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Hume Seminar Series: Hometown Diplomat: Special Agent Andrew Bibbins

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Time: 6:00-7:00pm

Location: In-Person, Holden Hall Room 244

Open to students, faculty, and alumni from Virginia Tech and all other IC CAE institutions and CCI affiliations.

About the Event

Demystifying the State Department and serving in the foreign service. Opportunities for questions, and best ways to apply and get involved for a future career in the State Department and Diplomatic Security Service. 

About the Speaker

Andrew Bibbins
Special Agent, Diplomatic Security Service

A Navy veteran and Alumnus of Blacksburg High School and Virginia Tech, BA History 2010, Andrew has been working for the State Department since a Spring 2012 internship with the Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy Athens. Andrew completed an additional internship with the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), before he was hired into Civil Service Investigative Analyst positions, serving as a liaison at the National Joint Terrorism Task Force and National Counterterrorism Center, and conducting visa and passport fraud investigations at the DSS Miami Field Office. Andrew became a Special Agent in 2021 and has since conducted security operations in eight countries for the U.S. Secretary of State, served temporarily at U.S. Embassy Kyiv in late 2022. Andrew is currently on a domestic protective detail for the Saudia Arabian Ambassador to the United States. 

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Sarah Downer at humecenter@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.