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Underwood Summer Intern Program

Apply here now for a summer internship! The Underwood Institute is now accepting applications for its summer internship program. Summer interns will work across the state to help elect Republicans in the 2010 election cycle.  

Underwood Fellows Program 

The Underwood Institute is pleased to announce that we now have nine students hard at work assisting Republicans in the Legislature and the WVGOP. Follow their progress here on Facebook! 

Underwood Fellows Program In the News 

State GOP Launching Intern Program, Charleston Gazette, Nov. 6, 2009

WV GOP Launching New Fellowship Program, Herald Dispatch, Nov. 3, 2009