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W&M Washington Center Academic and Internship Opportunities Your Campus in the City I recommend the Washington Center to every W&M student. There is an opportunity for everyone, regardless of their interest, and the staff “ members provide students with skills to prepare for future careers. I returned to Study in DC because of the unique experience to live in the city, learn from distinguished W&M professors, network with professionals and be supported by a staff dedicated to my success now and after graduation.”

Professor Mike Tierney chats with students from the 2017 DCSB Seminar on the balcony of the Washington Laini Boyd, DC Winter Seminars 2017, DC Summer Institutes 2016 Center; 2016 DCWS students visiting the National Mall; 2017 DCSI students visiting the Lincoln Memorial.

Opportunities DC Summer Institutes One of the greatest treasures of this program is a 7 credits DC Semester Program guaranteed internship. Unlike any other opportunity, each summer with internships. from day one there is a staff member walking you 12–14 credits Includes speakers, Studying in DC really helped me build my each semester through every step of the internship search, application, site visits, and a confidence in networking with alumni and with internships. and acceptance process. There could not be a better formal mentorship other people outside of W&M, and that Includes speakers, way of jumping into the professional world. program. helped me secure my job after graduation. site visits, and a formal mentorship program. Mariana Eraña Salmerón DC Summer Institutes 2019 Meagan Cantwell DC Semester Program Spring 2018 DC Summer Session

DC Winter Seminars 3 credits through a Connecting online with a W&M professor and 5-week hybrid course students before meeting in DC allowed me to 3 credits over ten DC Winter Seminars provided me with an of mostly online days in January. be prepared for an incredibly dynamic week, experience unlike any classroom. Rather classwork with four Includes speakers, consecutive evenings which opened my eyes to new perspectives and than studying the material, this opportunity site visits, and sessions in DC. in-depth conversations I would never have had alumni allowed us to experience the material first in a traditional classroom. engagement. hand from several informed perspectives. Includes speakers and alumni engagement. Heather Rodenberg Heidi Crockett DC Summer Session 2019 DC Winter Seminars 2016 Internships Speakers and Site Visits

SOME PAST INTERN EMPLOYERS ARTS MEDIA PeaceCorps American Film Institutes C-SPAN Public International Law National Endowment Discovery Communications & Policy Group for the Arts National Geographic Refugees International Phillips Collection National Public Radio Service Year Alliance Smithsonian Institution The Atlantic THINK TANKS GOVERNMENT The Pulitzer Center for American Enterprise Institute Congressional and Senatorial Crisis Reporting Brookings Institute One Friday afternoon, my class had the opportunity to hear from former Committees NON-PROFIT Center for American FBI Director James Comey for over an hour. As one of William & Mary’s Democratic National Progress Amnesty International most distinguished and well-known alumni, hearing from him about Committee Civic Enterprises Public Religion “ his career path and experiences in the Department of Justice, private Department of Education DC Public Schools Research Institute Department of Justice Global Playground sector, and most recently the FBI was an unforgettable experience.” Department of State The National LGBT Reed Timoner, DC Semester Program Spring 2017 Environmental Protection Task Force Agency US International Trade Commission

SOME PAST SPEAKERS AND SITE VISITS Amnesty International Literacy Lab I had an amazing experience with the DC Summer Institutes. Aspen Institute NAACP My internship with Service Year Alliance was the first internship British Embassy National African American Museum I’ve ever had, and it was one of the most challenging and rewarding C-SPAN National Geographic “ Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools Newseum experiences. My supervisor taught me so much about her experience Civic Enterprises , Political Strategist with national service and AmeriCorps and it inspired me to look into David Culver ’09, NBC ’05, CBS those opportunities after graduation. We are still in contact even after DC Central Kitchen Senator Mark Warner a year, and I am so grateful to her and the rest of the Service Year House Judiciary Committee Service Year Alliance Alliance staff for really welcoming me into the family last summer!” James Comey ’82, former FBI director State Department Jeff Trammell ’73, Public Affairs Teach for America Veronica Silva, DC Summer Institutes 2016 Kennedy Center USAID Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Judge US Green Building Council

The 2017 Spring Semester Program class with speaker and former FBI Director James Comey; Daniel Sequiera, Terelle Robinson, DCSI 2016, interned at the EPA; Johnson Liu, Fall Semester Program 2016, interned at CCTV. DCSI 2016, at a site visit to C-SPAN; the 2016 DCWS International Relations class visits the Pentagon. Networking Study in DC At-a-Glance

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The alumni mentor from Booz Allen that the Washington Center CREDIT OPPORTUNITY NAME UPCOMING THEMES COSTS provided, facilitated and opened networking opportunities that are HRS Foreign Economic Policy: Theory Meets Practice; frankly not accessible to ANY students. He engaged my interests from DC Winter Seminars Additional “ (only open to News & Media; the start (international and immigration law) and helped connect me 3 Sophomores–Seniors) Business: Power, Politics and Persuasion; fees with his colleagues, classmates, and friends that were experts in my Urban Education future field. I can say that being the only undergrad at a W&M Law DC Semester Program Tuition-based, reception, meeting the dean and other senior staff, lasts well beyond (only open to 12–14 Multidisciplinary each semester Sophomores–Seniors) additional fees the end of my semester in DC.” Online Citizenship; Will Heikkinen, DC Semester Program Spring 2017 Tuition-based, DC Summer Institutes 7 American Politics; additional fees Leadership and Community Engagement …and opportunities to network with alumni and prominent DC figures. From Protest to Policy: Gender in Political 3 DC Summer Session Process; Tuition-based HELP! Democracy and Public Education; This History of Washington, D.C.: Promise and Paradox; Policy Tools in U.S. National Security; Courageous Leadership

Financial Aid: Loans and grants are available for all opportunities. To receive any aid, students must file a FAFSA. See your Financial Aid counselor for specific details. Housing is guaranteed for all programs except DC Summer Session.

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Eric Jones ’08, talks with students at the 2016 DCWS speed networking dinner; BOV member Doug Bunch ’02, J.D. ’06, chats with students at a 2017 DCSI networking dinner; Jen Psaki ’00, former White House communications director, meets 2016 Spring Semester Program students at a networking event.