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Claire Grega
  • peace, justice, and human rights
  • Class of 2015
  • Cleveland, OH

Claire Grega Chosen to Work at the United Nations World Food Programme this Summer

2015 Jul 20

Claire Grega is one of four John Carroll students chosen to have the opportunity to gain professional experience at the United Nations World Food Programme this summer.

The newly established Hal '81 and Diane Hawk and Carl Hughes '79 World Food Programme (WFP) Fellowship allows JCU students to work for two months at United Nations offices. Two students are assigned to the U.S. Relations Office in Washington, D.C., and two will be at the WFP's headquarters in Rome.

Grega will be working at the Washington, D.C. office from June 1 to July 31, 2015. She will work with the Donor Relations Officer managing the USDA McGovern-Dole portfolio.

Grega said she was very happy to learn she was chosen for the Fellowship: “Working for the World Food Programme, an agency of the United Nations and the largest humanitarian aid agency in the world, is an opportunity that few are afforded,” she said. “I feel extremely fortunate to have this experience.”

"This is the exciting, actually just remarkable, brainchild of Carl Hughes and Hal Hawk and his wife Diane," explained Pam Mason, associate dean for social sciences, education, and global studies. "It happened fast, "Mason added.

The WFP Fellowship program launched in January and is open to any student of any major, both undergraduate and graduate, with a preference for graduate students, juniors, and seniors. On-campus information sessions, held in March, attracted more than 90 students.

Two graduating seniors and two graduating master's students were selected for this summer's WFP Fellowship program.