Contact: Maridith Geuder
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Former lieutenant governor Amy Tuck is being appointed by George W. Bush to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
Now special assistant to Mississippi State University Interim President Vance H. Watson, Tuck joins 14 other new members from around the U.S. in the 32-member group. She is the only Mississippian serving on the bi-partisan body charged with selecting exceptional young leaders for yearlong experiences at the highest levels of the federal government.
"It is a tremendous honor and responsibility, and I look forward to the challenge," Tuck said Tuesday, prior to leaving for a three-day [June 11-13] inaugural screening meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Founded in 1964, the commission annually selects 11-19 men and women for positions as fulltime assistants to the vice president, cabinet secretaries, senior White House staff members, and other major Executive Department officials. Members often consider as many as 1,000 applications for the very competitive selection process.
The Fellows program provides an education component, as well as an immersion program in domestic and international policies.
Commissioners represent a broad range of backgrounds, interests and professions. Tuck joins new members from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, and Utah.
Tuck is an MSU alumna with degrees in political science and public policy and administration. She was the state's second-highest elected official from 2000 until January of this year, when the office's term limit concluded.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.