Alumni discuss how The Washington Center helped them launch careers they love.
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2:09Monumental Experiences at The Washington Center
TWC students share how a semester at The Washington Center helped them go from college to career.
How 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.
During your semester or summer 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
Why 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....
How 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.
LEAD 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...
What 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.
3 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...
Foreign 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.
Interns 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...
Three 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....
Experts 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.
SMLS: 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...
How College Students Are Carrying On With Their Summer Internships
Summer 2020 has been a bit ... abnormal. But at The Washington Center, hundreds of students are refusing to let circumstances get the better of them and are hard at work as virtual interns.
My 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.
Inspired 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...
U.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...
Two Invaluable Yet Unexpected Skills TWC Taught Me
As my semester in D.C. comes to an end, I have been reflecting on what this experience with The Washington Center has given me. Professional development is at the core of TWC programming. However,...
A Zombie Autopsy, STEM Lessons & an FBI Forensics Examiner Walk Into the RAF
Bob was wrapped in a green plastic tarp when the students filed into the room. The story goes he was sent to the Centers for Disease Control by his family, dead from an unknown virus. By the end...