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…
#TFAS Updates
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…
TFAS Students Attend Exclusive Briefing at the U.S. Department of State
As the sun began to set over the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on a Friday evening, TFAS students embarked on a memorable and educationally enriching visit to our…
Full Scholarships for Citizens of the Netherlands + Dutch Caribbean Islands
The full scholarships to participate in The Fund for American Studies D.C. Academic Internship Program are available through the generous support of The Netherland-America Foundation. Scholarship funding includes housing and tuition.
Leadership Scholars Program
The goal of this scholarship program is to ensure that we identify the best and brightest students from around the country. The selected participants will have access to enhanced programming…
Six Questions with Alejandra Rodriguez
What did you like most about your internship? Interning at the United States Environmental Protection Agency was amazing for so many reasons. The best part was working with a cabinet…
Alumni Roundtable Helps Students Grow Their Networks
Capital Semester on Leadership + the American Presidency students have had many opportunities this fall to develop leadership skills and gain professional experience through internships, guest lectures, educational field trips…
Headed to the Old Dominion
TFAS staff members are headed to two, that’s right, two Career Fairs in Virginia tomorrow. Stop by our tables to learn more about our academic internship programs in Washington,…
An Inside Look At The Tisdale Fellowship
Andrea Ocanas, a business major at The University of Texas at Austin, came to DC to participate in The Business and Government Relations summer program. Through this program she was…
Don’t Worry, You’ll Be able to Navigate D.C. Too
Aedan Hickey (far right) visiting the British Embassy. Aedan Hickey came to the Nation’s Capitol last summer from Sioux City, IA. Hickey is an accounting major at Briar Cliff…
Mr. Ross Goes to Washington
Preston Ross, a student at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York came to DC this past summer with an excitement to grow his personal and professional network, and gain valuable…
Khanh Do’s Journey South
Khanh Do came to TFAS from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. Do is a business major with a political science minor. During her time in DC, Khanh interned…