Recent events in Washington D.C
Beyond the Internship
The experience isn’t confined to the office or the classroom. Students live in the heart of D.C., fostering a living-learning community that can explore the city’s monuments, museums, and vibrant neighborhoods. Networking events, guest speakers, and other extracurricular activities help to round out the IIW experience.
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Learning from the Leaders and networking
This program lets students engage with real-world decision-making and problem-solving in the nation’s capital. Under the supervision of accomplished faculty and Washington insiders, students get the chance to engage directly with lawmakers, non-profit advocates, lobbyists, and other movers and shakers in the D.C. arena.
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- Ten Weeks of Breaking News at CNN — Piper Pascarella
- A Front-Row Seat to Public Service on Capitol Hill — Spencer Meyers
- A Summer at the U.S. Copyright Office — Sam Crutcher
- Learning by Asking: What a Semester in D.C. Taught Me — Emily Huffman
- Diana’s DC Diaries: The Best Semester of my College Years — Diana Torres
- A Semester in D.C. — Fiona Sullivan
- Shut-Down, Reboot, and Logging-Off: An Ode to Female Friendships and Flexibility — Audrey Sperling
- Life In D.C.: A Congressional Intern — Ma’Kayla Mashburn
- A Semester in Senator Durbin’s Office — Annika Char
- Building Hope through Hardship: The Lessons I Have Learned During My Time in D.C. — Zayna Ahmed
- Lobbying, Learning, and Leaping Forward: How DC Changed My Career Path
- Working for the People: My Time with Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski
- Washington DC: A New Adventure
- Inside the Beltway: My Journey as a Communications Intern on the Hill
- What I Learned in D.C. That I Never Could in a Classroom
