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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.
Why join Peace Corp Prep?
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
Who is eligible?
- 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.
When to apply?
There is no deadline to join Peace Corps Prep. Interested students may apply at any time.
How to apply
- Fill out the application.
- Make an appointment with Mr. Eduvala —- the Peace Corps Prep coordinator, via email.
- 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






