A Model United Nations Club-hosted career panel told students about employment in the State Department, the intelligence community and the military Wednesday night.
College of Arts and Sciences professors Charles Dunbar and Arthur Hulnick and Army Lt. Col. Morton Orlov II spoke about their experiences in the United Nations and the U.S. government, giving the 55 students in attendance the inside scoop on finding employment in the government.
Students’ concerns and interests ranged from the restrictions on non-U.S. citizens in governmental positions to the safety of U.N. peacekeepers in unstable and dangerous nations.
Dunbar, who worked in the foreign service division of the State Department, encouraged students interested in foreign service to take the State Department Exam as undergraduates and prepare early.
As a former officer in the Air Force and a former CIA agent, Hulnick specializes in intelligence and was one of the first professors in the nation to create a course in intelligence on the undergraduate level.
Model U.N. president Alex Kayyal, a CAS junior, said that while her group has hosted debates in the past, this was the first time IR students have had the opportunity to discuss career options with a panel. Kayyal said they organized another panel, which will focus on careers in the private and non-governmental sectors.
CAS sophomore Brooke Coleman, who is an international relations and anthropology major, said she enjoyed the event.
“They bring in great speakers,” she said. “It’s a great forum for discussion.”