Cassandra Balosos
Nolan Webb
Erin Keating
Emily Crane
Bridget Reardon
Wes Knowles
INSIDE THEBELTWAY From the White House to the Department of Justice, the Smithsonian to the State Department, Roanoke College students filled important roles as interns in the nation’s capital this spring semester. They were part of the Lutheran College Washington Semester. Since 1986, the program has offered students the opportunity to live and study in Washington, D.C., with internships and semester-long courses. The program is open to 13 Lutheran-affiliated private institutions, including Roanoke. Six students shared details of their time spent on the front lines of some of the country’s most powerful offices.
by Jenny Kincaid Boone ’01 For more information about LCWS, visit http://tinyurl.com/h9svuvb. 20 ROANOKE COLLEGE MAGAZINE | ISSUE ONE 2016
Emily Crane ’17 Washington Semester Internship: U.S. State Department Emily Crane ’17 got an up-close look at U.S. relations with Syria as an intern at the U.S. State Department. Several times she worked a 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift with the Syrian Cessation of Hostilities team, which monitors events in Syria by tracking peace agreement violations. Crane, who speaks some Arabic, was a translator. It was one of many unique jobs for Crane in the State Department’s Office of Emergencies, which coordinates donations and works with domestic representation,