Legislative Internship Program (LIP)
CEL 4910/CEL 4942
Fall and Spring Terms 4 credits
The undergraduate students selected to participate in the Legislative Internship Program (LIP) will work 9 hrs/week in the office of a federal, state, or local legislator. These representatives—whether in Congress, the State Legislature, the County Commission or City Council—are all actively involved in the solution of such regional issues as economic development, transportation, environmental protection, education, health, social welfare and public finance. Each student will be carefully matched with an elected official willing to provide a meaningful learning experience. In addition to learning about current issues and the processes of representative democracy through their internships, students will meet in a weekly seminar (Thursdays from 4-5:50). In this seminar they will share their internship experiences and discuss readings about the issues that are facing the Tampa Bay region and the various public policies that are being developed to address them. The students selected to participate in LIP will be awarded a $250 USF Alumni Association Scholarship.
The Spring 2009 LIP students and their placements were:
Andrea Alles - State Representative Burgin
Nikita Correia - County Commissioner White
Seon Jeon - US Senator Nelson
Vanessa Macomson - Congresswoman Castor
Sriram Madhusoodanan - City Councilwoman Mulhern
Natalie Meyers - County Commissioner Higginbotham
Alexandra Printz - State Senator Crist
Jessica Traurig - State Representative Ambler
Lakisha Wallace - US Senator Martinez
Fall 2008 LIP students and their placements were:
Anna Daily - Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena
Daniel DeLellis - State Senator Victor Crist
Joicelynne Jackson - Congresswoman Kathy Castor
Mariloly Orozco - U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
Nicole Randazzo - State Senator Mike Fasano
Andrew Taylor - County Commissioner Al Higginbotham
For more information contact:
Robin R. Jones
jones@cas.usf.edu or (813) 974-8452