This internship was important both academically and professionally. I enjoyed seeing how solutions that are spoken about abstractly in a classroom setting are actually implemented in Washington.
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The aspect of leadership that most interests me is team dynamics and the many different factors that influence team success. Understanding team engagement, creating effective channels of communication and interaction, and navigating conflicting individual motivations to achieve a group goal are three issues that I face on a daily basis on campus and will face in my future career.
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Professor Shaiko and PBPL 85's Political and Legal Team, Andrew Weckstein, Michelle Li, and Kevin Zhang travel to Dnipro, Ukraine, an Eastern city only 100 miles west of the conflict in the Donbas.
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Rockefeller Mini-Grant recipient Sofia Greimel-Garza '18 reflects on how she will be able to "communicate to people what Oxfam does, why their work is worthwhile, and how others can help further the goals of the organization."
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Spending the summer as an intern put me on the right track toward a job in a legislative office. It also yielded great connections in making that happen. Most importantly, the internship showed me that this line of work is very rewarding and exciting.
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