Internships and Leadership Program

Public Leadership Institute for Women
Under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Goucher has established a Public Leadership Institute for Women to prepare students for leadership roles in the public arena. The institute provides an opportunity for students to work as interns with women leaders at all levels of government. Goucher students have served as interns in Washington D.C. with women lobbyists, members of regulatory commissions, and Congresswomen, and in Annapolis with women members of the Maryland legislature and the women’s caucus of the Maryland General Assembly. Placements have also included internships with women judges and members of city and county councils. Internships with women officeholders are also available to students in their home communities during January and summer breaks.

The Public Leadership Institute for Women sponsors public leadership conferences that bring prominent women leaders to campus to meet and talk with students. Recent speakers have included judges and a former member of the European Parliament.

Goucher offers a January seminar in Washington, D.C. on Gender and Public Policy. The seminar provides students with a firsthand look at the policy-making process at the federal level through faculty lectures supplemented by guest presentations by women judges, lobbyists, regulatory board members, congressional leaders, and government agency representatives. Policy briefings and site visits are an integral part of the seminar. Not limited to Goucher students, this seminar attracts students from across the country.