For Release: Tuesday, December 3, 2002
Contact: Frank Miles: (618) 233-8026

U.S. CONGRESSMAN JERRY COSTELLO ANNOUNCES INFORMATION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOW PROGRAM

Washington -- U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) announced today that the President's Commission on White House Fellowships is now accepting applications for the 2003-2004 class. Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows Program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service.

Costello said that "White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government".

White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sector and trips to study U.S. Policy in action both domestically and internationally.

All applications for the program must be postmarked by February 1, 2003 and are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. All employees for the federal government are not eligible unless they are career military personnel. There are no age restrictions, however the program was created to give remarkable young Americans this experience early in their careers.

For more information and to download the application, please visit the White House Fellows Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/about/becoming.html.

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