MGA Spring Internships Applications DUE FRIDAY 10/29 at 2pm
Maryland General Assembly Gain State Legislative Experience
Apply using the form linked below
Applications are due by Friday 10/29 at 2pm
If you cannot make this deadline, please contact Dr. Antkowiak hussey@umbc.edu about potential flexibility
Maryland’s state legislature, the General Assembly (MGA), matches students to internships with state senators, delegates, committees, and caucuses during its annual January-April session. This popular program engages interns in very substantive legislative work and has helped many recent UMBC graduates who have participated in it gain their first jobs. It also pays a modest stipend.
The MGA requires that prospective interns be sponsored by a professor who provides academic credit for the experience. Interns must be at least 18 years old and have GPAs of at least 3.0. Students with somewhat lower GPAs may be considered if recommended by the sponsoring professor.
Dr. Laura Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) sponsors UMBC students from any major for this experience and offers academic credit through POLI 448 (4 credits). Depending on hours interned, students may be eligible for additional credit. Students seeking this sponsorship should email their completed MGA internship application (2022 Student Intern Application), including all required attachments, to Dr. Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) at lhussey@umbc.edu by October 29th at 2pm. An application for sponsorship also requires an informal interview and two recommendations from faculty. Faculty should convey recommendations directly to Dr. Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) – in informal emails, formal letters, or this Political Science Internship Recommendation Form.
The department continues to offer academic credit for other spring semester internships in politics, public policy, public administration, and the law via POLI 448 and POLI 438, as well as internship placement assistance for qualified juniors and seniors. Please see https://politicalscience.umbc.edu/internships/ for details.
Posted: October 26, 2021, 12:07 PM
