Greetings and thank you for your interest in the Peace Corps! The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad and work side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation.
During the academic year, Sarah Green, the UW Peace Corps Campus Strategic Recruiter can be reached at pcorps@uw.edu
(206) 543-0535
134 Mary Gates Hall
Peace Corps’ campus drop-in hours for students – Spring Quarter, 2025:
- Mondays, 1pm-3pm, virtually (Zoom link)
- Tuesdays, 1pm-3pm, in-person (MGH 134)
The Peace Corps Mission:
To promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals:
- To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained Volunteers
- To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served
- To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans
Upcoming Events:
- UW Seattle School of Public Health Virtual Career Fair, Wednesday, April 23rd 2025, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm PDT (Handshake)
- UW Seattle Virtual Peace Corps Information Session, Tuesday, May 13th 2025, 11:30am-12:30pm PDT (Handshake)
- UW Seattle Virtual Peace Corps Application Workshop, Tuesday May 20th 2025, 11:30am-12:30pm PDT (Handshake)
- UW Seattle Peace Corps Send-Off Event, Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, 4:30pm-6:00pm (Mary Gates Hall 134)
Resources, info, apply online and more:
- Is the Peace Corps right for me?
- Join the ranks of Peace Corps Volunteer 3,100 alumni
- UW is No. 3 for schools that produce most Peace Corps volunteers (2023)
Did you know?
- Peace Corps pays for all volunteer expenses including travel to and from your country of service, housing, a stipend for food and incidentals, and comprehensive medical care. Each Volunteer also accrues a readjustment allowance during which accumulates to just over $10,000 and is awarded to each Volunteer upon successful completion of their service.
- For the first time in the history of the Peace Corps, applicants can now choose where they serve and what project they will be serving in. Browse specific Volunteer Openings here, or apply to serve where you are needed most.
Peace Corps Virtual Service Pilot
Interested in serving with the Peace Corps but your current obligations prevent you from serving abroad? Consider serving online through the Peace Corps Virtual Service Pilot! Participants engage virtually with partner organizations in countries around the world, sharing their skills to build local capacity and support projects that will transform lives for generations. By engaging online with an organization abroad, you contribute to the Peace Corps mission and collaborate to meaningful, community-level projects. Learn more about short-term, online opportunities to serve.
