{"id":55220,"date":"2020-02-26T16:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/?p=55220"},"modified":"2020-02-26T16:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:41:34","slug":"understanding-the-legislative-process-through-an-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/2020\/02\/26\/understanding-the-legislative-process-through-an-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Legislative Process through an Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulkadir A. Sharif is part of the Citizens League Capitol Pathways program and a senior at Augsburg University, studying Political Science and International Relations. He has specialized in public policy, international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/02\/news-abdulkadir-sharif-400x388.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55221 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/02\/news-abdulkadir-sharif-400x388-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"abdulkadir sharif capitol pathways program\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/02\/news-abdulkadir-sharif-400x388-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/02\/news-abdulkadir-sharif-400x388.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>development, and conflict resolution. Mr. Sharif has participated in multiple leadership opportunities that have allowed him to gain a wide range of skills.<\/p>\n<p>At Augsburg University, he has been involved with the pan-African student union, student government, and residence life. He is also a Bonner Leader Scholar where he has interned with the Minneapolis Public Schools, Trinity Lutheran Congregation, Pan-African Center, and the Environmental Stewardship Committee. Mr. Sharif was awarded the 2018 Student Leader of the Year at Augsburg University. Additionally, he was awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship to study in Tanzania and is a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to South Africa and Namibia. While in Namibia, he interned with the Namibia Institute for Democracy as a research assistant focusing on civic engagement and anti-corruption mechanisms in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently Mr. Sharif was a Public Policy and International Affairs fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He hopes to one day pursue a career in international development focusing on economic advancement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sharif\u00a0\u00a0has joined Lockridge Grindal Nauen (LGN) state government relations team for the 2020 Legislative Session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.locklaw.com\/lockridge-grindal-nauen-welcomes-amy-zhou-and-abdulkadir-sharif-to-state-government-relations-team\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulkadir A. Sharif is part of the Citizens League Capitol Pathways program and a senior at Augsburg University, studying Political &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internshipaugsburg-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55222,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55220\/revisions\/55222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}