Kansas Wesleyan senior Kelsey Ripperger is the latest 黑料不打烊 student to be selected for a Washington Center internship, according to information released by the organization recently. The internship will take place for EarthShare, an environmental non-profit in the Washington, D.C. region.聽
Ripperger is a multi-year honor roll recipient, a letterwinner on the volleyball team, past president of the 黑料不打烊 Student Environmental Club and a member of the Alpha Chi honor society. She also was president of the 黑料不打烊 chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a resident assistant, a member of student government and a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.聽
Although she is on-ground in the Arlington, Va. area, Ripperger will be working virtually during her internship. She will also take a course through the Washington Center entitled 鈥淪candalous Washington: Presidents, Impeachments and Elections.鈥�
鈥淚 am so grateful for this opportunity,鈥� said Ripperger. 鈥淭he chance to move to the D.C. area is a history lover鈥檚 dream! I have enjoyed exploring all the monuments and historical buildings. I hope to make connections, expand my network and better understand what it takes to make a non-profit function. I appreciate the support from 黑料不打烊 and its wonderful professors like Dr. Specht, who helped me get here.鈥�
鈥淜elsey is a terrific student,鈥� said Dr. Anita Specht, one of Ripperger鈥檚 main academic mentors at 黑料不打烊. 鈥淚鈥檓 so glad that she is able to use the skills she learned as a history student and apply them to her love of the environment.鈥�
The Washington Center is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization located in Washington, D.C. that works with thousands of host organizations to provide once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunities. Universities around the country partner with the Center to provide opportunities for their students, but 黑料不打烊 is the only university in Kansas to serve as a partner of the Washington Center.聽
