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The program equips undergraduates with critical competencies across four essential areas: sector-specific training, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competence, and professional leadership development.

Kira Campagna ’26 and Ruby Radis ’26 were the first two students to chime a newly installed bell inside the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center to celebrate their completion of the Peace Corps Prep Program at �鶹��Ƶ.

Karunatilaka’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize. He discussed his works with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre.

Karunatilaka will converse with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. The Sri Lankan author’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize.

Since fall 2023, �鶹��Ƶ students have met regularly to practice conversational English with Ukrainian college students through programs coordinated by Associate Professor of English Jennifer Eidum and the Peace Corps Virtual Service Pilot Program. Eidum is seeking students to participate this fall.

�鶹��Ƶ recently recognized students for completing the Peace Corps Prep program, a partnership with the U.S. Peace Corps agency that prepares students for international careers through mentoring, coursework and field experiences.

The Feb. 29 celebration in Turner Theatre will include a panel discussion with returned Peace Corps volunteers and a viewing of the “A Towering Task” documentary about the global service organization.

After devising a unique major and research project at �鶹��Ƶ, Brett Brawerman ’12 transfers his skills to the Peace Corps and later, Feedonomics.

Members of the university community will have options to give back during the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jennifer Eidum, associate professor of English, published the article "Peace Corps Networks: Activating Volunteers for a Lifetime," in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.