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Ashley Vincent Will Join Other WISE Interns in Washington, D.C.

ASTM International will sponsor Ashley Vincent, a junior at the University of Idaho, in the 2011 Washington Internships for Students of Engineering program.

Ranked as one of the best internship opportunities in the United States by the Princeton Review, the WISE program is a paid 10-week summer internship in Washington, D.C. During the program, interns learn about the public policy process, including how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions.

Vincent is a civil engineering major and a business minor at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. In summer 2010, she was one of five American students selected by the United States/United Kingdom Fulbright Commission to attend a special program at the Newcastle University International Summer School in the United Kingdom to study international politics.

A dean's list student and National Merit Scholar, Vincent is the Idaho state representative for the University of Idaho's chapter of Engineers Without Borders, and she is a member of the Society of Women Engineers and the University of Idaho Davis Student Investment Group.

Vincent hopes that the WISE internship will give her some insight into sustainable development and contract law, areas in which she intends to pursue a career. "The study of engineering develops in a person a unique way of thinking. Engineering is the science of problem-solving, and that talent is incredibly valuable in the world of governance and diplomacy," says Vincent.

To learn more about the WISE program, visit www.wise-intern.org. For further information on ASTM's academic outreach activities, visit www.astm.org/studentmember or contact James Olshefsky, director of external relations, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9714; jolshefs@astm.org).