Hillsdale College Students Intern and Study in Washington, D.C., as Part of Washington-Hillsdale 2025 Internship Program
WHIP students are interning for the House Judiciary Committee, Pacific Legal Foundation, the White House, and more.
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Seventeen Hillsdale College students are in the nation’s capital for the fall semester as a part of the College’s Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program. Through the program, students participate in full-time internships while taking evening classes on Hillsdale’s D.C. campus.
“WHIP challenges students to balance professional and academic life while taking advantage of all that D.C. has to offer,” said Dorothy Roland, Hillsdale in D.C.’s undergraduate program coordinator. “WHIP students get to see firsthand how the things they study at Hillsdale apply in the real world.”
“WHIP students get to see firsthand how the things they study at Hillsdale apply in the real world.”
WHIP students are interning for the America First Policy Institute, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Conservative Partnership Institute, The Heritage Foundation, the House Judiciary Committee, Pacific Legal Foundation, the White House, and the offices of Reps. Jim Jordan and Young Kim and Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson.
Juniors and seniors of all majors can participate in the program. This year’s WHIP class included students majoring in politics, history, philosophy, economics, rhetoric, religion, and biology.
While on WHIP, students take two or three evening classes taught by both Hillsdale College professors and distinguished fellows who live and work in Washington, D.C., including Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist. WHIP offers classes in English, politics, economics, history, law, journalism, and more.
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About Hillsdale in D.C.
Hillsdale College’s campus in Washington, D.C., extends the College’s educational mission to the nation’s capital by teaching and promoting the principles and practice of American constitutionalism. As the home of the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, the James Madison Fellowship Program, the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, the Academy for Freedom in Science, and a variety of lectures and events open to policymakers and the public, Hillsdale in D.C. seeks to inspire and form students, citizens, practitioners, and statesmen, who will restore America’s principles and revive self-government in the political life of the nation. For more information, visit dc.hillsdale.edu.