Last Monday, the Business and Global Trade Program learned about the City Year Corps mission and participated in the Leadership Compass Activity, providing them with yet another professional opportunity that they will take back to their communities and universities after completing TWC's semester-long program.

Learning about City Year

Chad Creasey, Alumnus of "Campaign '96: In Pursuit of the Presidency" seminar, spoke to the Science, Technology and Society program about how his academic seminar experience transformed him personally and professionally.

When 108 students from around the country arrived to The Blake Hotel on Sunday, August 26th, they really had no idea what to expect from their first week in Charlotte. Little did they know, each attendee would be in for a jam-packed week of programming, receptions and meetings with major political figures who helped shape Charlotte into the up and coming city that it is today.

Programming Speakers

DNC academic seminar participants started their day with a V.I.P. tour of the Time Warner Cable Arena in Uptown Charlotte! During the tour, students received an exclusive first look of the convention venue before the rest of the public and even before most delegates and politicians attending next week!

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC) welcomed nearly 500 interns to Washington, D.C. during their two-day fall orientation on August 30th and 31st at the Residential and Academic Facility (RAF). The first day kicked off with the interns being formally introduced to their TWC program advisors and participating in program activities such as a U.S. Capitol tour and National Portrait Gallery exhibit. TWC President Mike Smith visited with various programs to start meeting students.

The fourth day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) academic seminar was filled with notable speakers, a reception and a renowned panel of North Carolina figureheads and major political power players.

The day began with programming at The Blake Hotel in Charlotte, which included speakers such as Tim Funk, Politics Reporter for the Charlotte Observer, and Israel Balderas, News Anchor for Fox TV Charlotte.

Hey! I’m Hector. I was selected as a part of a small group of young people in my state — Queretaro, in Mexico — to receive a scholarship to attend the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, D.C.

Hector with other scholarship recipients.

The threat of Hurricane Isaac could not damper the spirits of the 138 students attending the Republican National Convention Academic Seminar. The students, who travelled from over 60 institutions from across the country to Tampa, Florida, were treated to a brilliant and insightful week of speakers, panels and programming. It was not all work and no play as these students had the opportunity to explore Ybor City, attend a variety of receptions and had the opportunity to know each other on a more personal level during their small group sessions.

Summer interns from the Science, Technology and Society (STS) program presented their research findings via abstract posters at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters located in Silver Spring, MD. The interns displayed their abstracts by concisely describing the objectives, methods, results and conclusions that the Abstract Committee evaluated on both the quality of the intern’s work throughout the semester as well as the verbal presentation. Each student was required to detail:

This summer over 50 TWC students reached out to immigrants in the metropolitan Washington area tutoring young Ethiopians and Latinos, helping Latin American domestic violence victims obtain visas and volunteering at a Hispanic festival.

They were all participants of the Immigrant Rights Civic Engagement project. The education component included presentations by speakers from the Asian, Latino and African immigrant communities as well as an expert on immigration policy.