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11/05/2004
UU students to work with US Government
Six students from the University of Ulster are to travel to Washington DC this summer to spend eight weeks experiencing at first hand the work of the US Government.
The students - Kevin McNamee, Maria Curry, Rachel Finlay, Vanessa McGee, Ciara Phillips and Jacqueline Taaffe - are taking part in the Washington-Ireland Programme, an initiative designed to identify the leaders of the future.
Created in 1995 as the Young Leaders Programme, the project brings outstanding students born in Northern Ireland and the Republic to the American capital for summer internships and leadership seminars.
Among the placements being offered to the Irish students this year are the opportunities to work in the offices of Hilary Clinton, wife of the ex-President and now a Senator, and Peter King, a member of the House of Representatives who has had a long term interest in Northern Ireland affairs.
Lobby and civic groups, the World Bank, broadcaster CBS, Congress Library, DC Superior Court and Government departments are also taking on students under the programme.
(MB)
The students - Kevin McNamee, Maria Curry, Rachel Finlay, Vanessa McGee, Ciara Phillips and Jacqueline Taaffe - are taking part in the Washington-Ireland Programme, an initiative designed to identify the leaders of the future.
Created in 1995 as the Young Leaders Programme, the project brings outstanding students born in Northern Ireland and the Republic to the American capital for summer internships and leadership seminars.
Among the placements being offered to the Irish students this year are the opportunities to work in the offices of Hilary Clinton, wife of the ex-President and now a Senator, and Peter King, a member of the House of Representatives who has had a long term interest in Northern Ireland affairs.
Lobby and civic groups, the World Bank, broadcaster CBS, Congress Library, DC Superior Court and Government departments are also taking on students under the programme.
(MB)
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