Interns and Alums score hits this snowy week

SO much is happening, it’s hard to keep up.

Got some great news from Kristen Daum, a senior currently starting her internship for Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. She’s one of an exclusive group of just 11 interns. She is also one of the even fewer endowed interns. Kristen from henceforth will be knows as the "The Helen Thomas Endowed Intern." Helen Thomas was the legendary UPI White House correspondent for decades. Thomas, now 87, is a Michigan native and currently continues working as a Hearst columnist. Her assignment this term is to work in the Newsday Washington bureau. She scored her first byline this week with a story on New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s take on the President Bush’s latest budget. Read all about it at http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usbudg0208,0,4862590.story.

Recent alumna Latoya Dennis just got her first National Public Radio story on air. Check it out at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18599126.

These are just two quick hits on some of the terrific jobs students and alums are doing.

This past Friday (Feb 1) and this Friday (Feb 8), we are hosting about two dozen prospective high school seniors who are among the highest achievers in the country. The J-School attracts the largest number of these exceptional students in the College. We sure hope some of them decide to become Spartans. I know, they won’t be disappointed.

Stay warm, and avoid snow drifts!