Alexandria Icenhower of Coronado to Attend US State Department Women in Public Service Colloquium

Icenhower, a Senior at Wellesley College, is one of 11 Wellesley Students Chosen to Attend

WELLESLEY, MA (12/09/2011)(readMedia)-- Alexandria Icenhower of Coronado is among a select group of students who will attend the US State Department's Women in Public Service Colloquium on December 15, 2011.

The colloquium is part of a larger "Women in Public Service Project," an innovative initiative that pairs the power of public service with the Seven Sisters Colleges of Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Wellesley College to engage and inspire future generations of women leaders in the United States and around the world. The Project seeks to identify and educate a new generation of women committed to public service, create an infrastructure of support and mentoring, and help enable more women to enter public service and political leadership. Icenhower, a senior political science major at Wellesley College, is one of 11 Wellesley students chosen to attend.

The inaugural colloquium will feature Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Wellesley College Class of '69) and a global representation of government leaders, policy makers, public officials, scholars, students, researchers, and leaders in public service. Confirmed speakers include Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, Administrator of the UN Development Programme Helen Clark, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (Wellesley College Class of '59), former Congresswoman and Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center Jane Harman, President of Kosovo Afitete Jahjag, Liberian Minister of Agriculture Florence Chenoweth, Lt. General Claudia Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, and Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova.

The December 15 colloquium can be watched live on the Project's web site: http://womeninpublicservice.org, and the State Department website: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/wps.

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Since 1875, Wellesley College has been a leader in providing an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. Its 500-acre campus near Boston is home to 2,400 undergraduate students from 50 states and 75 countries.