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| CU-Boulder D.C. internship program provides professional experience for students |
| By dailycamera.com - Sarah Kuta |
| Published: 11/11/2013 |
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University of Colorado senior Rosy Garcia spent last summer working with 30 incarcerated minors being charged as adults at the D.C. Department of Corrections Juvenile Unit. When she started working with the boys at the beginning of the summer, most of them wouldn't look her in the eye. But by the end of the summer, Garcia had gained their trust. She assisted the facility's program manager, whose primary responsibility is organizing programming to help rehabilitate the boys. When she left to start fall semester in Boulder, an inmate named Brandon wrote her a goodbye note and shared poetry he had written with her. "I opened the note and he said he had never had anybody believe in him and his writing and his potential, and that I was one of the main people who had taught him to raise his head high and be proud of who he is," Garcia said. "It was the highlight of my whole experience." Garcia's summer was part of CU in D.C., a program that provides internship opportunities, housing and D.C.-based classes for CU students. Though it started as a summer program in 2010, this year CU in D.C. became available during the fall and spring semesters. Six CU students piloted the first-ever fall semester in D.C., some learning firsthand about the effects of the government shutdown. Last summer, political science professor Ken Bickers became program director, and said one of his main challenges was making sure students didn't fall behind in classes while interning in D.C. Read More. |
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