A new partnership between Michigan Technological University and the US Peace Corps will enable returning Peace Corps volunteers to attend graduate school at Michigan Tech while putting their Peace Corps skills to work. Michigan Tech is one of the universities recently selected by the Peace Corps to offer new or expanded Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program graduate degrees, which include scholarships and degree-related internships in underserved American communities.
The new fellowships will support graduate degrees in biological sciences, forestry, applied ecology, forest ecology and management, forest molecular genetics and biotechnology, environmental policy and industrial archaeology. All returned Peace Corps volunteers will be eligible to apply for the Coverdell program.
As part of their graduate education, Coverdell Fellows will serve as AmeriCorps VISTA service members in underserved US.communities.
Since 1995, Michigan Tech has offered Peace Corps Master’s International programs, enabling graduate students to combine studies with current Peace Corps service for credit toward their degrees. In fact, Michigan Tech ranks as the top Master’s International university nationwide for number of students enrolled and degrees offered through the program, and nearly 150 Peace Corps volunteers have participated. The Coverdell/VISTA programs broaden the University’s close working relationship with the Peace Corps, while addressing two of Michigan Tech’s strategic goals: to expand international engagement through collaborations with universities, industry and government; and to increase cross-cultural exchanges to promote understanding and discovery of new knowledge.
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