A Great Way to Learn. A Great Way to Live. A Great Way to Launch a Career. Nine out of ten entry-level hires today have completed at least one internship or co-op experience. The Washington Center has decades of experience, a broad network, a wide range of internships and academic offerings that help you shape your future success. Students are enrolled in an internship program based on their interests and their academic status. Each program has one or more professional program advisors who counsel, place, supervise and help evaluate students as well as organize activities during the day or half-day when they are not at their internship.