Brigham Young University

Washington Seminar Newsletter

Spring Summer 2008 Program

Spring-Summer 2008 Internships

 

American Electronics Association

Association Global Services

Atlantic Council of the United States

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian

Church World Service

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Federal Judicial Center, Division of Court Education

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Institute of International Education

Inter-American Foundation

International Child Art Foundation

International Relief and Development, Inc.

Internet Keepsafe Coalition

Library of Congress, European Reading Room

Management Options, Inc.

March of Dimes Health Education

Media Research Center

Middle East Institute

National Archives and Records Administration

National Defense University

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute

National Taxpayers Union

Representative Chris Cannon (R-UT)

Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

Schramm, Williams and Associates, Inc.

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Senator John Kerry (D-MA)

State of Nevada Washington Office

Talk Radio News Service

The Smithsonian Associates

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense, Assistant Secretary of the Army

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance

By Dr. Robert Goss

Forty-five BYU students completed internships as a part of the Washington Seminar during spring-summer 2008.  Eight served on Capitol Hill with the offices of individual members of Congress or in a committee assignment, and another one served within a staff agency of Congress.  A dozen more completed internships within executive branch agencies including Defense, EPA, HHS, the Smithsonian, and State.  Four worked for the judicial branch.  One worked for a state governor.  Other BYU interns worked in the private sector, including four with for-profit entities engaged in both domestic and international business.  Fifteen served in non-profit organizations for membership bodies of various kinds, think tanks, and other charitable entities.

 

Students with 21 different majors were represented, including American studies, business, classical studies, communications, comparative literature, early childhood education, economics, English, environmental science, geography, history, home and family living, international relations, Middle Eastern studies, piano performance, physiology, political science, public health education, public policy, sociology, and Spanish.  Most spoke more than one language. A majority of interns were in their senior year but there were graduate students and juniors as well. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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