Civic Skills Training
 

Civic Skills Training is designed to both inform students about the structures and processes of the political and non-profit worlds and impart the tangible skills they require to excel in their internships and beyond. By teaching students how to realize change in the public and non-profit sectors, the training helps to break down some of the barriers that keep students from pursuing careers in these areas.

Selected students gather in Washington, D.C. for a five-day training session. The Rockefeller Center covers the cost of round-trip travel to and from D.C. and arranges for student accommodations in the Washington metropolitan area. The training includes meetings and sessions around the city and provides an excellent opportunity for students to familiarize themselves with Washington. The location is especially helpful for those students whose internships are located in the D.C. area.

The curriculum for each of the five training days builds conceptually on those before it in order to provide a comprehensive, yet coherent, picture of the public and non-profit sectors. Students participate in workshops on topics such as:

  • Public speaking
  • Networking
  • Resource mobilization
  • Organizational power structures
  • Media relations
  • Goal setting

Students also have the opportunity to meet with a wide variety of people who work in fields including:

  • Media
  • Think tanks
  • Lobbying
  • The legislative and executive branches

These panels of Dartmouth alumni and other civic professionals provide the students with valuable contacts, insights, and perspectives on life in the civic sector.

Since the program's inception in the fall of 2004, more than 75 students have participated in the Civic Skills Training in Washington, D.C. Their experiences provided them with an intellectual framework for analyzing the political and non-profit worlds and practical skills for their upcoming internships. Submit this application to the Rockefeller Center.

Past Interns

Spring '08

  • Jennifer Gaudette '10 World Justice Project
  • Jillian 'Hamma 09 Stanford School of Education
  • Deja Kemp '10 Cairo, Ferguson and Stroupe Law Firm
  • Leonard Lewis '10 Office of Senator Sherrod Brown
  • Aimee Moon '09 U.S. House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform
  • Will Roth '10 The Innocence Project
  • Jenna Smith '09 Office of Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Blair Sullivan '10 Office of Congressman Denny Rehberg
  • Bret Vallacher '10 Office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Fall '07

  • Martin Bernstein '09 Kudu Emerging Markets Limited
  • Will Hanson '09 Internship Assignment with Legislative or Exectuive Branch
  • Lauren Hartz '09 Office of the Attorney General
  • Meghan Lawrie '09 Rosie's Place
  • Bryan Lee '07 Voices: The Dartmouth Theatre Visiting Artist Program
  • Lilian Mehrel '09 US State Department, Foreign Service Institute
  • Courtney Merrill '09 Bill Richardson for President
  • Liz Nelson '09 Prisma Microfinance
  • Christine Paquin '09 US Senate
  • Taylor Thompson '08 AuthentiTxt Africa Liason
  • Sandy Wong '09 Human Rights in China
  • Wright Jessica '10 Republican Youth Majority

Summer '07

  • Peter Bonanno '08 Community Mediation
  • Kate Breeding '08 Global Health Council
  • Hallie Damon '08 The Climate Institute
  • Nicholas Dawe '10 Environmental Protection Agency
  • Thomas Glazer '08 US Public Interest Research Group
  • Alysia Harris '08 Choose Responsibility
  • Gregory Hart '10 Financial Services Volunteer Corps
  • Camille Herland '08 Vera Institute
  • Michael Heslin '08 College Democrats of New Hampshire
  • Christine Huang '08 Department of Labor
  • David Imamura '10 Bill Richardson for President
  • Tatyana Liskovich '08 New Leaders for New Schools
  • Anna Payne '08 MSNBC Hardball
  • Ankit Rastogi '08 American Civil Liberties Union

Spring 2007

  • Michael Belinskiy '08 The Heritage Foundation
  • Peter Chau '08 California Teachers Association
  • Ying Cheng '09 Credit Suisse Global Diversity
  • Mhairi Collins '08 Greater Boston Legal Services
  • Meredith Gringer '09 Manhattan Borough President
  • Jeffrey Koh '09 Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
  • Dustin McMahon '08 Department of State
  • Zachary Moore '09 Foundation for Economic Education
  • DeVon Mosley '09 Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • JR Santo '10 ABC News

Fall 2006

  • Nathan Empsall '09 Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Office of Disaster Response
  • Chad Gorbatkin '08 Ayni
  • Erin Johnson '08 Office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin
  • Lindsey Larson '07 National Public Radio - Radio Expeditions
  • Nicole Newman '08 The Clinical Center for Bioethics
  • Stuart Reid '08 The Atlantic Monthly
  • Maxwell Schwartz '07 Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Thomas Sheridan '08 U.S. Department of State
  • Rachel Strohm '08 The American Refuge Committee

