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RPCV Fellows/USA 

DEADLINE FOR FALL 2008: MARCH 7, 2008

Returning Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) Fellows complete service and return to earn their graduate business degree. As a RPCV Fellow, your tuition will be waived for Fall and Spring semesters. You will also receive a stipend of $2,000 per semester, which will be distributed in monthly payments.

Each Fall, two Fellows are accepted into the program. The MBA program can be completed in 18 months; however, you can serve as a RPCV Fellows for up to 2 years.   The degree requirements must be completed within 6 years.

As a RPCV Fellow, you will  work up to 13 hours per week during each 15 week semester with the Maya Project;

2007 Fellows:

Jessica Bodiford completed her Peace Corps Togo service in 2005. She spent two years educating the Amlamé community about gender equality, the importance of sending girls to school, and HIV/AIDS awareness; and, as every Peace Corps Volunteer, Jessica received more than she gave and gained a new perspective on life. She hopes to use her Coles MBA to provide support to African arts, NGOs, or nonprofit organizations. Currently, Jessica works at Girls Scouts of Northwest Georgia and is the drama team leader at Shaw Temple AME Zion Church.

Sherri Shropshire completed Peace Corps Guatemala service in 1994.  She was in the Agricultural Diversification Program in Guatemala working with men, women, and children’s programs.  In addition to vegetable gardens and greenhouse projects, she worked with communities in reforestation and building efficient wood burning stoves.  Sherri has entered the Coles MBA program with hopes of providing small business support in the local community.  Sherri currently works part time as an educational consultant with Usborne Books.

For more information, contact: Dr. Dan Paracka  (770.423.6732)