
Connect With TFAS: Spring Virtual Career Fairs
TFAS Wants to Meet You! This fall our staff members will be attending Virtual Career Fairs at colleges and universities all over the country. Learn about our academic internship programs…
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FTE Alumni Scholarship Opportunity
Looking for a way to build on your FTE experience? We are awarding special scholarships for FTE alumni to participate in the Summer 2021 Academic Internship Program in…

6 Tips for Ensuring a Smooth Admissions Experience
Before You Apply Research the programs – TFAS offers Washington, DC-based programs each Fall, Spring and Summer. Each program includes a guaranteed internship placement, academic credit, housing (if applicable) and…

ATTN: Recent TFAS Alumni Become a Summer 2021 Program Advisor
TFAS is now accepting applications for the TFAS Summer 2021 Program Advisor positions. If you are interested in coming to D.C. for the summer and helping guide the TFAS class…

TFAS Washington-based Office Was Once Home to Titanic Survivor
Nestled in between two Embassies in the historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, the building the TFAS D.C. Programs Staff calls home is steeped in history like many of the 19th-century row…

Full-Scholarship for Three Hungarian Citizens
The three full-scholarships to participate in our academic internship program are available through the generous support of The Hungry Foundation. It includes housing, tuition, and a living-stipend. History Hungry Initiatives…

5 Lessons Learned and 1 piece of advice to future tfas students from a Journalism + Communications program alumnus
One important aspect of an internship is the process of self-discovery. Often, the most impactful part of a student’s TFAS summer is what they learn about themselves. This summer…

What Do smugglers on the high seas, Covid-19 and the New York Times Have in Common?
These are all things that TFAS student Carolina Puga Mendoza ’20, a senior at Franklin College in Indiana, experienced this summer as a participant in The 2020 Virtual Summer Program. …

Top Ten Highlights from the TFAS 2020 Virtual Summer Program
Learn about Jackie Park ’20 and her experience in the Journalism + Communications program track. Jackie Park ’20 Internship: The Washington Times Hometown: Boone, NC School: Appalachain…

15 Words and Phrases that Will Make You Sound Like a Washingtonian
If you want to sound less like a tourist and more like a local, take a look at this list of words and common phrases often heard and used here…

Connect With TFAS: November Virtual Career Fairs
TFAS Wants to Meet You! This fall our staff members will be attending Virtual Career Fairs at colleges and universities all over the country. Learn about our academic internship programs…

Capital Semester Students Explore US-Australia Relations in Webinar Briefing
2020 marks eighty years of diplomatic relations between Australia and the U.S. To commemorate this anniversary, TFAS Capital Semester students participated in a virtual conversation with two Australian diplomats, Rebecca…

TFAS Summer 2020 in Review – A Summer Like No Other!
Students logged into the program from than 40 different states. This summer, a dynamic group of nearly 200 students representing 124 colleges and universities across the country joined TFAS Virtual…

Capital Semester Students Experience “Where Women Made History” Through Woodrow Wilson House Tour
As the United States celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage this year, museums across the nation’s capital are paying homage to the dedicated suffragists who made a lasting impact…