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Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

On May 20, 2012 with the help of 350 community members current Peace Corps Master’s International environment volunteer, Ramona Arechiga, and fellow Beaver alum, Jonathan Schmierer planted 1,100 native trees in a newly created park in Goba, Ethiopia. This event was part of Oregon State University Alumni Association’s Community Service Day.

On May 20, 2012 with the help of 350 community members current Peace Corps Master’s International environment volunteer, Ramona Arechiga, and fellow Beaver alum, Jonathan Schmierer planted 1,100 native trees in a newly created park in Goba, Ethiopia. This event was part of Oregon State University Alumni Association’s Community Service Day.

On May 20, 2012 with the help of 350 community members current Peace Corps Master’s International environment volunteer, Ramona Arechiga, and fellow Beaver alum, Jonathan Schmierer planted 1,100 native trees in a newly created park in Goba, Ethiopia. This event was part of Oregon State University Alumni Association’s Community Service Day.

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

Bring together your passion for knowledge, service, adventure and the environment by combining Peace Corps service with a master's degree at Oregon State University College of Forestry (Photos by Shannon Daniels, PCMI 2010-present, Peru 2011-2013; David Zahler, OSU PCMI Coordinator, Guatemala 1996-1998).

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UPDATE:

2013: Looks like we have 2, perhaps three, PCMI students beginning this coming academic year!

Ramona is back!  Ramona, a PCMI student finishing her work on an MS degree in Forest Ecosystems and Society, with a Silviculture emphasis, returned to the OSU campus in January, 2013.  She'll finish up this year.  Ramona served in a Peace Corps training group that included six PCMI volunteers: Ramona from OSU and students from Colorado State, University of Washington, Michigan Tech, and Montana.  See these and other volunteers in action in this web video:

 

 

 Great Huffington Post article about one volunteer's perspective on what Peace Corps volunteerism is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-szabo/volunteering-peace-corps_b_1610215.html

Shannon Daniels, MI student in Forest Ecosystems and Society, has a "Getting Perued #5" video up on the blog: check it out!  She and her husband, kail, are now in year 2, Peru, with a mere several months to go in-country.  They also keep a very cool photo blog:

PeaceCorpsPeru.

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.

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