On Thursday, 5 September 2019, Texas State University welcomes Dr. Lily Lopez-McGee of the Pickering Foundation to talk about fellowship opportunities and careers in foreign affairs. Dr. Lopez-McGee is the director of the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Program at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Texas State History Associate Professor Dr. Ron Johnson, who is organizing the event and received a Pickering Fellowship himself, describes the fellowships’ important role in opening doors for underrepresented students, “The Pickering, Rangel, and Payne Fellowships offer wonderful ways for students from historically underrepresented groups, including females, to receive funding for undergraduate and graduate school and to serve in wonderful careers around the globe. Many underrepresented students have not considered careers in international affairs.”
The Rangel and Pickering Programs are funding by the United States Department of State and are administered by Howard University.
“A good potion of my job is telling people about the opportunities that we offer, and it’s really important to me that folks from across the United States know that careers in the Department of State can be fore them,” Dr. Lopez-McGee said. “My hope for my visit to Texas State is that students see themselves in these fellowships and consider them as they are looking at potential career opportunities.”
Dr. Johnson continues, “Inviting Dr. Lily Lopez-McGee from the Pickering Foundation is an easy, safe way for students to gain information and ask questions. I am a Pickering Fellow; I would not have enjoyed the life I have (or be a professor at Texas State!) without the opportunities the fellowship provided me.”
Thursday, 5 September 2019
2 PM
Derrick Hall, Room 108
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/512897219476376/
Sponsored by: the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, College of Liberal Arts, Honors College, Department of Geography, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Center for Diversity and Gender Studies, Center for International Studies, Center for the Study of the Southwest, Career Services, Latina/o Studies, African American Studies