After growing up in a western Chicago suburb, Caleb Smith attended the UI. Smith was active not only in his home department of Political Science, but also as a senator in the Undergraduate Student Senate, chief justice of Interfraternity Council life, a member of Homecoming Court, and through multiple campus jobs. In 2022, he became a member of the first cohort of the Masters in Public Affairs program. Today, Smith continues to hone his interest in public service as part of the City of Chicago’s Office of Inspector General.