The Dell Thurmond Woodard Fellowship

The Dell Thurmond Woodard Fellowship was established in 2007 as an additional grant/internship opportunity within the Tisdale Fellowship.  The Tisdale Fellowship is a high-tech public policy summer internship program in Washington , DC .  The Dell Fellowship was created in memory of the late Thurmond Woodard, Dell’s former Vice President of Global Diversity and Chief Ethics, Privacy and Compliance Officer.  Those interested should use the Eben Tisdale Fellowship Application, and follow the instructions for submitting an additional essay on ethics and diversity.  The Dell Thurmond Woodard Fellowship grant recipient will participate in the same program as those in the Tisdale Fellowship – an eight-week internship and weekly high-tech policy seminars.

The Fellowship has two main elements:

(1) Internship:  Fellows do an eight-week internship in the government relations office of a leading high technology company or association.  In the recent past, fellows have interned at such companies as Agilent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics and Infotech Strategies as well as associations such as the Business Software Alliance.

2)  Issues Seminar:  The issues seminar is a weekly lunch hosted by the different sponsoring companies and associations.  Expert speakers lead discussions of current public policy issues in Washington , and the methods the high technology industry uses for effective advocacy.  A new lecture on diversity and ethics has been added to the Tisdale Fellows’ speaker series.

The Summer 2008 Fellowship runs from June 16th – August 8th, 2008. The goal of the Fellowship is to create a supportive and collegial environment in which a new class of public policy professionals will be mentored to help ensure that the high-tech industry continues to have highly capable and well-trained individuals in both policy advocacy and senior management positions.

Students may find more information and apply at www.tisdalefellowship.org.