intern coordinator in us senator chuck hagel’s office allison boies
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Intern Coordinator in Intern Coordinator in US Senator Chuck Hagel’s Office US Senator Chuck Hagel’s Office
Allison Boies
My Summer Job as Intern Coordinator in My Summer Job as Intern Coordinator in US Senator Chuck Hagel’s Washington, DC OfficeUS Senator Chuck Hagel’s Washington, DC Office
Job Responsibilities:Job Responsibilities:
► Creating a daily schedule for Creating a daily schedule for two sets of summer interns.two sets of summer interns.
► Setting up the following for Setting up the following for summer interns to attend: summer interns to attend: Congressional Tours, Senate Congressional Tours, Senate and House of Reps. Hearings, and House of Reps. Hearings, meetings with Senator Hagel meetings with Senator Hagel and guest speakers.and guest speakers.
► Assisting Senator Hagel’s Assisting Senator Hagel’s Policy Advisor in creating and Policy Advisor in creating and organizing summer and fall organizing summer and fall intern documents and intern documents and applications.applications.
Photographer: Elizabeth Adams
Background Information on Background Information on Senator Chuck Hagel’s Internship ProgramSenator Chuck Hagel’s Internship Program
Fall and spring internships generally consist of 4-5 interns. Summer internships last only 6 weeks compared with the 5 month fall and spring internships.
Internships in Senator Hagel’s Office are very competitive because of the high number of applicants that apply for just a few internship positions each session.
Senator Hagel offers internships to college students, who are at least sophomores, during fall, spring and summer college school sessions.
There are 2 Summer internship sessions, each intern session generally has 10-11 interns.
What I learned from my time in Senator Hagel’s Office
How a United States Senator’s Office works.
How Social , Economic and Natural Resource Policy and Legislation are prepared and how they are ultimately passed or dismissed by actions taken by Congress.
The Roles of Senator Hagel’s Staff Members.
Photographer: Allison Boies