The Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University supports Live, Learn, & Intern. The program integrates classroom study that may be transferred for credit, internships, and such activities as lectures and site briefings.
The American University’s Washington Semester is a summer internship program supplemented by an academic seminar. Internship opportunities are available are available with corporations cultural organizations, trade associations, and public policy research institutes.
The Institute for Experiential Learning offers a variety of internship experiences. Students intern four days a week and take two required seminars and one elective course.
The Public Forum Institute offers interns the opportunity to work as part of a project team related to economic or social policy issues. These projects are designed to advance the exchange of information between the public and private sectors and provide a base of cooperation among government and business leaders.
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Studies has an extensive program of internships available.
Virginia Capital
Semester is a program that allows students from throughout Virginia (and
elsewhere) to do an internship in Richmond during the General Assembly session
without losing time in completing their studies. The core of the program is an
internship within the legislative or executive branch of Virginia government and
an accompanying policy seminar that features presentations by key government and
political leaders. Students are able to take additional courses at VCU in areas
that match their academic needs to achieve a full-time load. An internship
stipend of $1,000 is provided to participants who are registered full-time (12
credits or more).
In the
past three years, 117 students representing more than a dozen majors and 14
colleges and universities in Virginia have participated in the program, and we
hope to have another Radford student this year!
Please don't hesitate to
contact me about Capital Semester, or to share my contact information with your
students directly. Contact
Jen Thompson, J.D. at
Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and
Public Affairs, 923 W. Franklin Street, Box 842028, Richmond, VA 23284-2028
(804) 828-2339. jlthompson2@vcu.edu