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February
Spotlight: Time to Shine at The Kennedy
Center!
Making
coffee and filing paperwork may be the traditional internship
duties that many students take on when accepting a position with
an organization. But for Deyman Wade, an Office Skills Training
Program graduate at The Arc, the intern experience will be quite
different.
Deyman was picked out of a pool of 20 applicants to intern at
The Kennedy Center for The Arts through the Experiential Education
Initiative Internship. A full-time paid internship, EEI offers
practical work experience in a workplace that suits the interest
of art lovers perfectly.
Teachers and supervisors have continually remarked on Deyman’s
tremendous potential. Armed with a drive to succeed and his interest
in the arts, the EEI internship is an ideal opportunity for him.
“Deyman is very dedicated and outgoing,” said Leah
Kimball, placement coordinator for The Arc’s employment
services division. “He is going to do very well there.”
Another Office Skills Training Program graduate, Sarah Gardiner,
also participated in the Kennedy Center internship last January.
Gardiner worked in the document center, and she specialized in
copying all the literature for the organization.
The Kennedy Center has a limited number of these prestigious internships
available through EEI, awarding three in September followed by
three more in January. Deyman and two other talented individuals
will be participating this spring.
For more information about the Experiential Education Initiative
Internship at The Kennedy Center for The Arts, contact the employment
services division of The Arc of Prince George’s County.
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