For the first time, TWC hosted a special SMLS on the White House Fellows program. The event featured a panel of three White House Fellows moderated by Fatimeh Shamseddine, TWC alumna ('09) of the Center for Global Understanding (CFGU) program and Special Assistant to the Director for the White House Fellowship Program. The panelists all belonged to the current 2012-2013 cohort of White House Fellows, representing backgrounds and fields in military, science and law.   The panelists included: | View Full Article

13 students from TWC’s Local Green Civic Engagement Project witnessed the power of partnerships between two local non-profit organizations.   | View Full Article

This semester, 23 students in the Domestic Violence Civic Engagement Project are visiting Capitol Hill to support renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which has been instrumental in dramatically reducing domestic violence since it was passed by Congress in 1994.   | View Full Article

TWC students met Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., in his Cannon House Office Building office to and discuss how their corner of Massachusetts is represented in Washington. Rep. Keating's district, the 9th District of Massachusetts is home to six Washington Center students:   | View Full Article

TWC would like to extend a special thanks to the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP), the Department of State's Public Diplomacy (PD) Communications Bureau. IIP hosted the International Affairs Program participants for a special session at the George Marshall Center, located in the East Auditorium of the Washington, D.C. office.   | View Full Article

Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba, was the featured guest of a special Sunday Public Policy Dialogues on Capitol Hill (PPDCH) event. The PPDCH events are part of The Washington Center's Internship Programs. More than 60 students, both international and domestic, attended his presentation at TWC's Residential Academic Facility, where the premier spoke on the topic of the role of subnational governments around the world. He also addressed challenges such as:   | View Full Article