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September 2006   

Homecoming is only a month away on October 7th so remember to visit us at www.tkc.edu/alumni for news and homecoming registration as well as constitution revisions.

In this edition we are excited to share with you how God was ever present on the King's mission trip to Albania. We pray you will be enlightened through the accounts of how Christ’s transforming love was conveyed to many in this small Southeast European country. You will also hear from a King's student who had the opportunity to intern this summer with the Republican National Committee as well as see how NBC’s baseball team was doing 25 years ago.

I vividly remember sitting in an overstuffed armchair in the student lounge of King’s checking my email when Eric Bennett, the Director of Student Services, sent me a link with a note that he thought this program seemed right up my alley. I clicked and stared at my laptop screen for five minutes immersed in the information I was receiving. An eight-week study/internship institute through the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University specifically dealing with comparative economic and political systems—I was ecstatic!!! That same day, I received another email from Dean Moeller encouraging me to look at the same program and a few days later, a letter from Professor Gary Latainer letting me know that he was excited I was interested in the Institute and would love to call the President of the Fund (a friend of his) on my behalf. This support, along with recommendation letters filed by professors and staff, resume assistance by Student Services, and encouraging emails checking on my progress from the Dean led me to the Engalitcheff Institute and my internship with the Republican National Committee.

The weeks I spent living in Washington DC were filled to the absolute brim. I was interning five days a week in the research department at the RNC, taking classes from Georgetown University, attending multiple briefings, listening to countless lectures, and interacting with passionate students from around the world. The experience and insight I gained was almost overwhelming. I had spent the last two years intrigued by economic development and its close ties to political systems. Now I was being briefed at the Department of State, participating in a small group discussion at USAID, and debating for hours with students about the ideas behind aid, development, and economic liberty.

King’s had prepared me to take the most from this experience and I’m confident that King’s will also help as I sort through all the experiences and knowledge that I took in during my time in DC. I feel as though I understand the inner-workings of American politics from a front row perspective. I feel as though I comprehend in a deeper way the ties between America and nations globally. And I feel as though I can more confidently engage culture today on the issues that are shaping our world. It was a summer that will shape me for the rest of my life.