Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation.

The Peace Corps Mission:

To promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals:

1. To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained Volunteers
2. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served
3. To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans

Resources, info, apply online and more:

• Is the Peace Corps right for me?
• Peace Corps @ UW – meet with the UW Campus Recruiter here at the Career & Internship Center in 134 Mary Gates Hall:
  • Winter Quarter office hours have concluded. Spring Quarter Office Hours will begin on Wednesday, March 29th:
    • Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00pm (By Appointment)
    • Thursdays, 10:30a-12:30pm (By Appointment)
    • To schedule an appointment during the times noted above, or to request an alternate date/time, please email pcorps@uw.edu

• UW among Peace Corps top volunteer-producing colleges & universities (February 2017)
• UW produces the most Peace Corps volunteers for 2nd consecutive year (February 2016)
• How the UW became #1 for Peace Corps volunteers (June 2015)