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The C-SPAN tour bus visited West Virginia University Tuesday to educate students, staff and faculty about their online free resources and job, government, and internship opportunities.
The bus parked behind the Mountainlair on Maiden Lane, brought students aboard to show the resources available to students.
Rachel Katz, a C-SPAN marketing representative, urged students to take full use of the resources that can be found on their Web site, C-SPAN.org.
"We really want students to know all of the free resources we have," Katz said.
Teaching sources, archives and information from libraries are all available through the Web site.
The Web site is completely free and easy to join, said Rebecca Stewart, also a C-SPAN marketing representative.
"We may be known for the House and Senate, but there is so much more we want students to know," Stewart said.
C-SPAN covers all three branches of government but also has special video programs at the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court and in the corridors of the White House.
"We like to try and take you into the room we cover and make you feel in the room," Stewart said.
The C-SPAN representatives want students to use the information to learn more and help with their assignments.
"If there is a committee hearing, we cover it gavel-to-gavel," Katz said. "We are going to show the whole thing, that way everyone sees how the government is working."
The network also provides internships for college students in its programming department and the Washington Journal morning show.
"We put you to work. You won’t be filling out paper work or getting coffee – but finding ideas. You might even be able to go on a shoot with a crew," Stewart said.
The non-paying college-credit
internship is located at their headquarters in DC. It allows
students to work with the network in the field they are interested in and talk to the CEO and founder of C-SPAN Brian Lamb.
"We are not here saying you have to turn on C-SPAN, but (we want) to show you what we do and why we do it, if it’s to help someone write a paper or for their own personal knowledge," Stewart said.
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