For more information, contact Cindy Young, (937) 775-3232.

June 25, 1998

FIVE WRIGHT STATE STUDENTS SELECTED
FOR WASHINGTON CENTER INTERNSHIPS

Five Wright State University students will experience the inner workings of the nation's capital first hand this summer as they intern in Washington as part of The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. The students hope to develop their professional skills, meet people from across the country and the world, and make contacts that can help them land a job after graduation.

The five students selected from Wright State are: Corrie Sorge, a senior political science major from Painted Post, N.Y.; Mojca Fink, a graduate student in urban affairs from Ljubljana, Slovenia (formerly Yugoslavia); Danielle Miller, a junior from Kalida, Ohio, majoring in international studies; Michelle Bova, a senior majoring in international studies; and Christie Frerick, a senior political science major from Cincinnati. They'll be in Washington from early June until Mid-August.

Interns in the Washington Center program may choose from hundreds of government agencies, corporations, associations and nonprofit organizations for their internship experience. Frerick, Miller and Bova have all been placed with the United States Information Agency (USIA).

A self-described "military brat" who attended high school in Europe, Bova will work in the USIA's International Visitor's Program, which coordinates visits of foreign officials to the United States. She'll work with both American and foreign embassies, where her knowledge of Spanish, Italian and French should prove helpful. She believes the internship is a good opportunity to get experience in international affairs.

Fink has been assigned to the Washington, D.C., Mayor's Office, where she'll be working on economic development and multicultural affairs projects. "I'll be doing policy analysis and economic development plans for (the) mayor's cabinets, and then I'll be assigned to work with different departments," Fink says. "It looks like it will be very interesting. I'm really looking forward to doing that."

Fink plans to graduate this year with a master's of Urban Affairs degree. Her graduate thesis research involves the impact of tax abatements on Ohio's 88 counties. She submitted some of her work as part of the application process for the Washington Center program, and it caught the attention of the Mayor's Office.

"That's how the Mayor's Office got interested in me, because they have a lot of developments that they need to change or revitalize," Fink said.

Sorge's placement has not been finalized, but will involve legal work. She hopes to attend law school after graduating from Wright State.

Wright State's Office of Career Services is coordinating the internships with the Washington Center. Scholarships for the students are provided by the Ohio Board of Regents.

The Washington Center is a nonprofit, educational organization providing full-time internships and short-term academic seminars for college students from more than 750 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Since its founding in 1975, more than 23,000 students have participated in its programs. The Washington Center is the largest full-time internship program in the nation's capital.

Interns must have at least a 2.5 grade point average, be of sophomore standing or above, complete an application, submit letters of recommendation and write two essays. Students interested in applying for an internship may obtain application materials from Wright State's Office of Career Services. For more information, contact them at (937) 775-2556.

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