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Show Foreign Page 3 The Signpost Monday, March 7, 2005 continued from front written exam, can be completed at WSU, but the second part, the oral exam, is only offered in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Atlanta. To ready students for the tests, Nancy Haanstad, WSU politicaJ science associate professor, offers a 1-credit course each spring semester. Last spring, two students, Barnum and Cameron Eggertz took the written test and passed. "It's most unusual for both of these kids to have passed, Cameron as he was graduating, Jeremy as he was just a junior," Haanstad said, considering the average age of entry as an FSO is 30 years. Early this year, Barnum and Eggertz went to Washington, D.C., to take a shot at the oral test. Though they didn't pass the second part, Barnum and Eggertz are both looking into careers in foreign service. Barnum plans to take the written test again this April 23, and Eggertz is looking into graduate school in Geneva and may take the test again afterward. If the second part of the test isn't passed, the whole process starts over again, beginning with the written test. Luckily for Foreign Service candidates, both tests are free. "You move forward with other plans, but kind of do this along the way and love foreign cultures and meeting new people and trying new things, and I'm a very proud American and I'd like to represent the U.S. and the U.S. foreign policy." McGlynn said the State Department does not look down on people retaking the test. After all, he said, a friend took it four times before making it as a Foreign Service Officer. About 20-25 percent of people who take the written test pass it, and of those, McGlynn said, only another 20-25 percent pass the oral test. Haanstad said one of her students passed the written test on his first round, and passed them both on his second go - Eric Lund, WSU alumnus. His wife passed both tests her first try. They served in China and were later relocated to Moscow. Haanstad partly credits Lund's, Barnum's and Eggertz's success on the tests with their participation in WSU's Model U.N. and the diplomacy skills they U.S. Diplomat in Residence Bill McGlynn learned through it. speaks to WSU students Friday in the "I think they're looking for students Shepherd Union Building, Room 352. who have a high level of interest in international affairs, a high level of what I hopefully it works out, because, I mean, guess you'd just generally call diplomatic it would be my dream job," Barnum skills, in terms of relating to people, said. "I'm a political science major, 1 respecting and being knowledgeable about other cultures, and a high level of energy and personal discipline," Haanstad said. "This is not a 40-hour [-aweekl, eight-hour-a-day job. It is really a. high-intensity career." McGlynn tours other universities and colleges in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico informing students of career chances with the State Department. "A lot of people might think, 'Oh, this probably doesn't really apply to me,'" McGlynn said. "I want to just say if you think you're interested, it certainly can, because there isn't a real model of what a diplomat is. That model is kind of, anybody." McGlynn said the State Department looks into diversity when hiring, from ethnicity to different majors to any state in the country. More information is available at careers.state.gov and McGlynn welcomes questions at william.mcglynn@asu.edu. "There is a sense that you're representing the U.S. and doing it on behalf of the whole country," McGlynn said, "and that can be very satisfying, and one that motivates a lot of people; it was certainly a factor in my own career choice." You can reach reporter Maria Villasenor by calling 626-76/4. Dixon continued from front really lose a lot when we lose the interaction of the students and the faculty. Distance learning is a very weak substitute for classroom teaching." He confessed to the audience he was never officially hired by WSU, but just kept teaching classes for the past 45 years and continued cashing his paychecks. "My whole life has been a series of fortunate flukes," he said. Julander served as director of the Faculty Political Action Committee, vice chairman of the WSU Faculty Senate, and member of the WSU LongRange Planning Committee. He delivered the Cortez Honors Lecture in 1974 and received the Crystal Crest Professor of the Year Award in 1995 and the Master Teacher Award in 1997. Julander also served two years as a Utah state senator. He was Utah State Board of Family Services co-chairman and Utah Democratic Party vice chairman. V « c "Genera tion after genera tion will remember the words of Rod Julander at Weber State University." ^ a> • £ - ^ a) _ c 1^ a» ro c _C O c£ 3 " ^ in ±J ^ i- C f ' s OJ flj ^ O _O j ^ c • § OJ o at u > - c - Frank Guliuzza III, political science professor ^ [_ •*- ^ "When you're teaching political science, the political environment is the laboratory," he said. Each year since 1970, the H. Aldous Dixon Award honors an outstanding member of WSU's faculty,or staff with an award commemorating Henry Aldous Dixon, who served at Weber College from 1919 to 1920 and then again from 1937 to 1953. He was known as a likable intellectual who was an asset to any group. "My motto is 'You never grow old if you never grow up,"1 Julander said. "My next career will be a mate fashion model or a competitive snowboarder." WSU President F. Ann Millner said Julander's career spans a historical period in the growth of WSU, which grew from a community college to a university during his involvement with the institution. Julander enjoyed the responsibilities and obligations of citizenship, WSU political science professor Frank Guliuzza III said. Guliuzza said Julander could have gone into law, business or government, but Julander chose to go into teaching. "Generation after generation will remember the words of Rod Julander at Weber State University," Guliuzza said. You can leave a message for reporter Kristen Hebestreet by calling 626-7655. *-; ^r u w m O ifl <U 5 TI m O 3 c Ul O p u fa "a 0) 2 to c 2 .§3 3 => O !£ m hi << O IEICO. A 15-minute call could save you 15%. c a 3 o ^ c a; c a> o c ^ I*- 'a 8 Local Office 1513 N. Hillfield Rd., Suite 3 (801)775-8020 = § 9; J Ena3ai Ask for Student Discount - O h £ i 2 •7Z - C Si ™ *> 3. c O c "O |