Peace Corps Master's International
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UPDATE: Did you know that 2011 is the International Year of Forests? What speaks louder than working and studying forests and forestry, in the international context, through the Peace Corps Master's International Program? Fall 2010: Shannon Daniels, MI student in Forest Science, is working with Dr. David Hibbs. Fall 2011: several MI applicants, four tentatively accepted. More later! 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. An 8-minute 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.