2022

2022 Week 7: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway This was the penultimate week of my internship in the Office of Councilman Conway, and I’m honestly shocked at how fast this summer went by. I spent a lot of this week working on my end-of-the-summer project. Our office has this project…
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2022 Week 5: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway I would like to think that I have learned a lot in my first five weeks of internship – that’s not to brag in any way, but just to demonstrate what a great source of information and experience working in local government…
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2022 Week 4: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway This week was an especially interesting one because we held our first official Community Day. A Community Day involves the Councilman and us traveling across the district and visiting constituents who have previously called in with issues. We were met by a…
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2022 Week 3: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway A typical day of work at my placement depends on what office we are working from. Councilman Conway has an office in City Hall and a separate office space in his district. On days that we are at City Hall, the focus…
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2022 Week 2: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember James Torrence I work in a very small office, and this week the Councilman was in the middle of passing a bill, and there wasn’t always a lot for me to do. I am always very mindful of the fact that I am there…
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2022 Week 1: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway The first week of working in Councilman Conway’s office has been very exciting and interesting. I started out the week learning about my day-to-day tasks in the office. While I thought that responsibilities such as answering the phone or returning voicemails would…
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2022 Orientation: Government/Policy

Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway The CIIP orientation was truly a great experience for so many reasons. First and most importantly, it was great that all fifty of us (and the CSC staff) got to interact with each other and I got to know almost every person….
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