INTERNSHIPS

Mary Washington's location midway between two centers of politics--Richmond and Washington, D.C.--offers students in International Affairs and Political Science numerous opportunities for internships.

In the past several years, our majors have had internships in many congressional and other governmental offices in Washington, Richmond, and Fredericksburg, as well as with the World Bank, the American Enterprise Institute, Common Cause, ABC News, and The Washington Monthly. We can accurately state that no major in our department has ever sought, and failed to receive, an internship.

Recent Student Internships in Political Science and International Affairs:

Spring 2008

U.S. Sen. James Webb (D-VA)
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
U.S. Department of State
Amnesty International, Washington
Radio Free Europe, Washington
The Israel Project, Washington
Virginia Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford)
First Nations Development Institute

Fall 2007

Genocide Watch, Washington
First Peoples Worldwide, Fredericksburg
Sierra Club, Rappahannock Region
Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement
U.S. Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania) Re-election Campaign
Carlos Del Toro for Virginia Delegate Campaign
Del. Mark Cole (R-Spotsylvania) Re-Election Campaign
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington

Summer 2007

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Virginia Del. Terrie Suit (R-Virginia Beach)

Spring 2007

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington
Council on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Peruvian Mission to the Organization of American States, Washington

U.S. Rep. James Moran (D-Virginia)
Virginia Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
Fredericksburg Office of the Public Defender
Holley & Levine, P.C.
Parrish, Houck & Snead, P.L.C.
Bibi Bahizi Law Office
Jefferson Government Relations

Fall 2006

Embassy of France, Washington
US Secret Service
Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington
Forward Together PAC

Summer 2006

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D)
U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-VA) re-election campaign
James Webb (D) for U.S. Senate (Virginia) campaign
Harris Miller (D) for U.S. Senate (Virginia) campaign
American Jewish Congress
WSHB-TV, Hartford, CT
General Counsel's Office, U.S. Department of Energy
University Legal Counsel, Virginia Tech
Pearl S. Buck International Foundation

Spring 2006

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington
U.S Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington).
US Rep. Thelma Drake (R-Virginia)
US Rep. Tom Davis (R-Virginia)
Virginia Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
Genocide Watch
Adams, Hussey and Associates, public relations

Fall 2005

U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake (R-Virginia)
Tim Kaine (D) Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign
Jerry Kilgore (R) Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington
Rappahannock Legal Services
Piedmont Enviornmental Council
EMILY'S List

Summer 2005

General Counsel's Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Virginia Governor Mark Warner (D)
U.S. House Committee on International Relations
Virginia Citizenship Institute
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Heritage Foundation, Washington

Spring 2005

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
U.S. Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-Virginia)
Virginia Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Fall 2004

Fredericksburg Area Chapter, Sierra Club

Summer 2004

U.S. Treasury
U.S. International Trade Commission
Virginia Citizenship Institute
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington

Spring 2004

U.S. State Department
International Crisis Group
U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-New York)
Republican National Committee
Virginia Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

Fall 2003

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut)
Fredericksburg Area Chapter, Sierra Club
Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement
City Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg

Summer 2003

Jagriti Foundation Internship, Nepal
Re-election Campaign, VA Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania)
Re-election Campaign, VA Sen. Ken Cuccinelli (R-Fairfax)
Virginia Delegate David Albo (R-Springfield)
Scripps Howard News Service
McGuire, Woods Consulting (Richmond)
Virginia Citizenship Institute

Other Recent Internships

American Federation of Teachers
American-Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Red Cross
Brookings Institution
Business/Industry Political Action Committee
Central Virginia Housing Coalition
CNN, Washington
The Commonwealth Group
Concord Coalition
First Nations Development Institute
Fredericksburg City Clerk's Office
Fredericksburg City Department of Planning
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Italian Cultural Institute
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
Middle East Institute
National Conference of State Legislators
National Foreign Affairs Training Center
National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC
NationalJournal.com
Organization of American States
Paine Webber Inc.
Philadelphia Partnership Community Development Corporation
Prestige Cablevision of Spotsylvania County
Rappahannock Legal Services Inc.
Seniors Coalition
Sister Cities International
Spotsylvania County Administrator
Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Senator John Warner (R-VA)
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX)
U.S. Rep. Ric Boucher (D-VA)
U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)
U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Virginia Department of Corrections
Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office
White House -- Presidential Personnel Office
WHFS Radio, Landover, MD
WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH
WVEC-TV News Department, Channel 13, Norfolk, VA
WNVC-TV, Alexandria, VA