The peace corps is offering a program college graduates may be interested in. One year of course work and two years of service in this program earns applicants a master’s degree.
College is a time where students spend four to five years figuring out what they will do after graduating.
Some students who have a hard time deciding travel or go to graduate school.
The Peace Corps gives students the opportunity to do both.
“Masters International is where Peace Corps partners with different universities’ graduate programs,” said Michelle Nabors, OSU Peace Corps Recruiter.
“Normally, it takes two years to get a masters degree,” Nabors said. “But with MI, you can take a year of course work, go in the Peace Corps for two years and when you’re out, you have a masters degree.”
Oklahoma State University is one of the universities that partners with the Peace Corps to offer the program.
The degree is a Masters of International Studies with a focus in trade and development, business and economic relations, society and education, preservation of environmental and ecological resources, or cultural heritage and tourism development..
Noah Domnick, an OSU Masters International graduate student, said his time with the Peace Corps in Peru was a time of extreme growth.
“It’s a big commitment, but it’s a life changing experience,” Domnick said. “I’ll never be the same person and it’s something I’ll never regret doing.”
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps to promote world peace and friendship. But according to its Web site, the Peace Corps traces its beginning to 1960, when then Senator Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries.
Since its establishment, the Peace Corps has sent 190,000 volunteers to 139 different countries world-wide including Afghanistan, Sudan and Brazil.
“The Peace Corps has a three-fold mission,” Nabors said. “The first goal is to help interested countries meet there need for trained men and women. Second is to share American culture with other people. The third goal is to educate Americans about other cultures.”
Students looking for more information can visit PeaceCorps.gov or visit Oklahoma State’s Peace Corps office on the second floor of the Wes Watkins Center.
“A lot of people when they graduate are ready to get out and get a job,” Domnick said. “But those who are wanting to do something different, break the status quo and do a service that will benefit the world and themselves, Peace Corps is worth looking in to.”
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