When Anna Malka Gimenez and Daniella Cordioli, two international students attending Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) in Brazil, first heard about TWC, they assumed all that was in store for them was a semester-long internship in Washington, D.C. But when TWC sat down with them to ask them about their experience, they recognized that their time in D.C. has been so much more than just completing an internship. TWC: What were your expectations of Washington D.C. before you arrived here from Brazil? | View Full Article
John Anderson, Former Representative (R-IL) and Independent Candidate during the 1980 presidential election, provided insight into the 2012 political process. He ran in the Republican primary and after losing to Ronald Reagan, chose to run as an Independent candidate. John Anderson took questions from college students during the session. [View program on C-SPAN] About the Road to the White House Course | View Full Article
Ambassador Gary Doer is the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., which he transitioned into in 2009 after his role as the Premier of Manitoba. Prior to his current position as Ambassador, Doer worked to enhance U.S.-Canadian cooperation on trade, agriculture, water protection, climate change and renewable energy. He was named one of the top 20 International leaders on climate change in Business Week magazine. | View Full Article
The Ford Motor Company Global Scholars, Governors, and U.S.-Panama Initiative Programs attended an event at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), an international public health agency with nearly 110 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of countries in the Americas. Each student had the opportunity to hear from PAHO's Regional Director of Health Promotion and the Senior Advisor for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) & Health Targets. The two speakers discussed: | View Full Article
An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV or AIDS, with a large number of this population residing in Sub-Saharan Africa. In an effort to help battle this deadly disease, TWC’s LGBTQA Civic Engagement Project raised over $600 for the Whitman Walker Health’s AIDS Walk. The event took place at the Freedom Plaza on Saturday, October 27th. | View Full Article
Geoff Garin, President of Hart Research Associates and an American Pollster, discussed polling efforts prior to the November 6th presidential election and why he anticipated that President Obama would be reelected. [View program on C-SPAN] About the Road to the White House Course | View Full Article
The Washington Center will be open Wednesday, October 31. Both Residential and Academic Facilities have power and we recommend students to report to their internship sites tomorrow, or call/email their internship site supervisors to ask if they should report their internship tomorrow. Programming and classes will run as scheduled. Headquarters will also be open tomorrow. If you have any questions, please send an email to communications@twc.edu. | View Full Article
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