At The Washington Center's (TWC) annual Gala this year, close to 550 board members, staff, partners and friends of the organization gathered together at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The night highlighted TWC's partnerships with colleges and universities, donors, alumni, governments, internships sites and over 50,000 alumni worldwide. Guests travelled from places as distant as Hawaii and Puerto Rico to attend this event.

TWC's InternsROCK! was featured in "D.C. businesses to offer discounts to interns," an online Washington Business Journal article by Adriana Scott. The article features TWC's President, Mike Smith, who discussed 'the thousands of hardworking interns' that the initiative has targeted since its launch in 2010.

The Pendulum, Elon University's school newspaper, featured the new legal externship program in their March issue. The article focuses on TWC's new partnership with Elon's School of Law, which will now provide their students with more legal externship opportunities in the nation's capital.

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The Washington Center was featured in "Grooming a new generation of leaders," an online article by The Hill.

The piece features two alumni, Geoff Schaefer ('07) and Katie O'Connell ('05), who reminisce about their days as interns in Washington, D.C. Both alumni credit The Washington Center with helping them find tailor-made internships pertaining to their interests and helping them fill their resumes with experience that led them to careers they're passionate about.

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The Washington Center's President, Michael B. Smith, was recently interviewed by American Observer for an article about the increasing number of college students who come to D.C. each summer to complete an internship.

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