{"id":49562,"date":"2014-03-06T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=49562"},"modified":"2014-03-06T18:24:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T02:24:06","slug":"mccarthy-accepting-summer-internship-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/03\/06\/mccarthy-accepting-summer-internship-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy accepting summer internship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31963\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kevin-McCarthy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31963\" alt=\"Kevin McCarthy\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kevin-McCarthy.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin McCarthy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congressman <strong>Kevin McCarthy<\/strong> is now accepting applications for his Summer Internship Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI began my career in public service as an intern, and I invite all interested college students and recent graduates to apply for internships in my offices,\u201d said McCarthy.\u00a0 \u201cThis is an excellent opportunity to learn first-hand about our nation\u2019s legislative process, as well as to work to assist the people of California\u2019s 23rd District.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summer Internship applicants must possess good writing and computer skills, be enrolled in college or recently graduated, and should have a minimum 3.0 Grade Point Average.<\/p>\n<p>Preference will be given to residents of California\u2019s 23rd Congressional District (Kern and Tulare counties and part of Los Angeles County, including Lancaster); however, all applications will be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Summer interns are responsible for their expenses, including transportation and lodging costs, but will receive a $1,500 stipend, before taxes. The Summer Internship program will be an eight-week session; interns typically spend two weeks in the Bakersfield district office followed by six weeks in the Washington, D.C. office.<\/p>\n<p>Interested students may download the internship application at <a href=\"http:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/services\/internships\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/services\/internships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students are also required to submit a resume and a 250-word essay detailing their interest in the Summer Internship Program and what they expect to learn from the experience.<\/p>\n<p>Applications and supporting documents should be sent to Congressman McCarthy\u2019s Bakersfield office at: 4100 Empire Drive, Suite 150, Bakersfield, California 93309, or emailed to: Robin.Lake-Foster@mail.house.gov.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications must be postmarked or emailed no later than Friday, April 4, 2014<\/strong>, but applicants are advised to submit their application as early as possible as decisions will be made on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman Kevin McCarthy is now accepting applications for his Summer Internship Program. \u201cI began my career in public service as an intern, and I invite all interested college students and recent graduates to apply for internships in my offices,\u201d said McCarthy.\u00a0 \u201cThis is an excellent opportunity to learn first-hand about our nation\u2019s legislative process, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}