The Global Bulldog
Issue 1
Winter/Spring 2013
Peace Corps Master’s International Students
World AIDS Day
Training in Mozambique
PCMI student Stephanie Dempsey gives us a look into World AIDS Day in Malawi.
Find out who Gonzaga’s PCMI students are and what they are doing around the world. Page 2
Cheyanne Greer shares her perspective of Peace Corps pre‐service training in Mozambique.
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Coordinator Corner
Updates from Campus In September, I had the pleasure of attending the Peace Corps University Programs Coordinators’ Conference in Washington, DC. The three‐day conference covered a variety of topics and below I’ve included some highlights. • Gonzaga University is one of 84 Master’s International Programs and one of 16 offering a degree related to English Teaching. • Of the TESOL Programs present Gonzaga had the most students. • There are currently over 9,000 Peace Corps volunteers in 76 countries. The Peace Corps is looking to bring the number closer to 8,000. • Peace Corps is narrowing the focus of primary projects to education, health and agriculture related to food security. • Currently 40 percent of Peace Corps volunteers are serving in Africa in the education sector. • New Peace Corps sites include Indonesia, Nepal, Colombia and Tunisia. • Peace Corps is implementing a new application process where PCMI students are streamlined and nominated by sector. Volunteers will receive Melissa Heid, PCMI Coordinator
Amanda Walsh received her placement–Togo
their region or country placement earlier in the application process.
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Britt Harmon received her placement–Macedonia Megan McCann completed her Peace Corps service in Nicaragua–November 2012 We have a new PC Regional Representative: Marya Nowakowski Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Agroforestry Soil Conservation Dominican Republic 1987–1990 Megan McCann, Marya Nowakowski and Melissa Heid are presenting at the Spokane Regional ESL Conference– “Peace Corps and Grad School from Start to Finish”