Foreign Service Officer Positions

David Yanggen writes, "Now is probably the best time in 20 years to apply to USAID for career foreign service officer positions. There is the development leadership initiative underway to hire Junior Officers and some mid-career professionals and AID is attempting to double its foreign service officer staff from around 1,000 to roughly 2,000. They are about 40% toward that goal so there is still time to get in on it. Both program economists and and agricultural specialist positions (including agricultural economists) are being beefed up so someone with a Masters or PhD from MSU and ideally some overseas experience would have a good shot at getting in the Agency. Applicants must have US citizenship." Here is the website link http://www.usaid.gov/careers/fs.html.

MSU Reception Sunday, July 18, Hilton Chicago Hotel

Join Neal Fortin, IFLR Director, and Mary Anne Verleger, IFLR Course Manager, and other MSU faculty, staff, and students at the MSU Reception during the IFT Annual Meeting.  The MSU reception is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 18 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel, Astoria Room. Tickets are $20.00 and must be purchased two days in advance through advanced registration for the IFT Meeting. 

The Institute for Food Laws & Regulations the Master of Science in Food Safety Program will be sharing Booth #6219 at the IFT Food Expo, July 17-21, 2010, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. 

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.