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By: Allie Krewson

Washington Seminar at Brigham Young University had another successful fall 2007 semester, with it twenty-nine well qualified student interns. As a campus-wide internship program, the Washington Seminar helps to place students in a variety of internships in Washington, D.C.Washington Seminar student interns worked in all three branches of the U.S. government, for elected officials in both the Democratic and the Republican parties, and in numerous non-profit and for-profit enterprises in the private sector during the fall 2007 semester.

The Executive branch was served by five BYU interns. The Council for Economic Advisers, National Defense University, National Museum of American History, US Department of Commerce, and The Smithsonian Associates stood out among the institutions.

Congress was the most popular branch of government with seven interns who served in the offices of one House and five Senate members including Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader. Another intern served in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

In other fields, the list of non-profit organizations that interns worked for included the public policy think-tanks American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Foreshadowing 2008 as both a presidential and congressional election year, one student also interned with the public opinion research firm American Viewpoint. Washington Seminar students continue to work for a diverse number of organizations and have excelled in their respective internships.

Washington Seminar Internships

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Viewpoint
Center for Strategic & International Studies
ConSource
Council for Court Excellence
Council of Economic Advisers
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Federal Judicial Center
Holocaust Memorial Museums
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
HouseCall LLC
Institute of International Education
National Defense University
National Museum of American History
Nevada Washington DC Office
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Senator Bob Bennett
Senator Elizabeth Dole
Senator Harry Reid
Senator Michael D. Crapo
The Smithsonian Associates
US Department of Commerce