Info Session: Pickering Fellowship (Mon, Nov 5th @ 3:00 PM)

A $100,000 Fellowship for Graduate School AND a Guaranteed Job?

Ford School Grad Angela Wyse To Discuss Application Process for Pickering Fellowship

Monday, November 5, 2012

Weill Hall

Room 4240 (Faculty and Staff Lounge)

3 to 4 p.m.

University of Michigan and Ford School alum Angela Wyse will share insights on the application process for the Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship, which is awarded to 40 undergraduate students each year and provides $100,000 in funding for a master’s degree and two paid summer internships with the Department of State.  In return, recipients agree to serve as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) with the Department of State for a minimum of three years.

Originally from Tecumseh, Michigan, Angela Wyse received her B.A. in Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in 2010.  Following completion of her master’s degree program at Harvard University as a Pickering Fellow, she joined the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer in June. 

Having completed the orientation class for new Foreign Service Officers and additional training in Washington, she is en route to her first overseas assignment as Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco.

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Interested students who are unable to attend this event are encouraged to contact UM's Diplomat-in-Residence, Jim Ellickson-Brown, via email (ellickso@umich.edu) for more information about this and other career, fellowship and internship opportunities with the State Department.