Alumni from the DC Metro area came together for a fun evening of networking at Buffalo Billiards. The Capital Alumni Regional Community, led by Glenn Alpert, TWC alumnus ('09, '10), and Katherine Kerchner, TWC alumna ('11), organized the event in an effort to re-connect with alumni in the District. Both Kate and Glenn think that it's “incredible that so many of us have stayed in D.C. or moved here shortly after the TWC program—why not bring everybody out and get to know each other as TWC alumni?”   | View Full Article

TWC celebrated 15 years of partnership with the state of Ohio during a reception at the Athletic Club in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Since the late 1990s, the Ohio General Assembly has included Washington Center-specific scholarship support for Ohio based students in its bi-annual budget; to date, more than 1,400 students have benefited from the funding.   | View Full Article

Friday marked the 9th night of one of TWC's most celebrated events: the Spring 2013 International Festival. This semester, interns enjoyed a series of activities hosted by TWC's Student Services and International Team including:   | View Full Article

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