Stennis Center for Public Service in Washington, DC, is a competitive bipartisan program designed to provide congressional interns with an opportunity to better understand the role of Congress as an institution and its role in the democracy of the United States. Interns will connect with current and former senior congressional staff through a series of discussion sessions designed to provide an in-depth look at Congress and its operations with other institutions. The Stennis Center is a bipartisan legislative branch agency created by Congress in 1988 to promote and strengthen the highest ideals of public service in the United States. The center aims to develop and deliver a portfolio of unique programs for young people, leaders in local, state, and federal government, and congressional staff.

Post Date: 06-18-2025