Internship opportunities are a great way for students to explore what kind of career opportunities a political-science degree can prepare them for. During the spring semester, the following students have been serving as interns in government offices and at UNG.

● Sydney B. Allison, an M.P.A. student, has been an intern in the office of Flowery Branch’s city manager, John McHenry, focusing on applications for grants-in-aid.

● Christopher Brian Cole, an M.P.A. student, has been an intern in the UNG Athletics Department, assisting the coach of the men’s basketball team.

● William Harrison Lance has been an intern in the Georgia General Assembly intern program, assigned to the office of Senator Steve Gooch, the Senate majority whip.

● Ben Jarrard, who completed his B.S. degree with an international-affairs concentration in 2013, has been an intern in the office of Governor J. Nathan Deal.

● Destin Murphy has been an intern in the Georgia General Assembly intern program, assigned to the Office of Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight.