Intern Blog Postings

Week #1: A journey of a thousand miles...

Friday, June 2, 2017

Francisco Ayala Rodriguez

Incredible experiences, people, and adventures on my first week. I couldn't wish for more.

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Week 1: Arrival

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Kristine Romich

First week in D.C. and at NASA!

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Week One: Learning my roots

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Lisa McDonald

While Friday still needs to occur before calling the first week of my internship finished, I already learned so much in just the first few days. As an intern for the American Institute of Physics' online science policy coverage publication FYI, my mentor is Mitch Ambrose, science policy analyst.

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Final Reflections

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Dahlia Baker

It’s been about five weeks since I was in DC, and so much has happened since then. Saying goodbye to my roommates and friends I made over the summer was hard, but I had the feeling that we would definitely be seeing more of each other in the not-so-distant future.

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Final Reflection: Back to Reality

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Vanessa Espinoza

I cannot believe that so much time has passed by since my time in D.C. Looking back on my summer intern life I must say I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that I had. Yes, being away from home was difficult, but it was such an adventure. I made so many friends and learned so much!

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Week 10: Final Reflections

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Demitri Call

It has now been nearly one month since I finished my internship with the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Looking back at this internship has been quite fun. I spent most of my summer running around trying to get everything done that needed to be.

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Week 10 New Beginning

Monday, September 12, 2016

Jose Corona

Things are completely different than what they were before August 12.  Within a span of just two weeks many new things have happened, and I am learning to adjust to my new life.

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Final Reflections

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Maria McQuillan

This summer has taught me more than I ever expected. I entered this summer with the hope that I would be able to determine how I wanted to spend the next 5 years of my academic life.

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Final Reflections

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Tabitha Colter

You just might end up exactly where you're meant to be.

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Week 10 and Then Some

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Samantha Spytek

In the end I spent 100,800 minutes, which is the same as 6,048,000 seconds as an SPS intern. Since the end of the program, I have spent roughly 30,240 minutes or 1,814,400 seconds as a former SPS intern. Sad face =( 

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