Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships for Juniors, Seniors, and Alumni/ae
Provides Funding for Graduate School and Path to a Career as a Foreign
Service Officer
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Betty Ford Classroom (Room 1110)
Weill Hall
University of Michigan
outstanding university juniors, seniors, and graduates who are
U.S..citizens; who have financial need; who represent the ethnic,
social, and geographic diversity and talents of our population; who
have majors in international relations, economics, business, and
political science; and who are interested in pursuing a career as a
Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State.
While freshmen and sophomores are ineligible to apply now, they are
welcome to attend this meeting, which may help them to plan their
future studies to strengthen their competitive qualifications when
they are later eligible to apply. Please also note that the State
Department is especially interested in students majoring in critical
languages and area studies (Chinese, Arabic, Hindi/Urdu, North Asia,
Japan, Korea, SE Asia, South Asia, Pacific Islands, and the Mideast)
that support the Department’s current and anticipated skills needs.
Interested students are encourage to review the attached announcement
for the 2013 Pickering Undergraduate and Graduate Foreign Affairs
Fellowship Program, which includes links to the application and
associated instructions; to the Pickering Facebook site; and to the
Pickering Twitter site. Interested student are also encouraged to
"like" the Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program's Facebook
page so that they can receive all program announcements and updates.
Led by Ambassador James Gadsden of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and
Diplomat in Residence Jim Ellickson-Brown, this program will include
an overview of the Foreign Service and the Pickering Fellowships,
advice on how to prepare a strongly competitive application package
and avoid common mistakes that could harm their candidacy, and a
Q-and-A session on Foreign Service work, life, and benefits and other
topics of interest to participants.
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P.S. To keep updated on issues related to internships and careers with
the Department of State, visit and “Like” my Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
James Ellickson-Brown
Diplomat in Residence
University of Michigan
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
735 South State Street
5215 Weill Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
E-mail: ellickson@umich.edu
Office: 734-615-6975
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/
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