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Legislative Internship Program (LIP)
CEL 4910/CEL 4942
Fall and Spring Terms 4 credits
The undergraduate students selected to participate in the Legislative Internship Program (LIP) will work 9 hrs/week in the office of a federal, state, or local legislator. These representatives—whether in Congress, the State Legislature, the County Commission or City Council—are all actively involved in the solution of such regional issues as economic development, transportation, environmental protection, education, health, social welfare and public finance. Each student will be carefully matched with an elected official willing to provide a meaningful learning experience. In addition to learning about current issues and the processes of representative democracy through their internships, students will meet in a weekly seminar (Thursdays from 4-5:50). In this seminar they will share their internship experiences and discuss readings about the issues that are facing the Tampa Bay region and the various public policies that are being developed to address them. The students selected to participate in LIP will be awarded a $250 USF Alumni Association Scholarship.
The Spring 2012 LIP students and their placements are:
Anson Angail State Representative Will Weatherford
Donato Geraci US Senator Marco Rubio
Kristina Crane City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione
Joshua Garvin US Senator Marco Rubio
Lauren Richardson State Representative Janet Cruz
Ilsung Lee City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione
Sarah Seabrook County Commissioner Kevin Beckner
Lindsay Allen County Commissioner Sandra Murman
Sara Lambert City Councilman Frank Reddick
Alison Giron US Senator Bill Nelson
Ashley Elliot US Congresswoman Kathy Castor
Ryan Beckman County Commissioner Al Higginbotham
Jonathon Stewart City Councilman Mike Suarez
For more information see:
http://gep.usf.edu/community/lip.aspx
Robin R. Jones
robinjones@usf.edu
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Tallahassee Internship Program (TIP)
POS 4910/ POS 4941/ CEL 4910/ CEL 4942
Spring Term 12 credits
Through the Tallahassee Internship Program (TIP), students will spend an entire term focusing on the Florida legislative process. Up to ten undergraduate students from a wide variety of majors with at least junior standing and a minimum GPA of 3.0 will be selected to participate. During the sixty day legislative session, they will work with officials in Tallahassee. These officials are actively involved in finding solutions to issues facing Florida such as economic development, growth management, transportation, environmental protection, education, health, and social welfare. This year a major focus will be the redrawing of state and federal legislative districts While students will be responsible for transportation to the state capital and all expenses they incur during the program, they will be awarded a $3,500 USF Alumni Association stipend by the USF Student Government and the H. Lee Moffitt Scholarship Fund to defray some of the expenses
The 2012 TIP students and internship placements were:
Zachary Alexander Hillsborough County
Kristen Bradstreet Senator Ronda Storms
Kyle Ellington Commissioner of Agriculture
Richelle Henry Senator Nancy Detert
David Kulcsar Florida League of Cities
Justin Pierantoni Representative Weatherford
Megan Sirjane-Samples Pittman Group
Kassandra Timothe Representative Janet Cruz
For more information see: http://gep.usf.edu/community/tip.aspx
robinjones@usf.edu
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