January 28, 2021
UW graduate Emily Wood, from Granite Canyon, photographed at an intensive Indonesian language program in Indonesia, recently received a prestigious USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship. (Andhi Susanto Photo)
University of Wyoming graduate Emily Wood, from Granite Canyon in Laramie County, is among 15 students nationwide to receive the prestigious USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship.
The fellowship, for which Wood was among 650 applicants, seeks to attract outstanding individuals interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Payne Fellowship, which provides up to $96,000 in benefits over two years for graduate school, internships and professional development activities, is a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service.