This program was established in 1992, one of the first of
its kind developed. Like all Master's
International Programs , it allows students to
combine graduate education with international service.
The Peace Corps assignment or related and approved
project is the basis for the graduate thesis or project
paper. Most students
in the WSU program attend WSU for a year of graduate
courses prior to service, spend two years in the Peace
Corps, and return to campus to complete their degree.
WSU offers the MI option in the multi-disciplinary environmental science, and in School of Economic Sciences, anthropology (environmental), horticulture, natural resource sciences, crop and soil science, and entomology.
Past graduates
Past graduates of the program have had Peace Corps MI assignments as agroforesters/extensionists in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Honduras; environmental educators in the Russian Far East and Bulgaria, environmental planner in the Czech Republic, parks and wildlife specialists in Ecuador, Mongolia, and Madagascar, hillside farming extensionist in Honduras, and as an environmental protection/extension agent in Togo, West Africa.
Current students
Current students are working on a wide range of assignments around the world -- as an environmental educator in collaboration with the Belize zoo; as a parks and wildlife management specialist with the Foundation for Nature Preservation in Suriname, protected area community educator in the Philippines, and as agroforesters in Panama, Morocco, and Bolivia.
Want to learn more? Contact MI Coordinator Steven R. Burkett at sburkett@wsu.edu.