Special Iniatives
Public Service Internship Program for Students with Disabilities
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is pleased to announce it will continue to help increase employment opportunities for students with disabilities through an academic internship program. Thanks to the generous support of the AT&T Foundation and The HSC Foundation, The Washington Center is working to help students develop leadership skills and gain valuable work experience in government, business and the non-profit sector. The Washington Center will complement students’ professional experience with solid academic training for credit from highly qualified instructors. In addition, students will be exposed to community, national and international leaders through workshops, seminars, lectures, embassy visits and networking events held throughout the course of each semester.
Working with The Washington Center allows your agency to:
- Reduce the administrative work of recruiting, screening and processing applications
- Enhance your recruiting efforts and significantly raise your visibility on college campuses
- Work closely with students and supervisors to ensure a quality experience is had by all
- Directly increase the numbers of people with disabilities in your agencies
- Promote the value and importance of public service to young people
Program Requirements
- Students work 4.5 days a week. We ask for some flexibility for 1/2 day once a week to provide high quality academic seminars
- Provide students with substantive work projects at least 80% of the time
- The students come from around the country with a variety of skills, interests and goals.
- All students are assigned a Washington Center program advisor who works with the student and agency supervisor to ensure a quality experience
- The Washington Center program advisors work closely with students to determine an internship position that is in line with their professional and academic goals
- The Washington Center program advisor conducts a site visit each semester to meet with the agency supervisor
- Student is evaluated by agency supervisor whose evaluation is incorporated into student's final grade
For more information about Disability Services at The Washington Center visit our Disability Services section.
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