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students have served in Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, the Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, the Gambia, Ghana, Gabon, Honduras, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Panama,
Paraguay, Tanzania, Togo, and the Ukraine.
MTU Geohazards Program
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The Loret Miller Ruppe Peace Corps Master’s International Program
in Forestry has been in existence since 1996. The program is
named for Houghton resident Loret Miller Ruppe, the longest serving director
of the Peace Corps. Students from a wide range of academic backgrounds
enter the program. Current students have undergraduate degrees in fine arts, music, mathematics,
anthropology, biology, philosophy, history, chemistry, and French.
The first
year is spent on campus developing skills with a focus on North American
forestry, international development, and community forestry. Students
then serve two years and three months overseas with the Peace Corps. The
final semester is spent on campus writing a thesis.
Contact
Blair Orr
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
1-800-966-3764
906-487-2291
bdorr@mtu.edu
http://www.peacecorps.mtu.edu
 The
Civil and Environmental Engineering Master’s International Program
is the only Peace Corps Master’s International Program in engineering
in the US. Students generally have an engineering undergraduate degree,
but may also enter the program with a degree in a closely related field.
Students spend two or three semesters on campus completing the course
work portion of the degree program.
Students then spend three months in Peace Corps training, followed by
two years of Peace Corps service. Students return to campus to write a
project paper or thesis based upon their Peace Corps work. During their
Peace Corps service, students have worked on a range of projects designed
to improve the quality of life for the citizens of developing countries.
Contact
James Mihelcic
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan
Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
906-487-2324
jm41@mtu.edu
http://cee.mtu.edu/peacecorps
The
Peace Corps Fellows Master’s Program at Michigan Tech is
run in cooperation with the US Forest Service Content Analysis Team in
Salt Lake City. The Fellows Program is open to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
who have completed two years of service in a natural resources field.
During the first year at the Michigan Tech campus, the course work focuses
on natural resource policy.
The program has two tracks, one for students with an undergraduate degree
in the social sciences and one for students with an undergraduate degree
in the biophysical sciences.
During the second and third years, students participate in the Forest
Service Residency Program in Salt Lake City. Program graduates will have
a master’s degree in forestry and the skills, experience and knowledge
to work with the public and diverse professionals in the development of
resource management projects.
Contact
Kathy Halvorsen
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
906-487-2824
kehalvor@mtu.edu
http://peacecorps.mtu.edu/ |
