Meet the 2024 TFAS Program Advisors
Program Advisors (PAs) are here to ensure your summer experience at TFAS runs smoothly! They’re your go-to people for any questions, concerns or just a friendly chat. PAs are alumni…
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7 Ways to Stand Out at Your Internship
Whether this is your first internship, or your final experience before entering a full-time career, make sure you’re following these 7 tips to excel in the office. 1. Arrive slightly…
5 Strategies for Researching Internship Sites
As a young professional, you’re well aware that the competition for internships is basically Hunger Games: Intern Edition, but with fewer fireballs and more cover letters. To stand out and…
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…
Meet Our Program Advisors: Emily Schroen ’19
By: Emily Schroen ’19, Program Advisor – International Affairs I don’t consider myself a self-made woman. As much as I’d like to claim responsibility for my accomplishments…
Meet Our Program Advisors: Erin Gamba ’18
By: Erin Gamba ’18, Program Advisor – Operations When I first learned about TFAS and its summer internship program in D.C., I was unaware of the drastic impact the program…
Meet The Summer 2021 Program Advisors
Program Advisors, informally known as PAs, are recent TFAS alumni who live in student housing and help current students navigate the program and Washington, D.C. during the summer. Get…
TFAS Spotlight – Daniel O’Neill ’18
Get to know Business + Government Relations program track alumnus Daniel O’Neill ’18. Daniel O’Neill ’18 Hometown: West Islip, NY Internship: Caterpillar Inc. College: DeSales University…
3 Ways to Make Your Resume Standout in the Washington, DC Job Market
TFAS requires all applicants to submit a one-page resume as part of their application. While the Admissions Committee takes many things into account when making admissions and scholarship decisions, the…
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…
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…
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…
TFAS Spotlight – Sydney Clark ’19
After graduating from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL in May 2019, Sydney Clark ’19 packed her bags and joined the TFAS Journalism + Communications program track in Washington,…
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…