On Monday, June 30 career diplomat Brian Flora will discuss career and internship possibilities with the U.S. Department of State. Flora, a 35-year veteran of the Foreign Service, is a recruiter for the Department throughout the upper Midwest. His presentation will take place over lunch at 11:00am in the SPEA atrium and will last approximately 45 minutes, with ample opportunity for questions. Then, between 2:30pm and 4:30pm, Brian will offer 15-minute one-on-one informational meetings with students from the College of Arts & Sciences. To reserve a free boxed lunch for the event, and/or to reserve a 15-minute meeting with Brian, please contact Elizabeth Bolyard via email no later than Friday, June 27, at Noon: ebolyard@indiana.edu.
The Department of State is the Federal agency responsible for the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy. The Department’s personnel represent the U.S. and protect its interests and citizens around the world. The State Department seeks high caliber employees with the skills and competencies needed to deal with the demands of the coming decades. It recruits a diverse group of individuals with knowledge not only in areas traditionally associated with diplomacy (such as history, political science, international relations, and economics), but also those with backgrounds in business, office management, public administration, natural sciences, communications, law, information management and security. Its 25,000 U.S. employees (Foreign Officers and Specialists and Civil Servants) serve domestically, primarily in Washington DC, and at 265 embassies and consulates in over 160 foreign countries. The Department of State also has a robust fall, spring, and summer internship program that offers students a variety of interesting and challenging jobs in Washington and overseas in U.S. Embassies and Consulates. Please check out the website: www.careers.state.gov
