Liberal Arts Voices

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Full-Time Opportunity with Philips Healthcare in Panama

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Philips is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. In Panama, we recently opened our Business center of Excellence in Costa del Este.

We are looking for talented professionals, who are eager to learn and looking for a company to grow a career, starting in our entry level roles.

If you are graduated from: Engineering, Business, Administration, or Logistics, and speak fluent Spanish and English…What are you waiting for?

Contact: @MarthaAtPhilips or Martha.Gonzalez@Philips.com

Humanity in Action Fellowship Info Session

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Friday, November 7th 1:30—2:30 PM
Atherton Hall—Grandfather Clock Lounge

The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and produce original research exploring how and why individuals and societies, past and present, have resisted intolerance and protected democratic values. Separate programs take place for five weeks every summer in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, and Warsaw.

Ryan Gayman from HIA will be here to discuss the fellowship and answer your questions.

Please RSVP— http://goo.gl/forms/RptW110ZiL (walk ins also welcome)

The University Fellowships Office—212 Boucke—814-863-8199 univ-fellowshps@psu.edu

So, you want to be a diplomat? Building a career with the U.S. State Department

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Former U.S. Ambassador and Penn State School of International Affairs professor to speak on building a career in diplomacy

Tuesday, October 28 at 4:30PM in Grandfather Clock Lounge, Atherton Hall

Dennis Jett, former U.S. Ambassador to Peru and Mozambique and Penn State School of International Affairs professor will speak on developing a profession with the foreign-service. His talk “So you want to be a diplomat?”: Building a career with the U.S. State Department, will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28 at the Grandfather Clock Lounge in Atherton Hall on the Penn State campus.

Professor Jett joined the School of International Affairs after a career in the U.S. Foreign Service that spanned twenty-eight years and three continents. His experience and expertise focus on international relations, foreign aid administration, and American foreign policy. Professor Jett’s career abroad began in 1973, when he was a political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He later spent several years in Africa, first as the deputy chief of mission in the U.S. Embassy in Malawi, and then as deputy chief of mission in the U.S. Embassy in Liberia, where he was the second ranking officer during the Liberian Civil War.

Professor Jett then became special assistant to the president and senior director for African Affairs at the National Security Council, where he was responsible for Africa policy during the first six months of the Clinton Administration. He went on to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Mozambique (from 1993-1996) and Peru (from 1996-1999).

Professor Jett was the Diplomat in Residence at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia from 1999-2000, through which he led election observation missions to Venezuela and Guatemala and conflict resolution efforts between Uganda and Sudan. 

OPEN TO CURRENT STUDENTS. CO-SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, THE SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE, AND THE COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS.

State Department Skype Calls

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By: Megan Egan
This year, I am serving as the Penn State Campus Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State. If you are interested in setting up a skype call for a class, club meeting, or special event with a department official, please reach out to me (mye5069@psu.edu) so we can find someone in the department who works with your specific issue. This could include anything from refugees in Syria to climate change in Indonesia. The State Department works on a vast array of issues, and they want to share their work with you! Additionally, if you are interested in learning more about the State Department in general, careers with DoS, or internships, I am also available to assist with questions!

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