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UPDATE: Shannon Daniels, MI student in Forest Ecosystems and Society, has a day-in-the-life video up on Youtube. She and her husband are in year 1, Peru. Fall 2010: Shannon Daniels, MI student in Forest Science, is working with Dr. David Hibbs. 2011-2012: Sadly, all for PCMI students beginning this academic year are no longer pursuing the PCMI program. It just goes to show -- it ain't easy; it IS a big commitment; it's NOT for everyone. PCMI student volunteers are the select few of the select few. We hope to create the opportunity for several new MI students this next fall. Ramona, MI student in silviculture working with Associate Professor John Bailey, is in Ethiopia-- she began her intensive, in-host-country Peace Corps training in September 2010, and was placed in her host community in December 2010. A US Peace Corps web-streamed recruiting video for PCMI can be viewed on-line. It is on the MI page of the Peace Corps website: www.peacecorps.gov/masters |
Oregon State University offers a PeaceCorps Master’s International (MI) Program in Forestry and in Applied Economics (natural resources focus).
A student accepted into the OSU Graduate School and as a graduate student in forestry or applied economics can choose a program that ties in with Peace Corps service in the forestry/natural resources sector. Here at OSU an MI student can pursue a degree in Applied Economics, Forest Ecosystems & Society, Sustainable Forest Management, and Wood Science, and your graduate degree program will be coordinated with your 27 months of Peace Corps service.
The coursework prepares you to be the high-caliber professional expected of OSU College of Forestry students... but with a twist. Some courses can prepare you for Peace Corps / international work.
Depending on the program, students earn either a Master of Science or a Master of Forestry with an emphasis in the track of their choice. Degree emphases are described here for the College of Forestry and here for Applied Economics.