Presidential Internship in Public Service 2025

The Presidential Internship in Public Service
The District of Columbia serves as our national hub of public service and offers a plethora of rich summer internship opportunities for university students. From legislative internships and federal agencies to major national organizations, these internships are often unpaid and out of reach for MSU Denver students. MSU Denver, the Institute for Public Service, and the Classroom to Career Hub have collaborated to facilitate more Roadrunner students to take advantage of these opportunities, ensuring our diverse community learns from and impacts the national service community.

The Presidential Federal Internship, a program of MSU Denver’s Institute for Public Service, offers annual summer cohorts of MSU Denver students a fully-funded opportunity to live and work in Washington, D.C. for 10 weeks. Each student intern receives funding to cover tuition and fees, an hourly salary, travel to and from the nation's capital, and housing and public transportation expenses. This opportunity was made possible by the generosity of our donors.

“By funding these internships, we are removing barriers to public-service opportunities that are often out of reach for so many students,”

“This is about strengthening our democracy by diversifying the public-sector pipeline so that those who make decisions in the public interest are representative of those they serve. I am so proud of our Presidential Federal Internship students. They are remarkably talented and motivated, and I know their experiences were transformational.”

-MSU Denver President, Dr. Janine Davidson

Learn more about the Presidential Federal Internship Program

Your Support
With your support, we can increase access to the Presidential Federal Internship Program, allowing even more MSU Denver students to participate in this life-changing internship experience in the coming years! Together, we can expand this opportunity to more students.

“The MSU Denver Presidential Federal Internship was an inspiring experience that has helped me build the confidence to pursue a career in public policy and law. My sincere thanks to the Institute for Public Service and all the program supporters who have made this opportunity possible for me and future Roadrunners.”

-Jasmin Braund, MSU Denver Alum Political Science ’23 and Presidential Federal Intern