Summer 2006

  • Julia Asplund '05 Women in Prograss / Global Mamas
  • William Blomstedt '07 Africa Conservation Center
  • Anna Bofa '09 African Enterprise
  • Susie Chung '07 The Climate Institute
  • Ione Curva '07 Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Wendy Diao '09 Voices of the Homeless CD Project
  • Jesse Gero '06 Abila Creative Centre
  • Ayla Glass '09 The Field Magazine
  • Dewey Hoffman '08 Alaska Native Policy Center
  • Jamie Keith '09 Hopi Health Care Center
  • Kaili Lambe '09 Hodes for Congress
  • Kristen Lingley '07 Office of U.S. Representative Michael Michaud
  • Hans Stege '07 Office of U.S. Senator Russell Feingold
  • Britni Stinson '09 Youth Employment Summer Program
  • Kristin Tremblay '07 Student Enrichment at Dartmouth
  • Jennifer Xi '07 American Bar Association - Asia Law Initiative

Spring 2006

  • Katherine Davis '08 Young People For the American Way Foundation
  • Rashid Galadanci '07 International Crisis Group
  • Abe Holland '08 Synovate Business Consulting
  • Amy Linn '07 Office of Congressman Mike Thompson
  • Margaret Martei '08 H2Gen Innovations Inc.
  • Oyebola Olabisi '06 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  • Adam Patinkin '07 Office of U.S. Senator Russell Feingold
  • Scott Schonfeld '08 Office of U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman
  • Natalie Spaccarelli '07 AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati
  • Christopher Tao '08 Senate Committee on Foriegn Relations
  • Ediz Tiyansan '09 Tucker Foundation Foundation

Fall 2005

  • Hillary Abe '08 Brave Boat Productions
  • Lauren Altschuh '07 Office of U.S. Senator Joe Liberman
  • Rachel Bloch '07 Psychiatric Inpatient Wards Intern at DHMC
  • Amanda Brown '07 Office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama
  • Karem Coronel '07 Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya
  • Brian Donaldson '07 Los Angeles Kings, Marketing Department
  • Christopher Galiardo '06 Dartmouth Community Services Executive Team
  • Nadia Khamis '07 International Criminal Tribunal for former Yuguslavia in the Hague
  • Alexandria Leonard '07 American Bar Association (Commission on Immigration)
  • Jacqueline Olson '07 Office of English Language, US State Department
  • Christine Pfeiffer '07 Democratic National Committee
  • Rahul Sangwan '07 US Embassy in London, England
  • Danielle Strollo '07 Feminist Majority

Summer 2005

  • Angela Broad '06 Political Section, U.S. Embassy
  • Echo Brown '06 Office of U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones
  • Will Canestaro '06 Child Family Health International
  • Sonia Faruqi '07 Dai Loc Orphanage
  • Nathan Hamilton '06 Republican National Committee
  • Kristen Kelley '06 Cultural Survival Publications
  • Stephanie Lawrence '06 MassPIRG
  • Johann Maradey '08 VA Medical Center
  • Jenny Ratner '08 World Wide Fund for Nature - China
  • Ben Robbins '08 Office of U.S. Senator Russell Feingold
  • Katrina Roi '08 San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  • Jennifer Thompson '06 Office of U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy

Spring 2005

  • Aubrey Burnett '06 Office of U.S. Representative Jim Matheson
  • Jiamin Chen '06 Office of U.S. Representative Rob Portman
  • Angeles Cinelli '06 Center for Human Rights and Environment
  • Daniel Cross-Call '05 Vital Communities/Transportation Management Assoc
  • Megan Hamilton '06 Center for Human Rights and Environment
  • Rosalie Hughes '07 Fundacion Jovenes para el Futuro
  • Alexander Kehl '07 Washington Toxics Coalition
  • Becky Lin '06 DHMC In-Patient Psychiatry Activitues Therapy
  • Nikolas Nartowicz '07 U.S. Attorney's Office
  • Chelsea Voake '06 50 Years Is Enough Network

Fall 2004

  • Courtney Andree '07 The Heritage Foundation
  • Emily Bussigel '06 Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Cindy Cao '06 US Commercial Service
  • Emily Chenel '04 Photography Independent Project
  • Dean Drizin '06 World Health Organization
  • Diana Geisser '06 Pro World Service Corps.
  • Kaelin Goulet '07 Vote Clamantis
  • Mats Lemberger '06 Music Maker Relief Foundation
  • Judy McLellan '06 Democratic Policy Committee
  • Yamini Rao '06 Friends of Cancer Research
  • James Richardson '06 New Hampsire State Board of Education
  • Sarah Uhl '07 The Sustainability Think Tank
  • Sumintra Wood '06 ABRACO

Blitz Program Coordinator Suzanne Todd for more info.