CU-Mansfield Political Science

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Samantha Shemeluk ('22) who recently graduated from Delaware Law School at Widener University! Our Mounties continue to climb after they graduate from Commonwealth University-Mansfield! If you know of anyone interested in pursuing a law career, their journey can start right here at Mansfield! Contact Dr. Rothermel for more information.

05/16/2026

Congratulations to Commonwealth University-Mansfield, Allyson Lewis, who is our newest political science grad. She hails all the way from Maine! While a student here, she studied abroad in Finland and was a student athlete (cross country and track). Best of luck as she pursues her next adventure!

05/01/2026

Big THANKS to the Tioga County Commissioners for inviting Commonwealth University-Mansfield political science majors, Dallas Schultz, Chelsie English, Tabbitha Piper, and Gavin Fessler to the 28th Annual Legislative Breakfast held at the Historic Penn Wells Hotel & Lodge. They heard updates from Commissioner Rice, Commissioner Nickerson, PA State Senator Yaw, and PA Representative Owlett.

04/28/2026

Political science major and Commonwealth University-Mansfield student, Chelsie English ('27), is getting quite the education! She is traveling all over the county with Tioga County Commissioners Shane Nickerson, Marc Rice, and Sam VanLoon. She is learning a ton from our commissioners about the county where she grew up, including all about proposed AI centers, substance abuse issues, emergency services, economic development, and so much more! Her internship has resulted in tours of businesses, school events, and several different meetings with other public officials, including PA State Rep Clint Owlett, PA State Senator Gene Yaw, and US Senator Dave McCormick. We are grateful for local public officials who are willing to partner with Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania to give our students incredible experiential learning opportunities!

Pictured: Commissioner VanLoon, Commissioner Rice, Senator McCormick, Commissioner Nickerson, and Intern Chelsie English outside Victaulic Company in Tioga County.

04/23/2026

Congratulations to Annabelle Woodburn (‘26) who is our 2025-26 Al Dalmolen Memorial Scholarship recipient! Annabelle is from Owego, NY and plans to attend law school after graduation in Dec 2026. This summer she will intern at the Tioga County (NY) DA’s Office.

This award was established in 2014 in memory of political science professor Al Dalmolen. Professor Dalmolen taught political science at Mansfield for nearly 20 years until his untimely death in 2004. He was well loved by his students and colleagues.

04/17/2026

Dr. Pete Doerschler, CU-Bloomsburg political science professor, broke down the state of American democracy. His guest lecture was sponsored by the CU Eileen G. Jones Honors College. Thank you, Dr. Doerschler! (Although he “forgot” to bring his sneakers to play pickleball afterwards 😂)

04/16/2026

Poli Sci major, Thomas Morley, is having an awesome experience interning for Brann, Williams & Caldwell, law firm in Troy, PA. Internships are great experential learning opportunities for our Commonwealth University-Mansfield students, and we appreciate these partnerships in our local communities!

We are happy to have Thomas Morley back this summer with the BWC team. Thomas will be helping us out until September when he will be going to the UK for a semester of studies. Thomas is a senior at Mansfield University majoring in political science. He plans to attend law school after graduation.

His hobbies include baseball, basketball, and golf. By the end of summer, David may have him rooting for Notre Dame football, as well.

03/27/2026

4 of our Commonwealth University-Mansfield political science majors who are in the honors program had the opportunity to travel to Belize over spring break - Adriana Marley, Cassidy Clarke, Tabbitha Piper, and Annabelle Woodburn. Tabby and Annabelle were interviewed by WETM (watch the video!).

Students from Commonwealth Mansfield University traveled to Belize during Spring Break as part of a credit for Global Perspectives.

03/10/2026

Job Alert at Corning, Inc. in NY: "The Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Analyst, under the guidance of the GSOC Operations Supervisor, is responsible for monitoring the security of Corning’s employees, facilities, and property worldwide. The purpose of this position is to provide stakeholders decision advantage by detecting, analyzing, and appropriately responding to all threats to the corporation and its employees; these threats may include extreme weather conditions, political instability, crime, terror, infrastructure failures, life safety system alarms, access control alarms, and more."

Global Security Operations Center Analyst

02/17/2026

Commonwealth University-Mansfield political science students traveled to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg with Dr. Jeff Bosworth to participate in the 26th Annual Undergraduate Model EU simulation on February 6-7. The annual event is organized by the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Gavin Fessler represented Luxembourg, and Allyson Lewis and Annabelle Woodburn represented Poland. They were joined by a contingent of CU-Bloomsburg students led by Dr. Pete Doerschler.

02/09/2026

Read Dr. Jonathan Rothermel's latest Op-Ed from PennLive.com entitled, "Why your political silence is making America's divisions worse." It starts, "Today, there are two vastly different and seemingly irreconcilable versions of who we are as a country that dominate American politics."

".....The extreme partisan divide – and the tale of two Americas – is loudly expressed by a small portion of America. Most Americans through their own disengagement from politics have allowed the hyper-engaged partisan voices to prevail."
..We cannot afford to leave politics to hyper-engaged partisans, Otherwise, there is no space for compromise, reasonableness, or moderation."

We are a nation that bullies political opponents and expresses admiration for dictators.