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What Do Diplomats In Residence Do?
Administrative Support
School Selection
Diplomats in Residence for the 2007-2008 Academic Year
What Do Diplomats In Residence Do?
DIRs disseminate information about career opportunities not only at their home universities
but
throughout the region where they are located; they
- Identify and counsel diverse candidates for student and career
opportunities;
- Guide candidates through the Foreign Service
written exam application and oral examination
process;
- Represent the Department at conferences and career fairs;
- Support programs sponsored by Foreign Affairs groups;
- Engage in outreach to diversity and
affinity groups the military, professional organizations and
other local groups.
Administrative Support
The Department of State pays the DIR salary and benefits, and Department of State-related travel
expenses. The university gives the DIR a "home"
in a department, and provides an office, general administrative support,
computer links and tech support and a telephone. The Bureau of Human
Resources
at the State Department administers the program through the placement of
officers at
host institutions, coordinates with DIRs on local and regional
outreach and recruitment activities, and
provides logistical and administrative
support to the officer.
School Selection
The selection of schools for the program is directly linked to the attainment of
the State Department's outreach and recruitment objectives. Factors considered
in the identification of potential DIR sites
include regional diversity,
academic curriculum, size and composition of student population, and level
of
institutional commitment to preparation of students for careers in international
relations and public service. An expression of interest from the
school should note how the assignment would
contribute to the host institution's
program and
the State Department's recruitment goals.
Diplomats in Residence for the 2007-2008 Academic Year
Kathleen R. Davis
Howard
University
Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs
Center
2218 6th Street,
N.W.
Washington, DC
20059
Phone: (202)
806-5904
Email: k_r_davis@howard.edu
Please see www.careers.state.gov
for the listing of the DIR's located elsewhere in the United
States. This website
also provides essential information to anyone considering a
career with the Department
of
State, including the Foreign Service.
The Department of State is committed to
equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment for
all
without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion,
age, sexual orientation,
disabling
condition, political affiliation, marital status, or prior
statutory, constitutionally protected activity.
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An essential service of the
Bunche Center is the coordination of internship information with
representatives from NGO's, U.S. Government
agencies; think tanks and development
organizations
to increase students' awareness of international-oriented
internship and fellowship options. Since
its
inception, the Bunche Center has been
instrumental in successfully placing Howard University students
in internships in U.S. Government agencies (including
especially the U.S. Department
of State through
our Diplomat-In-Residence
Program; and also have the Department of Commerce
and Agriculture
and the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative). Student-interns also have been placed
at
international organizations such as the
United Nations and World Health Organization, and
at internationally-oriented non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Africare, the African-America Institute, and the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
The DIR program is central to
the Department of State's effort to recruit the best and brightest
to represent America's rich diversity to the world.
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