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Jamie LeBlanc-Hadley, Leah Severino and Juan Vazquez, graduate students at the Monterey Institute of International Studies have been named 2010 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Pickering Fellows will be provided support for completion of their graduate degrees, as well participate in foreign and domestic internships. For more information, please read the press release below.

Pickering Fellows for 2010

Named by Woodrow Wilson Foundation

U.S. State Department program supports preparation of future Foreign Service Officers

PRINCETON, NJ—Dedication, initiative, integrity, communication, cultural adaptability, a thorough intellectual background: The 40 new Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows named this summer have demonstrated promise across a range of areas crucial to United States Foreign Service Officers.

The academic year is now under way for the 2010 Pickering Fellows, who reflect diversity and excellence and will represent America in world affairs. Administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation for the U.S. Department of State, the Pickering Fellowships develop a source of well-prepared men and women from academic disciplines who fulfill the skill needs of the United States Department of State and who are dedicated to representing America’s interests abroad.

The 20 Pickering Undergraduate Fellows are the 17^th class of Fellows named at the undergraduate level. Selected in their junior year, these Fellows will receive financial support towards tuition and other expenses during the senior year and during the first year of graduate study.

The 14^th class of 20 Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellows will receive financial support towards a two-year, full-time master’s degree program in a related field such as public policy, international affairs, public administration, or other academic fields such as business, economics, political science, sociology or foreign languages.

Fellows in both programs participate in one domestic and one overseas internship. They commit to three years of service as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State, contingent on their passing the Foreign Service examinations. The Foreign Service, a corps of working professionals who support the President of the United States and the Secretary of the United States Department of State in pursuit of the goals and objectives of American foreign policy, are “front-line” personnel who can be sent anywhere in the world, at any time, in service to the diplomatic needs of the United States.

The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program is named in honor of one of the most distinguished and capable American diplomats of the latter half of the 20th century. Mr. Pickering held the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service. He served as Ambassador to Nigeria, El Salvador, Israel, India, and the Russian Federation, finishing his career as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Founded in 1945, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation identifies and develops leaders and institutions to address the critical challenges in education. It supports its Fellows as the next generation of leaders shaping American institutions, and also supports innovation in the institutions they will lead.

The 2010 Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellows

Gabriela Arias, College of William and Mary

Navdeep Aujla, Whitman College

Alexander Bellah, College of William and Mary

Patrick Boateng, Morehouse College

Anna Boulos, Tufts University

Latasha Bullock, Spelman College

Katrina Drayton, Harvard University

Lauren Forbes, North Carolina State University

Sarah Gardiner, Georgetown University

Nahder Houshmand, Eastern Illinois University

Maciej Luczywo, City University of New York

Jonathan McMaster, Stanford University

Tiffany Miller, Claflin College

Kabeer Parwani, George Washington University

Mary Jo Pham, Tufts University

Mark Redmond, University of Chicago

Aleksandra Ristovic, American University

Ivan Vilela, Seton Hall University

Haenim Yoo, University of California, Los Angeles

Wendy Zheng, University of California, Los Angeles

The 2010 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellows

Keondra Bills, Columbia University

Pren-Tsilya Boa-Guehe, American University

Zhaleh Boyd, University of Southern California

Amanda Buescher, Columbia University

Jose Campoy, Syracuse University

Keith Cantu, Columbia University

Karina Garcia, Columbia University

Nathaniel Haft, Harvard University

Jeff Jung, Georgetown University

Jessie Kuykendall, George Washington University

Jaime LeBlanc-Hadley, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Meghan Lueke, Tufts University

Emma Nagy, Georgetown University

Jane Park, Columbia University

Vanessa Rozier, Johns Hopkins University

Aleksey Sanchez, George Washington University

Leah Severino, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Jennifer Van Winkle, George Washington University

Juan Vazquez, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Vanessa Vidal Castellano, Tufts University