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The Fund for American Studies (TSAS) will be hosting a free online seminar Careers on Capitol Hill<\/strong> on February 24 at 12:00 PM ET for students interested in working in Congress. Learn more + register<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, for students who are still looking for a summer internship, we are still accepting applications for our TFAS Academic Internship Program<\/a> until March 15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our 8-week program includes a guaranteed internship placement<\/strong>, course credit from our academic partner George Mason University<\/strong> and furnished housing<\/strong> in downtown Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TFAS D.C. Summer Program<\/strong> June 4 – July 29 | Washington, D.C. | Final Deadline: March 15<\/strong> \u00a0
Right now internships are critical to gaining real world experience and enhancing your professional development during challenging times.\u00a0Securing an internship has always been competitive, but the pandemic has exacerbated the situation. It is estimated that 50% of internships were canceled during the height of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0

Making Up for Lost Time<\/strong> TFAS is helping students gain crucial work experience and the connections needed to land a job after graduation. The TFAS D.C. Summer Program<\/a> guarantees an internship placement in a variety of fields including:
+ Federal agencies
+ Congressional offices Policy groups
+ think tanks International affairs organizations Embassies Media
+ public relations firms Government relations offices Community-based nonprofits

Real-World Work Experience<\/strong> 94% of students said that TFAS has helped them to develop professional skills for workplace. Students do work that actually matters; past projects include:
+ Attending a\u00a0Congressional briefing<\/strong>\u00a0and writing a detailed report. Working on a strategic assessment of\u00a0WMD development and proliferation<\/strong>\u00a0in North Korea and Iran.
+ Standing on the steps of\u00a0Supreme Court<\/strong> reporting on protesters exercising their first amendment rights.
+ Developing a strategic marketing plan<\/strong>\u00a0for a business group advocating a bill on Capitol Hill.

TFAS Internship Benefits<\/strong> Our nonprofit organization has been creating internship experiences for the last 50 years. We work with more than 300 internship site partners each summer.\u00a0 Students gain about 30 hours of work experience per week.\u00a0 TFAS Staff are dedicated to finding students the ideal internship placement based on their skills and interests.\u00a0 In-person or hybrid work sites in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.\u00a0

About the TFAS Academic Internship Program<\/strong> The 2022 D.C. Summer Program will take place June 4 – July 29 in Washington, D.C. Students leave the city with an expanded professional (and social) network, 200+ hours of real-world work experience and a greater understanding of careers available after graduation.

Live:<\/strong><\/a> Reside in furnished apartments in the heart of Washington, D.C. with a built-in support network.

Learn:<\/a> <\/strong>Earn credit from George Mason University. Attend exclusive site briefings and guest lectures.\u00a0

Intern:<\/strong><\/a> Gain real-world experience through a guaranteed internship placement.\u00a0

Connect:<\/a> <\/strong>Grow your network and gain insider job-seeking tips from prominent professionals.\u00a0

Admissions + Scholarship Information<\/strong> TFAS is a nonprofit with the goal of bringing the country’s best and brightest students to D.C. for life-changing programs. 85% of students attending TFAS programs are on full or partial awards based on merit and\/or need.\u00a0 \u00a0
March 15<\/strong>\u00a0is the final admissions deadline.\u00a0
Apply at DCinternships.org<\/a>.\u00a0

Want more information?<\/strong> Visit DCinternships.org, <\/a>page through our digital viewbook<\/a>, watch a one-minute video <\/a>or schedule a video call<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fund for American Studies (TSAS) will be hosting a free online seminar Careers on Capitol Hill on February 24 at 12:00 PM ET for students interested in working in Congress. Learn more + register.\u00a0 Also, for students who are still looking for a summer internship, we are still accepting applications for our TFAS Academic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1436,"featured_media":11867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,45,7],"tags":[803,1271,221,12],"class_list":["post-12242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-info-advice","category-jobs-and-internships","category-government","tag-academic-program","tag-careers-for-the-common-good","tag-government-2","tag-internship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2021\/11\/tfas.jpg?fit=300%2C130&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79l8e-3bs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12243,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12242\/revisions\/12243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}