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…
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…
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…
TFAS Spotlight – Mary Major ’18
Mary Major ’18 Hometown: Englewood, Colorado Internship: Stateside Associates College: University of Denver What was the most interesting thing you did at your internship? While I was interning at…
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…
TFAS Spotlight – Mattingly Dramer ’18
Get to know Business + Government Relations program track alumna Mattingly Dramer ’18. Mattingly Dramer ’18 Hometown: Helena, Alabama Internship: Council on Responsible Nutrition College: Mississippi State University…
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…
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…
Connect With TFAS: October 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…