New Vinson Fellows Begin a Semester of Hands-On Public Service
All three students in the new cohort of Vinson Fellows are beginning their senior years at UGA, and their participation in the Vinson Institute Fellows Program plays an important role in introducing them to benefits and challenges of careers in public service.
Through this undergraduate internship program, Cameron Day, Logan Krusac, and Onica Matsika will spend the fall semester working closely with a Vinson Institute faculty-mentor on hands-on projects relating to local and state government, both in Georgia and around the world.
Day is a history major from Summerville, Georgia, who will work with Ted Baggett, manager of the Institute's local government services division. Rusty Brooks, associate director of the International Center, will be the faculty-mentor for Krusac, a political science major from Smyrna, Georgia. Matsika, a political science major from Warner Robins, will work in the Office of Communications with Joycelyn Trigg.
"Every semester our Fellows Program contributes a lot to the professional development of students like you," Interim Institute Director Laura Meadows told the incoming interns when she welcomed them. "But to be honest, I often think that the 
Institute benefits more from the Fellows than you do from us. You always find ways to give us fresh ideas and keep us on our toes."
At the end of the semester, each student will develop a culminating presentation describing his or her work and deliver it to Vinson Institute faculty and staff.
Undergraduate students interested in participating in the Vinson Institute Fellows Program in the future should send inquiries to internships@cviog.uga.edu.
