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PEACE CORPS PREP

Are you interested in becoming a leader? Do you want to make a worldwide difference? If so, then the Peace Corps Prep might be for you. 

The University of Guam has partnered with the Peace Corps Prep, an undergraduate certificate program that prepares students for international service work, such as the Peace Corps, or other intercultural fieldwork. Integrating coursework with hands-on experience, the Peace Corps Prep gives students an opportunity to build essential competencies in work sector-specific skill, language, intercultural and professional development. Students of all majors are welcome to join. 

Joining the Peace Corps Prep opens vast opportunities for students who want to make a worldwide impact:

  • Get a Peace Corps Prep certificate after completion of the program 
  • Gain competitive edge when applying to Peace Corp or other intercultural fieldwork
  • Gain essential skills for serving communities abroad
  • Obtain proficiency in a foreign language
  • Build professional development
  • Become a leader
  • Any undergraduate of any major attending the University of Guam is eligible to join UOG’s Peace Corps Prep.
  • Any person interested in UOG's Peace Corps Prep must be a UOG student and have good academic standing.

There is no deadline to join Peace Corps Prep. Interested students may apply at any time.


How to apply

  1. Fill out the application. 
  2. Make an appointment with Mr. Eduvala —- the Peace Corps Prep coordinator, via email. 
  3. Bring the application to the appointment for review and further assistance. 

 

 

Application Requirements

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

Content coming soon!

 

WORK-SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Students must have ____ amount of credits and complete  ____ hours of experience to fulfill work-sector experience. Students can choose a specific work-sector of interest they would like to gain more skills in: 

  • Education
    • List out courses student can choose from for education work-sector, and experiences they must do
  • Health 
    • List out courses student can choose from for health work-sector, and experiences they must do
  • Youth in Development
    • List out courses student can choose from for YID work-sector, and experiences they must do
  • Community Economic Development
    • List out courses student can choose from for YID work-sector, and experiences they must do
  • Agriculture
    • List out courses student can choose from for YID work-sector, and experiences they must do

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Gain proficiency by taking ___ language courses offered at the University of Guam. 

  • List out language courses student can choose from for language skills and provide amount of credits needed to be complete"
                                                                                                             

INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

Take courses (credit hours??) related to intercultural competence

  • List out applicable courses

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Build leadership experience, learn more about making professional applications like resumes, attend workshops.

  • List out leadership opportunities