Portland State University

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Portland State University

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Sergei Rouvimov

Portland State University

2013 Summer Reflections: Katherine Stankus

Building Connections Through Internships

Final Reflections: Furthering my career interests

Friday, August 9, 2013

Katherine Stankus

This summer internship with the Society of Physics Students has been a wonderful experience. As a Mather Public Policy Intern, I not only learned how science policy is conducted at the national level but also furthered my career interests.

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Week 2: Photoblog of the Duties of a Science Committee Intern

Friday, June 21, 2013

Katherine Stankus

For my second week working for the Science Committee, I decided to create a photo blog to better illustrate what my duties are as an intern (available on the sidebar on the right).

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Week 1: First Week in DC

Friday, June 14, 2013

Katherine Stankus

Arriving late due to my school being on the quarter system, I hit the ground running. My first day of my internship included commuting with the other interns to the ACP (American Center of Physics) building in Maryland.

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Week 9: End of a Great Summer Internship

Friday, August 9, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The beginning portion of this week was dedicated to wrapping up my internship experience with the Society of Physics Students (SPS) at the American Center of Physics (ACP).

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Week 8: Last Week Working Capitol Hill

Friday, August 2, 2013

Katherine Stankus

Not only was this week the last week for Nikki and I working at the Science Committee but it was also the last week before Congress goes into its’ August Recess. Therefore, there was quite a bit of work that had to be done.

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Week 7: An Environment and Energy Hearing, NASA on the Hill, and the SPS Capitol Tour

Friday, July 26, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The beginning of the week was dedicated to preparing materials for the upcoming hearings on Wednesday and Thursday. As the point-intern for Wednesday’s Joint Environment and Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, Lessons Learned: EPA’s Investigations of Hydraulic Fracturing,

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Week 6: Another Busy Week

Friday, July 19, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The main event this week was the markup of H.R. 2687: NASA Authorization Act of 2013 on Thursday which began at 11:15am and lasted until 5:30pm.

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