Our Program
The Peace Corps Prep Program at Clark University prepares students for international service, focusing on four core competencies: training and experience in a specific work sector, language skills, intercultural competence, and professional and leadership development.
Our program is a collaboration between the US Peace Corps and the departments of Sustainability & Social Justice and Language, Literature & Culture at Clark. It builds on Clark’s strong tradition of interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement. We seek to understand the world from multiple vantage points and work collaboratively to make meaningful change.
The Peace Corps Prep Program welcomes students from any major considering a career in international service. While US citizenship is a requirement for Peace Corps service, the Prep Program is open to all students. Upon completing the program, graduates receive a prestigious Certificate of Completion from the US Peace Corps. Although this certificate does not guarantee selection, it enhances applications for Peace Corps opportunities and is highly regarded by other international organizations.
Hallmark of a Clark Education
Clark University’s research, practices, and academic programs align with the Peace Corps mission of bringing people together to create sustainable, impactful change in collaboration with local communities.
The programs offered through the Sustainability and Social Justice and Language, Literature, and Culture departments at Clark foster intercultural competence, and a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility through meaningful educational partnerships with communities, both local and worldwide. Our Global Learning Collaboratives, international internships, Problems of Practice courses, and community-engaged research initiatives reflect this shared vision, preparing students to engage thoughtfully and effectively across cultural boundaries. We empower students to understand and navigate the complexities of global challenges while fostering a sense of shared humanity.
Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
We support your career in international service work at multiple stages. Many of the alumni and faculty in our community have served as Peace Corps Volunteers or have engaged in other forms of international service. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers may be eligible for our Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship for study in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice or the School of Business.
The Peace Corps has been a leader in international development and citizen diplomacy for more than 50 years across more than 140 countries.
The Peace Corps sends Americans abroad to work with communities at the grassroots level towards sustainable change that lives on long after their service. They learn about leadership, ingenuity, self-reliance, and relationship-building while becoming global citizens. Although the times have changed since the Peace Corps’ founding in 1961, the agency’s mission – to promote world peace and friendship – has not. The Peace Corps changes lives – the lives of the volunteers and the lives of people in communities around the world.
Peace Corps Goals
- To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.
- To help promote a better understanding of the United States on the part of the people served.
- To help promote a better understanding of other peoples among United States citizens.
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