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Emerson Fellow

Wick Ruehling

10th Class, 2003-2004

Wick graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he majored in Public Policy.  At W&L he served as vice president of the Student Activities Board and played varsity soccer.  Wick interned with Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, Virginia where he worked with Head Start and the Southwest Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.  He also served as a research intern for The National Journal magazine, where he contributed to the publication of the 2002 Cook Political Report.

Field placement: Worcester County Food Bank

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Policy placement: Feeding America

Washington, D.C.