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Michael Creegan, who graduated from the Bachelor of Science in International Business program in the spring, says his academic experience at Northeastern has prepared him for a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Michael Creegan, who grad?u?ated from the Bach?elor of Sci?ence in Inter?na?tional Busi?ness pro?gram in the spring, said his aca?d?emic expe?ri?ence at North?eastern has pre?pared him for a career in the U.S. For?eign?Service.

?I believe my expe?ri?ence in the pri?vate sector can inform my work in the public sector,? said?Creegan.

As part of the BSIB pro?gram, he spent two years in Mexico, where he was among the first Amer?i?cans to study at Uni?ver?sidad de las Amer?icas Puebla, the top busi?ness school in Latin America. He also learned a ver?sion of Spanish spoken by most Spanish immi?grants to America and worked for CEO Busi?ness Con?sulting, a firm that helps com?pa?nies in Latin and Cen?tral America break into the North Amer?ican?market.

Creegan, left, with the US ambas?sador to Mexico, Anthony?Wayne.

Creegan said his deci?sion to study in Mexico makes him well-??suited for a career any?where in North or South America. ?I see Mexico as the biggest player in Latin America,? he explained, noting its ver?sa?tile economy. ?Spain and coun?tries all across Europe are cut?ting down in so many areas while it?s all about growth in Mexico and throughout Latin?America.?

After making a con?nec?tion within the U.S. embassy in Mexico, Creegan was selected to attend a con?fer?ence in which stu?dents met to dis?cuss many of the same issues top diplo?mats address at the global G-??20 con?fer?ence. Creegan led the Amer?ican del?e?ga?tion, which met just ahead of the 2012 G-??20 con?fer?ence in Los Cabos,?Mexico.

That expe?ri?ence, he said, helped him land a sim?ilar oppor?tu?nity this year: in August, Creegan will travel to Dubai for the Har?vard Project for Asian and Inter?na?tional Rela?tions con?fer?ence. There, he?ll attend ses?sions on secu?rity and diplo?macy in a sim?u?la?tion of the six-??nation talks between the United States, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea, and North Korea. He and his peers will send their rec?om?men?da?tions to the real diplo?mats who address issues of Korean dis?ar?ma?ment in six-??party?talks.

The out?come of the conference?s talks will likely draw close atten?tion from the global diplo?matic corps, which is preparing for a new wave of meet?ings after North Korea announced last weekend an interest in returning to high-??level talks with the United?States.

This summer, Creegan will work for Bloomberg, the New York-??based multi?na?tional mass media com?pany. He hopes the expe?ri?ence will pre?pare him to apply to work with the U.S. For?eign Ser?vice, where he?d work toward improving inter?na?tional?trade.

?You?re advo?cating for U.S. busi?ness abroad,? Creegan said of the work he?d like to do as a U.S. diplomat. ?You meet with people in the pri?vate sector and pro?mote peace and pros?perity through fair trade and equal opportunities.?

Source: http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2013/06/creegan/

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