Peace Corps & Graduate School: Eileen Conoboy

The latest Idealist.org Careers Podcast features Eileen Conoboy,
Director of the Office of University Programs at Peace Corps. She
speaks with Idealist’s Amy Potthast about Peace Corps and its two
graduate school partnership programs, Masters International and
Fellows USA. Eileen was a VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America)
and a Peace Corps Volunteer (Mali, 1995-97) and has served as a
Peace Corps Regional Recruiter. She has a Masters degree in
International Peace Studies from Trinity College in Ireland.

Peace Corps Volunteers can earn their Masters degree as part of
Peace Corps service through the Masters International program.
Former Volunteers receive scholarships through the Fellows USA
program. Finally, Peace Corps has two pilot programs that serve
undergraduate populations on specific campuses. To learn more about
Peace Corps’s graduate school partnerships, go to
www.peacecorps.gov and click on “Grad School” or come to an
Idealist.org Graduate Degree Fair for the Public Good,
www.idealist.org/gradfairs.

Download the Episode Here (0:40:50) [19MB]

The Peace Corps is a federal US agency that sends thousands of
Volunteers abroad each year to over 70 developing countries to
perform tasks that the host countries deem critical in fields like
public health, education, environmental protection, information
technology and more. The Office of University Programs oversees
mutually beneficial partnerships between Peace Corps and both
graduate and undergraduate institutions. 

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