Spaces have been reserved for 20 Augsburg students (at a reduced rate) among the 250. To apply, do NOT use the Washington Center’s web site. Instead, fill out the application form available in the Dean’s Office (1st floor, Memorial Hall). Submit your completed application form to the Dean’s Office by Monday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.

The Washington Center Seminar will cost $500 for Augsburg students and will run from Sunday, Aug. 24 – Friday, Sept. 5. Students accepted to the program will be required to participate in a resume writing workshop conducted by the Center for Service Work and Learning. Students will have the option of staying at the Washington Center’s hotel (Holiday Inn Metrodome) if there is space available. More information about the availability and cost of hotel accommodations will be sent to applicants. Students are not required to stay in the hotel to participate in the seminar.

Please send all inquiries to Bridget Robinson-Riegler, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs (e-mail: robinson@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1498) or her assistant, Vinni Thongthi (e-mail: thongthi@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1024).

In addition to the Washington Center Seminar, Augsburg students can earn academic credit by enrolling in one of the following related opportunities during the fall term (these courses are NOT required to participate in the Seminar):

POL 326 (Political Parties and Behavior)

Independent Study (299 or 499) with Augsburg faculty interested in working with students on a project linked to the Convention or the 2008 Presidential Election

Internship (199 or 399) with Augsburg faculty interested in working with students on a project linked to the Convention or the 2008 Presidential Election

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Twenty Augsburg students will be among those selected to participate in workshops, issue forums and, potentially, convention sessions, in addition to fieldwork assignments. Participants will be required to apply with their school’s approval and pay a fee, which Augsburg has agreed to subsidize.

The Washington Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization that provides more academic internships than any other group in the U.S. It chose Augsburg for this honor because of the college’s commitment to experiential learning and preparing students as leaders and global citizens.

“Augsburg is thrilled to be selected by The Washington Center,” said President Pribbenow. “This is an unbelievable honor and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students and others across the country.”

A news conference related to the Washington Center’s selection of Augsburg will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 11 a.m. in the Oren Gateway Center lobby and Johnson Conference Room. Speakers will include President Pribbenow; Eugene Alpert, senior vice president of The Washington Center; and city officials from Minneapolis and St. Paul.Ìý

At a news conference on Dec. 12, Eugene Alpert, senior vice president of The Washington Center (pictured), said that the 250 student interns who come to the Twin Cities will “play their small part in the larger role of electing the next president of the United States.” The first week they will be in seminars at Augsburg, and then receive fieldwork assignments. Each day the students will begin with speakers who will brief them about what to expect that day on the convention floor.

Alpert explained that the internship will be part of an academic course for which students will keep journals, write essays, conducts interviews, and for which they will receive academic credit.

On Dec. 9, Dean Barbara Farley was interviewed on KSTP-TV’s At IssueÌýshow, with host Tom Hauser. She said that the experiential education student interns would receive at the convention would give them the “sense of a significant national event” with a focus on national leadership.

On Dec. 12, Pribbenow was a guest on the KSTP-TV morning show, and Farley was interviewed on WCCO radio.

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