Once a semester, TWC interns have the opportunity to hear from some of the leading members in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors during TWC's Roundtable on Philanthropy and Social Responsibility. The panelists, who attended the July 23rd event, came from a variety of backgrounds but still shared one major thing in common: the desire to help nonprofit realms like corporate citizenship and philanthropy evolve to their full potential.

Current students and TWC alums of the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) attended a dinner reception at TWC headquarters on Wednesday, July 25th.

Speakers included:

1. Mike Smith, president of TWC

2. John Cavanaugh, chancellor of PA State System of Higher Education

3. Barbara Bowker, vice president of marketing, Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU)

For the second time this semester, TWC hosted a Lunch Series event at the CBS Corporation in Washington, D.C. The July 20th event featured John Orlando, senior vice president of the CBS Corporation's Washington, D.C. office. He is responsible for the oversight, formulation and implementation of CBS's public policy and government relations' objectives. Mr. Orlando is also a 1976 alumnus of TWC, one of the first of over 50,000 alumni all over the world. He remarked that:  "My internship at TWC was one of the most life-changing experiences I had.

The Political Leadership Program welcomed a distinguished panel of D.C. lobbyists and policy-makers working in the Washington, D.C. area. The panelists openly discussed and answered questions which helped address the common myths, stereotypes, challenges and benefits that lobbyists and policy-makers face on a day-to-day basis.

TWC interns from Arizona met with Rep. Ben Quayle in the congressman’s office in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students that attend Arizona State University and Wake Forest University, spoke with the congressman about policy issues concerning:

TWC interns from Kentucky met with Rep. Ben Chandler in the Congressman’s office in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students who attend Morehead State University, Easter Kentucky University and St. Louis University, spoke with the Congressman about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Missouri met with Senator Claire McCaskill at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students, who attend Truman State University and Washington College, spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Montana and Washington met with Senator Maria Cantwell at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students, who attend Montana State University-Bozeman and University of Washington-Seattle, spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Michigan met with Senator Debbie Stabenow at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students who attend Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, spoke to the International Affairs Program on Monday, July 16th in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State. She discussed the importance of making people to people connections between the United States and other countries when holding a position in the field of diplomacy, as well as the role of social media in the Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa.