Internship Opportunities
 Leshu Torchin graduated from the honors college in 1995, majoring in General Studies, Arts and Letters, and wrote her baccalaureate thesis on Euripides' Bacchae. She says of her experience in Honors that it "benefited me greatly. My internship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provided me with opportunities that have extended beyond my undergraduate experience. I also found that the seminar format of the classes worked well as preparation for graduate school and academe." She is currently Lecturer in Film Studies at St. Andrews Scotland. |
The internship experience in Washington, D.C. is one of the unique aspects of the Honors Program at Portland State University. Generally, participating students spend one academic quarter of their junior year living in the group-housing accommodation provided by the Program and working at an internship appropriate to their academic major.
Participation in the internship experience is by Honors Faculty nomination and based on superior performance in core course work.
Thus, our pre-medical students have pursued both research and clinical internships at the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health; our historians have held internships in the many research facilities of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian; and students interested in careers in law and government have had internships both in congressional offices and in certain carefully selected nongovernmental organizations in the Washington area.
Other students have worked at the Folger Library, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Library of Congress, and many other organizations too numerous to mention.
It has become increasingly typical that the research undertaken during the internship has become the first step for the student's baccalaureate thesis as well as a major part of the portfolio for application to graduate or professional school.
 “As a Pre-Medical student, I found the opportunity to be immersed in medical research invaluable, and I am indebted to the Honors Program for the experience. My research at the National Institutes of Health investigated the link between sedentary careers and obesity in women. Our main goal was to develop a worksite wellness program that can be promoted nationally; this research is currently being published in The American Journal of Cardiology, The New England Journal of Medicine, and other journals.” - Ryland Stucke, UHP Student
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Recent Interns:
Natassja Pal, NIH
Ryland Stucke, NIH
Madeline Stevens, Folger Shakespeare Library
Kenneth Bondelie, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Luke Bonham, Latino Economic Development Corp.
Lauren Cox, Public Citizen: Government Ethics Branch
Adela Dodean, NIH
Amanda Radmacher Smithsonian Institution- Archives
Michael Tee, NIH
Bryan Wilkins, WVSA ARTs Connection
Matthew Baker, Office of Congressman David Wu
Rachael Cate, Amnesty International
Ali Chisti, NIH
Marcus Cornwell, The Wildfire Organization
Allison Landstrom, NIH
Noah Olson, National Archives and Records Administration
Sarah Delander, Mercy Corps
Krista Dorsey, Library of Congress
William Latiolais, US Department of Justice
Andrew Morton, Office of Congressman David Wu
Shawheen Shomloo, NIH/NCI
Jessica Walker, Feminist Majority- Women and Human Rights Conference
Crystal Cairns, Office of Congressman David Wu
Carolyn Dresselhaus, Smithsonian Institution- American Art Museum
Nathan Hodges, NIH
Jessica Marsden, Kutztown University
Candice Martin, Office of Senator Ron Wyden
Greg Nishikawa, NIH
Snow Petersen, NIH
Sean Zimmerman, White House
Josh Cooley, Wilson Center
Jessica Duplessis, Canadian Embassy
Kyle Gillies, Wilson Center
Shannon Gust, La Clinica del Pueblo
Vandy Hall, Smithsonian Institution
Zachary Horn, NIH
Steven Soll, NIH
Mihaela Surdu, NIH
Duong Than, NIH
Teressa Barsotti, Wilson Center
Ioana Brisc, NIH
Janelle Genest, NIH
Christopher Kleck, NIH
Aaron Lisle, Wilson Center
Erin Smith, Wilson Center
Edward Stan, National Society for Prof. Engineers
Patrick Tweed, Wilson Center
Natalie Burton, Wilson Center
Jessica Carlson, Naval Medical Research Center
Tai Danforth, Wilson Center
Emily Norton, Wilson Center
Mikhail Pivtoraiko, Goddard Space Flight Center
Sarah Powers, Wilson Center
Helen San Luis, Wilson Center
Autumn Watts, Smithsonian Institution
Alexis Amann, Private Gallery
Patryk Babiracki, Wilson Center
Dane Bevan, Wilson Center
Michael Morgan, House of Representatives
Maresa Ponitch, Capital Children's Museum