Site Visit & Workshop: American Foreign Service Association

When: Tuesday, November 10th 2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST

Location: 2101 E Street Northwest, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20037, United States

Join us for part two, of our Diplomacy Series for a site visit to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and meet President, John "Dink" Dinkelman,  who has a 40 year career of distinguished service with the US Department of State. The AFSA is the professional association and labor union of the men and women of the United States Foreign Service, and represents more than 16,700 active-duty and retired members of the Foreign Service across six foreign affairs agencies.A member of the Senior Foreign Service, Dink's background includes senior leadership roles at posts around the world. He served as acting Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Logistics Management. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:2:00-3:00 PM Panel Presentation featuring Diplomats (TBD), ADST, AFSA. 
Topics covered: the work, mission & organizational culture
Employment opportunities- Jobs and Internships
Q & A
3:00- 4:00 PM “How to Think Like a Diplomat” Workshop. Students will be grouped into teams and paired with one of the Diplomatic corps panelists. to work through a case study provided by the Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training (ADST) which provides training for the Foreign Service Institute (FSI).4-4:30 Group photo/networkingLOGISTICS1:45PM Meet at AFSA- just down the street from Elliott, at 2101 E St NW, Washington, DC 20037.ESIA NO-SHOW POLICY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENT.In order to ensure the effectiveness of the services offered by the Elliott School's Graduate Student Services and maintain professionalism and courtesy between graduate students, alumni, professional staff, and our Employer Partners, the No-Show Policy is in effect for this event. Should you need to cancel your registration, you must log in to Handshake and update your RSVP, or contact our office [email protected] no later than 24 hours before any career event.Handshake Notification RemindersAs part of our support of GW's Event No-Show Policy, we want to remind students of two ways to ensure that they remember events they have registered for in Handshake. Both actions can be accessed from your "Settings & Privacy" areas from the drop-down menu under your name.Set up your Handshake Profile to receive event remindersAutomatically export Handshake events to your Google calendarPlease contact us at [email protected] with any questions and thank you again for registering.