Mission Statement
With an interdisciplinary approach to project work, the Peace Corps Fellows will engage with the Columbia and university communities to develop a sustainable and significant service learning project that enhances Fellows' studies and addresses a communityidentified
need.
The 2007-2009 Peace Corps Fellows will:
I. Use their personal and academic skills to develop a service-learning project that addresses a specific need in Columbia.
II. Design a framework for the Peace Corps Fellows program
III. Link the Peace Corps Fellows’ international experience and project to the larger university community through dialogue and interactive presentations.
IV. Engage in the Peace Corps’ third goal: Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
V. Assess personal, university, and community impact of program on an ongoing basis
Each participant in the program brainstormed personal issues that she or he felt significant to the Fellows program. We felt it important to include this list alongside the vision and mission
statements.
• Address a genuine need
• Allow for application of coursework
• Build solid framework for future Fellows
• Build sustainability of project/program
• Can be evaluated for impact and progress (may be long-term)
• Create a clear program for the future
• Ongoing dialogue with the Fellows and the university or target population (processing)
• Fulfill the Peace Corps Fellows personal goals as well as the program and departments’ expectations
• Hands-on complement to studies
• Have a significant impact on target population and organization
• Learn how to build project/program
• Make connections with social service community in Columbia
• Makes use of an interdisciplinary approach
• Work on issues related but separate from academic studies