September 01, 2016
Millersville University student Sarah Ann Bullock attends The Harrisburg Internship Semester
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
Harrisburg – Sarah Ann Bullock of Shiremanstown is working for the Pennsylvania Department of
State as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by Pennsylvania’s State System of
Higher Education.
Bullock is a senior government major at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. She
is one of 12 students participating in The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program,
which provides students the opportunity to work in all areas of state government while
earning a full semester’s worth of credits. THIS invites students from each of the
14 State System universities to participate.
Bullock is the daughter of Robert Bullock and Katherine Harrigan and a graduate of
The Circle School. She and the other students participating in the program also will
attend several academic seminars during their fall semester internship. Each of the
students will complete an individualized research project as part of the program’s
requirements.
More than 600 students from the State System universities have participated in THIS
since the program began in 1989, each gaining valuable insight into the workings of
state government at the policy-making level. Interns have worked with dozens of state
agencies, as well as in the offices of the governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives
and the attorney general.
State System students interested in participating in THIS in a future semester may
obtain information on the program by contacting their individual campus coordinator
or their university’s cooperative or internship office, or by calling the Dixon University
Center at (717) 720-4089. More information on the program also is available at: www.passhe.edu/this.
Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher
education in the Commonwealth, with more than 100,000 degree-seeking students and
thousands more who are enrolled in certificate and other career-development programs.
Collectively, the 14 universities that comprise the State System offer more than 2,300
degree and certificate programs in more than 530 academic areas. Nearly 520,000 State
System university alumni live in Pennsylvania.
The State System universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg,
Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery
Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The universities also operate
branch campuses in Oil City (Clarion), Freeport and Punxsutawney (IUP), and Clearfield
(Lock Haven), and offer classes and programs at several regional centers, including
the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and in Center City in Philadelphia.