About 80 percent of students in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy do at least one internship during their time at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Here are some examples of recent internships in Washington, D.C., and abroad:

Local:

  • City of Burlington Planning Department
  • City of Graham Public Relations Department
  • Town of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Planning Department
  • Alamance County Public Defender’s Office
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Probation Department
  • Women’s Resource Center
  • Burlington Times-News
  • Several local law firms

State:

  • North Carolina Governor’s Office
  • North Carolina Education Department
  • North Carolina Trade Center
  • North Carolina General Assembly
  • North Carolina Corrections Department
  • North Carolina Office of the Courts
  • Restorative Justice Research Group
  • State Bureau of Investigation
  • N.C. Senate President Marc Basnight
  • N.C. Senator Tony Rand
  • N.C. Representative Frank Balance
  • N.C. Representative Ruth Easterling
  • N.C. Equity

Administration:

  • The White House Chief of Staff Office
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • U.S. Housing and Urban Development
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Interior Department
  • U.S. Commerce Department
  • U.S. Information Agency
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Legal:

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • National Center for Institutions and Alternatives
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Bureau of Prisons
  • Public defenders’ offices
  • D.C. Corporation Counsel
  • Georgetown Law Center
  • Interpol

Advocacy and Nonprofits:

  • NAACP Legislative Office
  • ACLU of Maryland
  • National Education Association
  • Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Amnesty International
  • KM Communications
  • Latino Civil Rights Center
  • Campus Outreach Opportunity League
  • Eddie Mahe Associates
  • Community Solutions International
  • Military Traffic Management Command
  • Van Scoyoc and Associates

Think Tanks:

  • The Leadership Institute
  • The Millennium Institute
  • Potomac Associates
  • The Atlantic Council
  • Center for Military and Strategic Studies
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies

Partisan:

  • Republican National Committee
  • Democratic National Committee
  • Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
  • National Republican Congressional Committee
  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
  • Presidential campaign of Bill Clinton
  • U.S. Senate campaign of Bill McCollum, FL
  • Governor’s campaign of Ellen Sauerbrey, MD
  • U.S. House campaign of Charlotte Koskoff, CT
  • N.C. House campaign of Wiley Wooten
  • Emily’s List

Congress:

  • Senator Jesse Helms, NC
  • Representative Ken Lucas, KY
  • Senator Joe Biden, DE
  • Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, NY
  • Senator Kent Conrad, ND
  • Senator Jay Rockefeller, WV
  • Senator John Warner, VA
  • Representative Eva Clayton, NC
  • Representative Charles Taylor, NC
  • Representative Howard Coble, NC
  • Representative Elijah Cummings, MD
  • Representative Steny Hoyer, MD
  • Representative Helen Bentley, MD
  • Representative Robert Ehrlich, MD
  • Representative Roscoe Bartlett, MD
  • Representative Nancy Johnson, CT
  • Representative Cliff Stearns, FL
  • Representative Tillie Fowlers, FL
  • Representative George Gekas, PA

International:

  • The Carter Center (Atlanta)
  • House of Commons (Great Britain)
  • Parliament (Ireland)
  • London City Government
  • Parliamentary campaigns in Great Britain
  • American-Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce