“Without this opportunity in a post 9/11 society,
how else would one gain access with key government officials like
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and experience enlightening
dialogue with them?” -Anthony
Davison, Capital Encounter, Spring 2002
Capital Encounter is a one-week program, targeted to students who
cannot serve a regular, full semesterinternship in Washington, D.C. Nine to eleven students
travel with Professor Tim Chambless to Washington, D.C. in the Spring
Semester of each year. Students who engage in this whirlwind of activity get to:
- Spend an hour with a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Meet with Utah’s
Congressional Delegation
- Discuss foreign policy with a former National
Security Advisor
- Interact with professional Washington, D.C. lobbyists
- Question prominent
national journalists
- Tour the White House, Treasury Building and
Library of Congress
- Have VIP tours of U.S. Supreme Court and U.S.
Capitol Building
- See the Holocaust and Smithsonian Museums
- Visit Gettysburg National
Battlefield in Pennsylvania
- Tour Arlington National Cemetery and
the historic National Mall
- Visit National Public Radio, C-SPAN, and the Newseum
- Visit
CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia
The Hinckley Institute of Politics will cover program fees and housing.
Selected students will also receive $200 to help with transportation,
food, and other expenses. Students are responsible for payment of airline
tickets, incidental expenses, and tuition costs for the required two
credit hours. A non-refundable registration fee of $50 and a secured
airline ticket will be required upon acceptance into this one-week
seminar. Students will stay at the Consulate Apartments, located in Downtown D.C.
2008 Capital Encounter Dates:
The 2008 Capital Encounter intenrship is full. Please check back Fall 2008.
How to Apply
Visit the Internship Application webpage for information about how to apply for Hinckley internships including the Capital Ecounter program.
Application Deadlines
Capital Encounter applications are due November 15, 2008
For More Info
Please contact Courtney
McBeth at (801) 581-8501 for
more details.
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