Embassy Information
Embassy Event
INFORMATION SESSION ON CAREERS IN THE U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE
June 8, 2009
On Monday, June 8h, the U.S. Embassy hosted an information session on careers in the U.S. Foreign Service for more than 50 American college students studying abroad in Buenos Aires. Participants included students from New York University and University of Belgrano and Institute for Study Abroad (Butler University) exchange programs.
The event provided students the unique opportunity to learn more about and witness embassy life. Charge d’Affairs Thomas Kelly, Consul General Jennifer Noronha, and Foreign Service Officers Kathleen Corey, Rosemary Macray, Heather Smith, and Russell Menyhart spoke to students about their careers and shared stories from a day in the life of a Foreign Service officer. Charge d’Affairs Thomas Kelly spoke to students
about his career and the challenges and rewards of this line of work. Charge Kelly and the other officers also took questions and offered advice on how to begin a diplomatic career. Students were informed of the Obama administration’s plan to strengthen the Department of State by hiring 700 entry-level Foreign Service generalists, 550 Foreign Service specialists and 1,000 Civil Service personnel over the next year.
More information on Foreign Service careers can be found on the State Department website at http://www.state.gov/careers/
