Published on: January 16th, 2025

Hillsdale College Students Intern and Study in Washington, D.C. as Part of Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program

WHIP students are interning for the Washington Examiner, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the America First Policy Institute, and more.

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Seventeen Hillsdale College students are in the nation’s capital for the spring semester as a part of the College’s Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program (WHIP). Through the program, students participate in full-time internships while taking evening classes on Hillsdale’s D.C. campus.

WHIP challenges students to balance professional and academic life while taking advantage of all that the nation’s capital has to offer,” said Mary Wheeler, Hillsdale in D.C.’s undergraduate program coordinator. “They get to experience firsthand how the things they study at Hillsdale apply in the real world.”

WHIP students are interning for The American Conservative, McKeon Group, Townhall, The Daily Signal, Red Edge, Family Research Council, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Conservative Partnership Institute, Immanuel Lutheran School, the Washington Examiner, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the America First Policy Institute, The Heritage Foundation, and the offices of Sens. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and James Risch of Idaho.

Juniors and seniors of all majors can participate in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program.

While on WHIP, students take two or three evening classes taught by both Hillsdale College professors and distinguished fellows who live and work in Washington, D.C. This gives them the opportunity to study politics, journalism, economics, English, and law with prominent working professionals, including journalist Mollie Hemingway.

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About Hillsdale in D.C.

Hillsdale in D.C. is an extension of the teaching mission of Hillsdale College to Washington, D.C. Its purpose is to teach the Constitution and the principles that give it meaning. Through the study of original source documents from American history—and of older books that formed the education of America’s founders—it seeks to inspire students, teachers, citizens, and policymakers to return the America’s principles to their central place in the political life of the nation.

About Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.