Ask a Diplomat in Residence

Thu, Feb 4

3:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST

https://ewu.joinhandshake.com/events/650852

Are you interested in pursuing an international career in support of Diplomacy? Attend the U.S. Department of State Information Session and meet with Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, the U.S. Department of State Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest. You will learn about careers with the Department and how you can serve your country by working in any one of more than 270 U.S. embassies, consulates, and missions overseas, or in Washington, D.C. Opportunities include Foreign Service Officers, Foreign Service Specialists, Civil Service professionals, internships and fellowships. Not just for political science, international affairs, or languages majors – we are also actively recruiting from the fields of business and finance, computer science and information technology, human resources, facility engineering, and more– all majors welcome!

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Ms. Schweitzer-Bluhm previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, North Macedonia. Prior to her three years in Skopje, Micaela directed the Crisis Management Support unit in the Department of State’s Operations Center, having served in the Operations Center previously as a Watch Officer from 1999-2000.

Overseas, Micaela has also worked at the U.S. embassies in Zagreb, Cairo, Baghdad, Tunis and Kathmandu and at the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, where she was the Public Affairs Officer and spokesperson for the Consulate. In addition to her tours in the Operations Center, Micaela served in Washington as staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs.

Ms. Schweitzer-Bluhm holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from Brown University and a Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from the National War College. She has studied the Macedonian, Arabic, French and Nepali languages.