The UNCFSP Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program Seeks to...

The UNCFSP Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program Seeks
to Recruit More HBCU Sophomores

Applications for IIPP Fellowship Program due by March 15, 2008

FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- At its annual strategic
planning meeting held last month, the United Negro College Fund Special
Programs Corporation launched a recruitment initiative to increase the number
of students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that
participate in the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship
Program. Now entering its fourteenth year, the Institute for International
Public Policy (IIPP) has placed more than 300 Fellows abroad in over 50
countries across the globe to study foreign affairs and global policy.

"If national security is threatened from outside our borders, the lack of
diversity in international affairs threatens American security from within,
says Aaron R. Andrews, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Special Programs Corporation. "It's critical that we act now to prepare
graduates to fully participate in an international arena."

The IIPP Fellowship Program provides students from underrepresented minority
groups with education and training experiences necessary for entering and
advancing in international affairs careers. Fellows experience a comprehensive
program of summer policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language
training, internships, graduate study, and student services, including
mentoring and career development.

"IIPP is shaping a diverse talent pool that will positively impact America at
home and abroad," says IIPP Director Darryl E. Crompton, J.D, M.P.H. "We
especially encourage students from HBCUs to apply for admission to the
Fellowship Program because they have been underrepresented in our applicant
pool."

During its two-day strategy meeting on January 17-18, the IIPP convened a
panel to discuss long-term strategies for minority education in international
affairs. Participating in the panel were Ambassador Charles Baquet, Director,
Center for Intercultural and International Programs, Xavier University of New
Orleans; Dr. Paul Brown, Associate Professor, Clark Atlanta University; Dr.
Margery Ganz, Professor, Spelman College; and Dr. Carol Pretlow, Associate
Professor, Norfolk State University.

College sophomores may apply for the IIPP Fellowship Program online at
www.UNCFSP.org/IIPP. Applications must be submitted no later than March 15th
for the program year beginning in early June.

About the Institute for International Public Policy
Congress created the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) in 1992
in Title VI, Part C, Section 621 of the Higher Education Act with the specific
mission of preparing minority students for careers in international service.
When the law passed, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human resources noted
with concern that only 13 percent of those serving in the U.S. Foreign Service
were minorities, and only 6 percent were black (Slater, 2006).

IIPP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the
United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation. The Institute and its
strong consortium of partners, including Spelman College, Middlebury College
Language Schools, the University of Maryland College Park, and the Association
of Professional Schools of International Affairs, is committed to diversity in
international affairs in higher education.

SOURCE United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation

Wendy K. Campbell, +1-703-683-7793, for the United Negro College Fund Special
Programs Corporation