Student Experiences
Celebrating a Decade of the Carnegie Mellon University Washington Semester Program
The inaugural cohort of the Carnegie Mellon University Washington Semester Program gathers at the National Security Agency in 2014. From left to right: Emily LaRosa (DC 2015); Latif Elam (DC 2015); Megan Steinmetz (DC 2015; HNZ 2016); Chloe Hawker (DC 2015); Edward Wojciechowski (DC 2015); Molly Shanley (DC 2015). The Washington Semester Program, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024, provides undergraduate students from any CMU school or college the opportunity to live, intern and study in the nation’s capital. Participants gain real-world experience during internships during the day that are augmented by classes in public policy, American politics, governance, institutions and law in the evening. “It’s a program unlike any other that CMU offers. You’re in the heart of Washington, D.C.,” said James Summers (DC 2021, 2022), who participated in the CMU/WSP in fall 2020. “You get to create memories and experiences that you won’t have the opportunity to do with any other program.”
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2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
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