{"id":132,"date":"2022-03-18T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T01:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/?p=132"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:49:27","slug":"washington-internship-program-experience-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/2022\/03\/18\/washington-internship-program-experience-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Whenan &#8211; All good things come to an end &#8211; Good-bye to Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and it is time to go home. The past 6 weeks in Washington DC undertaking the WIP have been life changing. I have made new friends, seen many sights, improved myself professionally and achieved everything I wanted to out of this internship. 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