Washington Center

The Saint Peter’s College Washington Center Internship Program offers qualified students the opportunity to work full-time as unpaid interns in programs related to their majors in Washington, D.C.  Each internship is a full-time supervised work experience in the nation's capital and is supplemented by a weekly academic seminar and lectures by prominent leaders from both the public and private sectors.  Internships are available for the fall, spring, or summer terms of the sophomore, junior, or senior years.  Nine to fifteen credits may be earned for the experience.

To be eligible to participate, students must possess a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 and should have already completed a full academic year at SPC. Grades for the internship and weekly seminar are recommended by the Washington Center and the agency supervisor, and are assigned by Saint Peter's College faculty. Both the credits and grades earned are recorded on the Saint Peter’s College transcript. However, grades from the Washington Center are not calculated in the Saint Peter's College grade point average.

Costs for the Washington Center Internship Program are comparable to those for attending Saint Peter’s College, and scholarships are available.  Students interested in participating in the program should contact Professor Alain Sanders in the Department of Political Science for more information about the program, and for filing and processing their application.