What Makes TWC Different?
The Washington Center is so much more than an internship. It's a professional semester centered around you. Learn more about what makes TWC different.
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Learn more about The Washington Center Experience from application to arrival.
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Classroom and Extended Learning Opportunities
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Read ArticleHow the Evening Course Complements Your TWC Experience
TWC's evening classes are not just opportunities to study different topics of interests, but for students to understand how the components of these courses can ultimately shape any future career.
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The Evening Course
During your professional semester at The Washington Center, you'll take part in an evening course one night a week. You could fulfill a requirement for your major or experience a course you could only
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Read ArticleFear Not! Our ELOs Make Your Post-TWC Career Step a Confident Step
What comes after your semester in D.C.? Whether you come to The Washington Center with a career plan in mind or have no idea where it should go, you’ll need expert direction that wraps up the sum...
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Read ArticleWhy TWC Is So Much More Than a D.C. Internship
When I first heard about The Washington Center, my recurring thought was that it sounded like a cool way to get an internship. Who wouldn’t want to have someone help you find an internship in D.C....
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Read ArticleHow Will TWC Professional Development Prepare You for the Job Market?
You don’t know how valuable a professional network is until you start establishing your own.
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The LEAD Colloquium
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Understanding TWC's LEAD Colloquium
LEAD stands for Leadership, Engagement, Achievement, and Development. TWC's LEAD Colloquium helps you become more career-ready in tangible ways.
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Read ArticleLEAD Beyond the Classroom
By the end of the semester, what can interns expect to take away from LEAD? With opportunities for both experiential and in-class learning, LEAD allows interns to become more career-ready in...
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Read ArticleWhat I Learned About Setting Goals and Actually Achieving Them
The Washington Center's Leadership, Engagement, Achievement and Development (LEAD) class is a non-judgmental space full of encouraging people that are going through the same things as you.
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Read ArticleGaining Strength and Insight Through the LEAD Colloquium
Although there are many different classes and activities to choose from at The Washington Center, there is one class that we all take part in: the LEAD Colloquium.
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Read Article3 Self-Discoveries from my First Month at TWC
When the opportunity to intern in D.C. presented itself, I knew it would force me to leave my comfort zone behind and grow, personally and professionally. In my first month as a TWC intern, I've...
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The Simpson-Mineta Lecture Series: Discussing Polarizing Topics with Distinguished Guests
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Read ArticleForeign Policy Experts Urge Interns to Take an Active Interest in the World
Foreign policy experts answered questions their global concerns and urged Washington Center interns to take an active interest in their country and world.
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Read ArticleInterns Discuss Race in America in 2017
Discussions of race have often been described as “the third rail of American politics” in that those who dare to touch it often, aren’t the better for it afterward. Yet the students of The...
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Read ArticleThree Journalists Help TWC’s Interns Understand Today’s Political Culture
Three representatives from the White House Correspondents Association headlined The Washington Center's June 30, 2017 installment of the Alan K. Simpson-Norman Y. Mineta Leaders Series....
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Read ArticleExperts Weigh in on White House Transition at SMLS
The Washington Center hosted the final installment of the Simpson-Mineta Leaders Series of the fall 2016 semester on Friday, Nov.18.
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Read ArticleSMLS: Tom Daschle and Trent Lott Pave the Way for Bipartisanship
Former U.S Senators Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Trent Lott (R-MS) gave students their roadmap for bipartisan compromise at the last conversation of the spring 2016 Simpson-Mineta Leaders at The...
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Read ArticleMy Top Interning in D.C. Takeaways That Prepared Me for Next Fall
Without a doubt, my D.C. internship was the greatest adventure in my education.
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3:18Watch VideoHow TWC Alumni Launched Careers They Love
Alumni discuss how The Washington Center helped them launch careers they love.
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Read ArticleInspired by the Diversity Âin TWC’s Global Festival
TWC is full of students from diverse backgrounds. In recognition of this, every semester, they host an event called Global Festival, where students in the program get a chance to represent their...
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Read ArticleU.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East
The Washington Center capped off the Fall 2015 Simpson-Mineta Leaders Series with policy analysts Steve Clemons of The Washington Note, Steven Bucci of The Heritage Foundation and CSPAN Political...
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