Legislative Interns

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 20, 2009
JoAnna Derfelt
(417) 625-9794

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Legislative Interns from Missouri Southern State University will formalize their commitment to serve local legislators during the legislative session at 3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 in Room 223 of Webster Hall on the MSSU campus.

The media is invited to attend. Missouri Southern President Bruce Speck is scheduled to attend along with members of the Missouri General Assembly from the Southwest Missouri Area.

Interns are a key part of the legislative session, as offices are understaffed and there is much to be done in five months. Interns are given a wide variety of tasks, depending on the needs of the office. Legislative interns may be involved in the following activities:

* Helping constituents via phone, email, or postage mail;
* Accompanying legislators to hearings or to the House or Senate floor;
* Attending committee hearings without legislators to take notes and report back
to legislators;
* Tracking bills while the House or Senate is in session;
* Researching legislative ideas;
* Leading tours of the Capitol;
* Organizing binders of bills, votes, and other duties.

For more information about legislative interns from MSSU, call JoAnna Derfelt at (417) 625-9794.

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MSSU Students executing Intern Service Contracts, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009
Hometowns, academic majors and the offices to which they are assigned:

Machaela Fordyce
Joplin, MO
Political Science
Assigned to Rep. Bryan Stevenson

Adam Givens
Carthage, Missouri
Political Science w/ minor in Sociology
Assigned to House of Representatives, Sergeant-At-Arms

Steven Hart
Lake Ozark, Missouri
Accounting & Finance
Assigned to Sen. Gary Nodler

Devon Nixon
Lebanon, MO
Political Science
Assigned to Rep. Thomas Flanigan

Johnathan Saunders
Neosho, MO
Political Science w/ minor in Speech Communications
Assigned to Rep. Kevin Wilson

Mariya Tyrkina
Joplin, MO (originally from Russia)
Business Management
Assigned to Rep. Ed Emery

Will Lynch
Joplin, MO
Political Science w/ a minor in Public Administration
Assigned to Sen. Jack Goodman

Jerrod Swearingen
Joplin, MO
Political Science
Assigned to Rep. Marilyn Ruestman

Johnny Verstraete
Joplin, MO
Elementary Education
Assigned to Speaker of the House Ron Richard