FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 23 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:

Just two weeks into the semester, members of theUpper-Level Democracy Lab Learning Community in George Mason University'sSchar School of Policy and Government traveled to Richmond, Virginia, for a full day of immersive education featuringhistory, government, advocacy, and public service-and interactions with both the governor and lieutenant governor of the commonwealth.

David Ramadan, BA Government and Politics '93, MAIT International Transactions '95, director of the Upper-Level Democracy Lab and a professor of practice in the Schar School, organized the packed itinerary, which included visits to the State Capitol Building and Executive Mansion and meeti...