USAID Launches Partnership with Fayetteville State University

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today a new partnership with Fayetteville State University (FSU). Together USAID and FSU will pilot a new acquisition career workforce program, for which USAID will make an initial investment of $1 million, to provide students with internships, professional development, and certification opportunities and position them for careers with the Agency and the federal government. USAID Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams-Allen signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with FSU Chancellor Darrell Allison during a ceremony at the university. 

This is the sixth MOU signing between USAID and a minority serving institution. FSU joins Alcorn State University, Delaware State University, Florida International University, Morehouse College, and Tuskegee University. In October 2020, USAID launched the Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Partnership Initiative to increase awareness and access to USAID programs and initiatives and identify opportunities for students and faculty to engage in U.S. foreign assistance and USAID’s work. It is open to all MSIs, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions.

USAID’s commitment to expand opportunities for students from MSIs affirms the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and advances the Agency's initiatives under Executive Order (E.O.) 14091 Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government and E.O. 14035 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Government.