{"id":10959,"date":"2014-10-13T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=10959"},"modified":"2016-12-20T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:57:15","slug":"tallahassee-bound-2015-legislative-scholars-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/tallahassee-bound-2015-legislative-scholars-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Bound &#8211; 2015 Legislative Scholars Selected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10992 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner.png\" alt=\"blck polsci banner\" width=\"2550\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner.png 2550w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/blck-polsci-banner-299x106.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2550px) 100vw, 2550px\" \/>The department is pleased to congratulate the next round of Legislative scholars for the 2015 session. We are proud to be sending a large number\u00a0of students this session, and thanks to all those who applied. This session&#8217;s applicant pool was very competitive. Please join us in congratulating those selected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>2015 Political Science Legislative Scholars:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<table width=\"526\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"66\">Leontine<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">Morgan- Poitier<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\">Junior<\/td>\n<td width=\"274\">Political Science &amp; English Literature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Angel<\/td>\n<td>Sanchez<\/td>\n<td>Junior<\/td>\n<td>Political Science &amp; Legal Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Briana<\/td>\n<td>Fernandez<\/td>\n<td>Senior<\/td>\n<td>Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alex<\/td>\n<td>Carciente Moreno<\/td>\n<td>Junior<\/td>\n<td>Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michael<\/td>\n<td>Ingram<\/td>\n<td>Junior<\/td>\n<td>Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rodolfo<\/td>\n<td>Padilla<\/td>\n<td>Senior<\/td>\n<td>Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>About the Program:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Legislative Scholars Internship started in 2005 with 4 internship position, and has grown to 14 positions in the 2015\u00a0session. The internship program is a full-time, stipend supported ($3,000) position that places interns with state legislative offices\u00a0during the\u00a0Florida Legislative session. Each chosen intern is\u00a0assigned to 1-2 members of the Central Florida Legislative Delegation, and will be expected to spend at least three months in Tallahassee (apartment &amp; utilities provided and paid for), supporting the legislative member with research, constituent relations, bill tracking, and other duties required in the daily operations of a legislative office during the Session.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in applying next year\u00a0keep an eye out for the announcement early next fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department is pleased to congratulate the next round of Legislative scholars for the 2015 session. We are proud to be sending a large number\u00a0of students this session, and thanks to all those who applied. This session&#8217;s applicant pool was very competitive. Please join us in congratulating those selected. &nbsp; 2015 Political Science Legislative Scholars: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ps-undergraduate-highlight","category-political-science-departments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tallahassee Bound - 2015 Legislative Scholars Selected - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/tallahassee-bound-2015-legislative-scholars-selected\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tallahassee Bound - 2015 Legislative Scholars Selected - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The department is pleased to congratulate the next round of Legislative scholars for the 2015 session. 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