Communication Studies Major Attends The Harrisburg Internship Semester

Abby Krueger, a junior majoring in communication studies from Stroudsburg, Pa., is working in the office of House Democratic Whip Michael D. Hanna as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.

She is one of 16 students participating in The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program, which provides students the opportunity to work in all areas of state government while earning a full semester’s worth of credits. THIS invites students from each of the 14 State System universities to participate.

Krueger is the daughter of Allen and Regina Krueger and is a 2013 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School. She and the other students participating in the program also will attend several academic seminars during their spring semester internship. Each of the students will complete an individualized research project as part of the program’s requirements.

More than 600 students from the State System universities have participated in THIS since the program began in 1989, each gaining valuable insight into the workings of state government at the policy-making level. Interns have worked with dozens of state agencies, as well as in the offices of the governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the attorney general.

ESU students interested in participating in THIS in a future semester may obtain information on the program by contacting their individual campus coordinator or their university’s cooperative or internship office, or by calling the Dixon University Center at (717) 720-4089. More information on the program also is available at: www.passhe.edu/this.

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