RADFORD, Va., Oct. 8 -- Radford University issued the following news release:

Sarah Showalter with Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger.

This summer, Sarah Showalter '26 was among a select group of individuals chosen to participate in the 2026 Virginia Governor's Fellows Program, giving her a unique eight-week opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Gov. Abigail Spanberger's administration.

In the program, Showalter worked as a staff member in Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi's office. The experience gave Showalter extraordinary experiential learning opportunities, including weekly lunches with Hashmi, Spanberger and Commonwealth of Virginia secretaries where she could ask questions about policy and leadership. "Each secretariat had a unique persp...