Blair Boyd Blair is a senior linguistics major at Macalester College in Minnesota. She hopes to use this internship as…
The Foreign Service Exam is one of the most selective of its kind in the United States. Of the thousands…
The process to become a Foreign Service Officer is long and grueling. If you successfully pass the Foreign Service Officer Test…
The art of diplomatic relations and negotiations is as old as civilization itself. However, the State Department did not have…
Each and every job has a certain set of requirements and restrictions. Alcohol has played a large role in diplomacy,…
Foreign Service officers are trained to handle and adapt to any number of highly dangerous situations. One such situation is…
Loy Henderson (1892-1986) is one of the most storied figures in American diplomatic history. Beginning his career in 1922, he…
Despite their education and background, women Foreign Service Officers in the 1950s and 60s faced discrimination and were often treated…
A 1957 State Department publication of “Suggestions for Wives from Other Foreign Service Wives” introduced the idea that the main…
There have been a number of prominent women who have served in the State Department over the past century: Francis…