| Each year, the
Department of State assigns a select number of Senior Foreign
Service Officers as Diplomats in Residence (DIRs) to
university campuses to build awareness of Foreign Service
careers. They may conduct research, teach, write, participate
in conferences, serve as guest lecturers, and identify,
counsel and mentor potential Foreign Service candidates. DIRs
enhance the Department's ability to reach out to minorities
and provide expertise in global issues. For the 2007/08 academic year, the Department will have DIRs assigned to
16
universities across the nation.
Howard's current DIR,
Kathleen R. Davis, succeeded Ambassador Aurelia Brazeal who was in residence at Howard University 2005-2007.
The
Department of State's Programs
Internships
in the U.S. and Overseas
The
State Department accepts
Howard
University
students as interns and assigns
them to exciting internship positions in
Washington
and abroad. Each year, the
Department offers internships to qualified junior, senior, and
graduate students. These internships are open to
U.S.
citizens who are currently
enrolled at
Howard
University
, and who will return to school
immediately following the internship. About half of the
Department's internships are in
Washington
, with the remainder at embassies
and consulates overseas.
Students
may apply to work at more than forty bureaus or offices at the
Department in
Washington
for the fall semester, the spring
semester and in the summer. Interns assigned to the Department
of State in
Washington
learn first-hand about foreign
affairs and are exposed to the challenging work of both the
Foreign Service and the Civil Service.
The
Overseas Internship program gives students the opportunity to
work at an Embassy almost anywhere in the world. Many overseas
internships stipulate rotation through two or more
embassy/consulate sections, providing a broad overview of
duties.
Because
each intern must have a Department of State security clearance
in order to work, the Deadlines
for
applying on-line for internships are as follows:
Summer internships – November 1 (for the following
summer);
Fall internships – March 1 (fall of the same year);
Spring internships – July 1 (for the following
spring).
The
Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
The US Department of State and
the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation sponsor the
FAF program. The award includes tuition, room, board and
mandatory fees during the junior and senior years of college
and during the first year of graduate study with reimbursement
for books and round-trip travel. The Foreign Affairs
Fellowship Program is a highly selective national
competition. Sophomores and Seniors with a 3.2 GPA minimum,
can apply for the undergraduate and graduate level programs.
Howard University
Students have succeeded in winning several FAF's.
The deadline to apply
is usually early February. You can get more information
about this prestigious fellowship at http://www.woodrow.org/public-policy
These are other interesting
programs such as the:
- Cooperative
Education Program
- Summer Clerical
Employment Program
- Fascell Fellowship
Program
- Presidential
Management Fellows Program
For details or additional
information please visit Diplomat-In-Residence Ambassador
Aurelia E. Brazeal at the Ralph J. Bunche International
Affairs Center, or call her at 202-806-5904
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