From ekamai@u.washington.edu Mon Oct 11 13:58:49 1999 Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA30878 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:58:48 -0700 Received: from homer26.u.washington.edu (ekamai@homer26.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.16]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA25016 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:58:46 -0700 Received: from localhost (ekamai@localhost) by homer26.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA126182 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:58:45 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:58:45 -0700 (PDT) From: History undergraduate advisors To: histmaj@u.washington.edu Subject: FW: Two Great Experiential Education Opportunities *for all major s* (fwd) s* (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ******************************** Subject: Two Great Experiential Education Opportunities *for all majors* Meetings and application deadlines are coming up for two outstanding internship programs: The Washington State Legislative Internship Program and The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Please help us get the word out to interested students! Both of these programs are available to students from all majors. Advisers are also encouraged to attend The Washington Center meetings on the 14th of next week to learn more about how this program works, and how their students might benefit. If you have any questions about either program, please let me know. Thanks! Bonnie Lyon Academic Counselor Political Science 1. INTERN IN WASHINGTON DC: FIND OUT HOW! 1. Interested in International Affairs? The Arts? The Environment? Public Policy? The Media? Social Justice? In today's competitive graduate school and employment environment, students who have practical experience are at an inherent advantage. The Washington Center for internships and academic seminars is committed to providing this opportunity to all students. Each quarter, between 6-12 students from the University of Washington intern in Washington DC through the Washington Center while earning 15 elective UW credits. Ready to take the next step on your career path? Come to a meeting with a representative from the Washington Center right here on campus: Michael Smith, Senior Vice President from The Washington Center will be here to talk about the internship opportunities available to you in Washington DC, and to answer your questions about how an internship might be beneficial to you. There will be two meetings: Thursday, Oct 14 at 9:30 am in Balmer 301 and at 2:00 pm in Savery 317. For more information about The Washington Center, visit their web site at http://www.twc.edu. Applications are available there to download. 2. WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: Applications Due: October 22, 1999 > > Are your biology/zoology students interested in water quality? Are your > forestry students interested in wildlife and land use issues? Do your > Sociology majors care about the homeless and policies that affect city > populations? Do your geography and engineering majors want to study > transportation in the region? What better place to do that than the State > Legislature, where policy is made! Student interns are being recruited > from ALL majors, to work in Olympia full-time during the legislative > Session. Students are registered for 15 credits of POL S 497 (5 credits > paper; 10 credits internship) and under the supervision of Prof. David > Olson and permanent legislative staff. Interns work with legislators, > their staffs, lobbyists and constituents as part of their > responsibilities. For applications and information: Political Science > Advising, 215 Smith Hall, , 543-1824. The > original application deadline was October 8th; it has been extended to > October 22, 1999. Applications require: the application, a faculty > reference, transcript copy, resume and cover letter. > > > .