(COLUMBIA, SC) Nine Columbia College students are participating in the College’s Washington Semester this fall. The 12-week program includes a study of women and politics, along with an internship in the nation’s capital custom-designed to each student’s area of interest.
Participating students and their internship organizations in Washington are as follows:
| Frances Bowden | Mobilizing America's Youth |
| Jennifer Ellisor | U.S. Dept. of Education, Mathematics/Science Initiative |
| April Fields | White House, Office of Cabinet Affairs |
| Michelle Montgomery | Children's Defense Fund, Communications Dept. |
| Melanie Savage | Office of Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) |
| Joye Shields | Office of Congressman John Spratt (D-SC) |
| Shantelle Smith | Alliance for Justice |
| Virginia Spell | Library of Congress |
| Jamesha Williams | Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee |


