The Fellowship Office congratulates Hector Brown, a 2007 winner of a Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship, who graduated in May 2009 with a B.A. degree in International Studies and Political Science.  Hector is continuing his work as a Pickering Fellow this summer in Washington, DC, in the form of a domestic internship at the State Department, working in Secretary Clinton's Operation Center.  In August, he will move to the Boston area and be enrolled at the Fletcher School at Tufts University as a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy candidate for 2011.  The Pickering Fellowship pays all expenses for his first year, and the respective graduate school pays all expenses for the second year.  After graduate school, Hector will serve for four years as a Foreign Service Officer, and be tenured in the Foreign Service.

Are you interested in becoming the next Pickering Fellow from Loyola?  If so, please first consult their web site for eligibility and other information ( http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_undergrad/index.php),  and be sure to note the lengthy commitment of this award.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us and the Fellowship Office will be happy to assist you.