Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski gives Carlos Martinez a warm welcome. Carlos has been working on his political science internship in the Governor?s Office of Education, Workforce and Revenue Policy in Salem, performing research and response to public inquiries. August, 2004

Benton County Elections intern Shunsuke Murata, a senior in political science, counts ballots and confirms signatures for the Oregon Primary Elections in the Benton County Courthouse Tuesday evening.

OSU Political Science major Andrew Foster meets Prime Minister Tony Blair while interning with the e-Campaigns unit of the Labour Party in London, October 2003.

From left: Andrew Foster, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Michael Aldorf, American University, Washington, DC; Prime Minister Tony Blair; John Finesworth, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN; Kate McCarthy, e-Campaign manager, Labour Party; Andrew Saxton, e-Campaign editor, Labour Party.

Eric Sorenson, Summer/Fall Internship, field organizer in Linn, Lane, and Benton counties for the Committee for OUR Oregon.

"Working for the Committee for OUR Oregon has been a very challenging experience. Never having worked for a political campaign, this experience has helped me develop better communication skills, organizational skills, confidence, and contacts that may benefit me throughout the rest of my life. Taking on the job of field organizer for Linn, Lane, and Benton counties has given me an opportunity to help educate these communities about three very harmful measures (91, 93, and 8). Being a student at Oregon State University and knowing the value of higher education first led me to accepting the position. After learning how destructive these three measures could be, not only for college students but for most Oregonians, I realized I would be doing a great service to this state by taking up the fight to defeat measures 91, 93, and 8."

Demarcus Ross, Summer Internship, District Ranger at the Hobgen Lake Ranger District, Gallatin National Forest, West Yellowstone, Mr. Demarcus is third from the left in this group of firefighters.

"As an intern this summer I spent part of the time fighting forest fires in Montana. It was a very unique and challenging experience you would have to see to believe. This is a picture of a forest fire on a mountain about 90 miles north of West Yellowstone in Montana."