The Postgraduate Professional Development Program (PPDP) students participated in the SUMMIT Outdoor Challenge Course as part of their spring 2012 semester programming. The SUMMIT is a low ropes course consisting of 11 elements pushing every individual's physical and mental boundaries as they worked together to complete a variety of challenges.

[View the spring 2012 Programming album on our Flickr channel]

Each semester, students from all over the 50 states have the unique opportunity to meet and interact with members of Congress or Senate who represent their state or congressional district through the PPDCH program. Unfortunately for international students, they can't participate in this unique opportunity. That is why the PPDCH program put together a special PPDCH program for Canadian students on April 16th at the RAF.

Canadian students heard from:

The Prudential Foundation Global Citizens Program, a cohort of 26 international students from India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, attended a two-day site visit from April 19-20 at Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey.

The students were competitively selected for this program to represent their countries. They had the opportunity to meet with and learn from a number of Prudential executives during their trip including:

The Washington Center welcomed nearly 400 new alumni into their network of over 50,000 worldwide at the Residential and Academic Facility. The two hour celebration brought TWC staff, alumni, spring 2012 interns, and members of the board together to celebrate the achievements of the program throughout the last 15 weeks.

The event featured speakers such as:

Prudential’s Washington D.C. office formally welcomed another cohort of Prudential Foundation Global Citizens scholars from India, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan on February 13, 2012. Prudential executives spoke about their experiences with the company and the partnership that Prudential Foundation has created with The Washington Center over the past three years. The students heard from:

Fall commencement was a memorable event for TWC's fall interns. It was the day they united with their peers to celebrate the memories they began creating in August.

Alumni Speaker

Regina Davis Izaguirre, a TWC Governors Program alumna (who is also married to a fellow TWC alum), celebrated the opening of her new art exhibit, "Departed Souls." If you love art and would like to go support the talented and self-educated artist, Regina's paintings will be on display at Piola through June 8th, 2012.

[View photos of the event on our Flickr channel]

TWC students enjoyed a lecture by Norman Y. Mineta, who most recently served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation in President George W. Bush's Cabinet.

TWC students enjoyed a special presentation by Takanori Sonoda, the Vice President of Government Relations for Honda North America. Sonoda, who joined Honda in 1977 and has extensive experience both domestically and internationally, shared some of the challenges and successes he has faced during his tenure. He spoke about:

It might sound cliché, but this year’s Inside Washington seminar was unlike any other. For the first time, 70 participants left Washington, D.C. to spend the day at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.