{"582176":{"#nid":"582176","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Application Deadline for 2017 GA Legislative Internship Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.29em; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica Neue\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\u0022\u003EEach spring, approximately 30 students from across the state are selected to serve full-time as interns to legislators, legislative committees, or legislative staffers. The internship is open to all majors, and is paid.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.29em; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica Neue\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\u0022\u003EDuring the course of the internship, students work full-time in offices in and around the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta. The internship period lasts approximately 12 to 16 weeks (January to April), depending on the length of the legislative session.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.29em; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica Neue\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\u0022\u003EThe internship earns 6 hours of PUBP academic credit, with the potential to earn additional hours of PUBP academic credit, audit credit or a possible evening course at Georgia State University. To earn course credit, interns must work a 40-hour week, complete daily journals, and participate in group meetings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.29em; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica Neue\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\u0022\u003EThe internship program is offered in collaboration with colleges and universities throughout Georgia and the Georgia General Assembly. The internship program for Georgia Tech students is administered by the Office of Government and Community Relations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.29em; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica Neue\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\u0022\u003EThe deadline to apply is tomorrow, October 6, at noon. Apply online at\u0026nbsp;http:\/\/gov.gatech.edu\/internships\/georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The application for the Georgia Legislative Internship Program is tomorrow, Thursday, October 6 at noon."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2016-10-05 19:54:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-05 19:54:02","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"200251":{"id":"200251","type":"image","title":"2013 GT Georgia Legislative Interns","body":null,"created":"1449179934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:54","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"2013 GT Georgia Legislative Interns","file":{"fid":"196547","name":"interns.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/interns_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/interns_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2091302,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/interns_1.jpg?itok=_5dyhJ_6"}}},"media_ids":["200251"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"1648","name":"Internships"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}