by Nathan Smith | Sep 19, 2011 | Advice/Tips, Astronomy, Chile, Internships, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Physics, Research
The best advice I can give to an incoming freshman all the way up to an outgoing senior is: DO something. It has been the best decision that I have made in all of my years at the University of Arkansas. It doesn’t even matter what you do, just do more than the normal...
by Nathan Smith | Sep 7, 2011 | College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Internships
Whitney Davis is a junior electrical engineering major in the College of Engineering. This summer she worked for the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) and now she shares a bit of her experience with us. “Better get started now. This summer is...
by Nathan Smith | Aug 17, 2011 | Economics, International Relations, Internships, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Research, Sam M. Walton College of Business
Last spring senior honors student Andrew Walchuk heard an eyewitness account of covert operations in the Nixon White House just as Obama’s administration was struggling to respond to WikiLeaks’ release of U.S. State department diplomatic cables. Walchuk and 59 other...
by Nathan Smith | Jan 15, 2011 | Internships
I’ve been home for about a week now and after hectically running around town to do all my Christmas shopping I finally have a moment to reflect on my time in Washington, DC. While it is wonderful to be back in Arkansas with familiar friends, a slower lifestyle...
by Nathan Smith | Nov 12, 2010 | Internships
Don’t worry I wont always write this often and this much. While in DC, I’m interning with CentroNia, a Spanish-English bi-lingual charter school. During most of the week I work in their development office and during part of the week I get to help teach kids...
by Nathan Smith | Nov 8, 2010 | Internships
Let me just start this all out by admitting I have never blogged before, but seeing as it is just me putting my thoughts online instead of on a page of a journal it seems pretty easy. I’ve been interning through The Washington Center in Washington, DC since September...