STA T E DEPT. OFFICIAL OUTLINES PROGRAM The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 19, 1980-Page 3 Minority diplomats enc By LISSA OLIVER Ambassador Ronald Palmer, a deputy assistant secretary for person- pel in the State Department's Bureau of Personnel, yesterday encouraged minority students at the University to consider the opportunities open to them in a career as a diplomat. "We're looking for diplomats," Palmer said to about 25 students gathered in the Union's Pendleton Room. "I'm just hoping that I can in- fluence just one person who, 25 years from now, will make a difference." ALTHOUGH diplomats are traditionally chosen from Ivy League schools, Palmer said he has started touring top colleges in the Midwest and California. He said it's important for students to meet someone in the field as just "an ordinary person" so the idea of a diplomatic career is not unimaginable to them. An affirmative action program in- stituted by the Johnson administration in 1967 has increased the number of minorities in the diplomatic corps, Palmer said. But he added that although there has been progress, "it clearly has not all been done." - In 1955, Palmer was only the third black to complete the program. Today blacks make up roughly four per cent of the corps' total, he said. PALMER, WHO has worked in American Embassies in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Denmark, said that people considering diplomacy as a career should be able to cope in even the most difficult conditions. "We are looking for people who like challenges and those who can grasp other peoples' feelings and aspirations." Along with possessing these intrinsic qualities, a prospective diplomat must successfully complete an intense testing program. A written test separates the top 25 per cent from the rest of the applicants, and these people are given an oral test. Under the affir- mative action program, a student can waive the written test. The oral test assesses the person's ability to talk to and get along with other people, Palmer said. A background investigation of the ap- plicant is then made for security reasons and a physical examination is given. THE STATE Department tries to coordinate the person's interests with available positions, although Palmer said a diplomat must be available wdrld-wide. PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM presents FACETS PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE'S SOLSTICE THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 8 PM - POWER CENTER Tickets at PTP in League CALL 764-0450 asMgrmso ouraged After meeting the written and oral requirements, the diplomat undergoes counselor training and is sent to an American embassy in another country. Here, it is his or her duty to serve the American people in that country in every way possible. "There is also a junior rotating program," Palmer said, "where the diplomat rotates through the depar- tments of the embassy." In this program, a person can work as a repor- ter, negotiator or representative of the embassy in one of four areas: politics, economics, administration, and coun- selling. THE CURRENT situation in Iran has had little effect on the program as a whole, Palmer explained. "It makes us think that this could happen to anyone," but after the capturing of the embassy in November, there was still a great deal of applicants for the test, given every December, he said. There are "two serious reasons" why Palmer became interested in the diplomacy field. He was interested in the work of political scientist Ralph Bunche, the first black awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in seeking peace in the Middle East in 1950. SUICIDE and the Meaning of Life THREE PART WORKSHOP II. Responding: Confronting Individual and Social Stress WILLIAM GERLER Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, UM Tues., Feb. 19 7:30 p.m. CAMPUS CHAPEL 1256 Washf.new One block north of South University and Forest U THANIO'S CO. 514 E. Washington welcomes you to SUNDAV BRUNCHES11:30.4 COME AS YOU ARE for our other specials: TUJESDAYVnight isSER NIGHT WEDNESDA Ynight. is SPAGHETTI NIGHT THURSDAY night is PIZZA NIGHT See for yourself the many items included on our menu. Prices range from 504 to $9.75 After G.um-ation Tie Your Career To The Growth Of DItonL PbAeF LightU Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ STATE DEPARTMENT official Ronald Palmer spoke yesterday in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union about minority opportunities in diplomatic work. He encouraged minority students to look for a challenging job in the foreign service. FILMS Cinema Two-Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, 7,9 p.m., MLB 3. Ecumenical Campus Center-The Long Search, 7:30 p.m., 921 Church St. Cinema Guild-The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, 8 p.m., Old. Arch. Aud. Residential College-Memories of Justice, Part II of a documentary on the 3rd Reich, Vietnam, and Algeria, 8:30-10.: 30, 124 E.Q' MEETINGS Society of Christian Engineers-noon, room 244, W. Engineering. LSA Student Gov't Curriculum Action Group-7 p.m., Conference Room 4, Michigan Union. Washtenaw Association for Retarded Citizens-7:30 p.m., High Point Cafetorium, 1735 S. Wagner Road, Ann Arbor. SPEAKERS Dept. of Medical Care Org.-Christine Bishop, National Long-Term Care Insurance," noon, School of Public Health, 2522 Vaughan Bldg. PAC/Guild House-Debbie Duke, "South Africa and Divestment: Alternatives to Supporting Political Repression," noon, 802 Monroe. Resource Policy & Mgmt. Prog.-Alfred Beeton, "Water Quality and the Great Lakes," noon, 1028 Dana. Ctr. for Chinese Studies-Shuen-fu Lin and Paul Ropp, "How to Read the Scholars: Literary and Social Criticism of Ju-lin Wai-shih," noon, Lane Hall Commons Room. Bioengineering-Paul Zalesky, "Invasive and Noninvasive Device Development Within A Large Corporation," 4 p.m., 1042 E. Engineering. Dept. of Geological Sci.-Ian S. E. Carmichael, "Preeruptive Conditions in Silicic Magma Chambers," 4 p.m., 4001 C. C. Little. Chemistry Dept.:-L. Messerle, "Synthesis and Chemistry of Tantalum Benzyl, Benzylidene and Benzylidyne Complexes," 4 p.m., 1200 Chem. Bldg. Physics/Astronomy-S. R. Nagel, U-Chicago, "Quench Echoes in Molecular Dynamics; A New Phonon Spectroscopy," 4 p.m., 2938 Randall. Center for Afro-American and African Studies, Department of Anthropology-Luc de Hushe, "African Sacred Kingship Reconsidered," 7 p.m., Rackham East Conference Room. Computing Center-"The SCOPE/Hustler System Used at Michigan State, 7:30 p.m., Lecture Room 145, Chrysler Center. PERFORMANCES School of Music-University Jazz Band, 8 p.m., Rackham. EXHIBITS Kelsey Museum of Archaeology- "Faces of Immortality," 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Museum of Art-"Eighteenth-Century Prints and Drawings," "Ceramics from U-M Collections," 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Slusser Gallery-"Works in Progress," 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Clements Library-"Eighteenth Century British Architecture," 9 a.m.- noon, 1-5 p.m. Bentley Historical Collections-"Women's Athletics at the U-M: The Early Years," 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit Museum-"Indians of the Great Lakes Region," 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pendleton Arts Center-Fabrics by Marlene Gervais, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Union Art Gallery-"Projected & Unprojected Recollections," Instillations ABC/CBS/NBC," by Steven West, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Rare Book Room-"French Illustrated Books of the Eighteenth Century," 10 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m. Matthaei Botanical Gardens-"House Plants," 10 at m.-4:30 p.m. Stearns Collection-Musical Instruments, 1-4:30 p.m. M1ICUt4 . 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