Bill Harder Last summer marked summer No. 2 for me in Washington, D.C., as an employee of the World Wildlife Fund. WWF is the world's largest environmental non-profit organization. Working in more than 100 countries, WWF has more than 5 million members worldwide. Two summers ago I attended The Fund for American Studies Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. Through that experience, I acquired an internship at WWF. It was an amazing summer, full of new skills and experiences. At the end of it I received the Frank Shakespeare Award for political writing, naming me the top intern in the 80-plus person institute. When I left WWF that summer, they hired me as a consultant to continue doing public relations from IUP for their Africa and Philippines programs. During my junior year I continued writing, editing and designing publications. As summer 2006 approached, WWF offered to bring me back into the office. I was more than excited to accept the position. From the middle of May through the middle of August, I lived in downtown Washington and went back to work at WWF. My responsibilities had greatly increased since the previous summer. I wrote a number of press releases that were distributed nationally and picked up by major news organizations. I also got to spend some time at the World Bank when I helped plan the release of the book "Escaping Poverty's Grasp," written by WWF's director of micro-economics. WWF also released the most comprehensive tiger study ever conducted. I helped plan the press conference held at the tiger exhibit at the National Zoo in Washington. I could not have asked for a more amazing job. Any job where I am at the World Bank in the morning and the zoo in the afternoon is a dream job for me. This internship solidified my decision to go into environmental politics and communication. When I left at the end of the summer, the communications staff threw me a surprise party, at which the vice-president of communications told me to come back when I get my degree and stay for good.