Where Are They Now? – WHIP Edition
Written by Sophia Carr
Congratulations to the thirty-four participants of the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program (WHIP) who graduated with the class of 2015!
These graduates represent a broad cross-section of our campus: they include politics, English, history, and financial management majors. Some interned for a congressman or senator while in Washington. Others were published in news outlets or prepared research for think tanks and advocacy groups.
With commencement complete, ten of our WHIP alumni will move to Washington, D.C., to begin their careers. Seven are getting married. Two will join Hillsdale as staff. One graduate recently reported on the riots in Baltimore. Another will move to Bologna, Italy, for a year to begin graduate studies.
Below we have featured four of our graduates and their exciting after-college plans. We are proud of all our graduates and their accomplishments. Class of 2015, we will miss you!
An economics major, Ashley Wright interned for the Department of State in the Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia in the spring of 2014. In addition to participating in WHIP, Ashley studied abroad at Oxford University and the London School of Economics while a student at Hillsdale. This fall, she will pursue her master’s at the London School of Economics, with the intention of completing a PhD program at Oxford University.
Bronte Wigen, a politics major and George Washington Fellow, interned for the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Principles and Politics through the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program. Bronte also completed a summer internship with Congressman Tom McClintock of California. This summer she will move back to Washington, D.C., and begin her career as a project assistant at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP.
Philip Hammersley majored in politics and was a member of the Mock Trial team and George Washington Fellowship Program at Hillsdale. While participating in WHIP during his junior year, Phillip interned for the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. This fall, he will continue his studies at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor.
While participating in WHIP, Aubrey Neal, a political economy major, worked as the public policy intern at FreedomWorks and was featured in the launch of FreedomWorks’s Judicial Reform project. Aubrey will move to Washington, D.C., mid-May and begin work as a legislative correspondent in the office of Representative Barry Loudermilk of Georgia. Aubrey joins more than 20 Hillsdale graduates who work in House and Senate offices, including fellow 2015 graduate Bri Hearn, who serves as a staff assistant for Congressman Bill Posey of Florida.
Sophia Carr is the Student Programs Coordinator at Hillsdale’s Allan P. Kirby Jr., Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. A 2013 graduate of Hillsdale College, Ms. Carr majored in history and political economy.