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Internship offers full-circle experience

September 14, 2009

Frank Szollosi (Annenberg Intern) came to the Ford School to 'sharpen his policy chops.' He joined the MPP class of 2010 with experience as a congressional press secretary, a political consultant, and a seven-year member of the Toledo City Council.

Szollosi's interest in climate change, cities, and a post-Kyoto international climate agreement led him to an internship with the U.S. State Department's Office of Global Change (EGC). While with the EGC, Szollosi was able to attend a round of negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany. The UNFCCC was full-circle experience for Szollosi. "Negotiations are all just a matter of scale," he said. "Whether it's a small city or the UN, you try to find common interests, agreed upon goals, and communicate with each other."

 


Below is a formatted version of this article from State & Hill, the magazine of the Ford School. View entire Fall 2009 State & Hill here.


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