Southwestern University Joins 350 Institutions in National Campaign to Educate College Students about Federal Job Opportunities: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to Announce "Call to Serve" Initiative on April 22

April 19, 2002

Southwestern University in Georgetown has joined 350 college and university presidents in a national "Call to Serve" campaign to address the federal government's looming workforce crisis.

Nearly half of the federal workforce may be eligible to retire within the next five years including over 70 percent of senior managers. Currently only one in six college-educated Americans expresses significant interest in working for the federal government, according to a nationwide public opinion survey.

Campuses which sign on to "A Call to Serve: Leaders in Education Allied for Public Service" will help make federal service come alive for students by sponsoring campus events on federal careers, highlighting alumni who are making important contributions as federal employees, and encouraging leaders to speak about government service at commencement or other occasions. The campaign will be facilitated by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Partnership for Public Service, a non-partisan, non-profit organization aimed at recruiting and retaining excellence in the federal civil service.

United States Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will join OPM Director Kay Coles James, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, Partnership President Max Stier, and others at the official launch of the "Call to Serve" campaign in Washington on Monday, April 22.

TIME: 10:30 a.m. EST

DATE: Monday, April 22

PLACE: The George Washington University, The Jack Morton Auditorium (Media and Public Affairs Building), 805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, GWU President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Partnership President and CEO Max Stier

WEBSITE: www.calltoserve.org

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