Our vision and mission is to prepare students for civic service through experience. The center's programs emphasize the value of civic service, Borysiewicz added. It also offers a host of activities above and beyond the internships - workshops, tours, additional academic studies, participation in congressional breakfasts, discussion groups and a lecture series featuring local, national and international leaders. Hernandez will earn 12 credit hours for the internship in what amounts to an independent-study course. Receiving academic credit is a requirement for participation in The Washington Center's program.
Students undertake a lengthy application process.
The application must be endorsed by a university liaison. As part of each application students must write a paper on any subject that interests them. And in turn the future of the Supreme Court, to which Bush, some experts predict, could be afforded the opportunity to fill several vacancies in the next four years. Applications are distributed among the Washington Center's network and they are matched with several potential placement sites for interviews. Nonetheless, the organization has a partnership with the Florida Legislature through which the state funds a portion of the cost for nine state students each year.