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The application deadline for our May 2010 Cohort has passed, and we are no longer accepting applications for this year.If you would like to receive program updates and information about applying to the 2011 Cohort of Peace Corps Fellows, please click HERE to submit your contact information.
For a closer look at the work our Fellows did in 2009, please see our most current newsletter.
New for 2009-2010: The Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Service-Learning Mini-Grants are now available to Fellows and alumni. Please click HERE to download the grant application.
Wanda Dingman (PCFP 1996-1998) and students at Marble Hill School for International Studies - photo by Mike McGregor
OLDER NEWS:
We have posted photos from our most recent annual PCFP BBQ. Click HERE to view entire photo gallery.
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Other News:
On March 2, 2009, Jody Olsen came to Columbia University to recognize and commemorate the vibrant partnership it has had with the Peace Corps since 1961. Since 1985, when our Peace Corps Fellows Program was launched as the flagship of the Fellows USA project, 695 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers have been recruited and trained as urban educators in New York City. Click HERE to learn more about our program.
Teachers College Provost Tom James, President Susan Fuhrman, and Peace Corps Acting Director Jody Olsen
Jody Olsen receives certificate of recognition from Peace Corps Fellows Program alum, Patrick Bernal (TC '07)
Alumni:
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Thank you!
Responding to President Obama's call to service:
(Click HERE to see Press Release)
The Peace Corps Fellows Program (PCFP) will receive a total of $256,576 in AmeriCorps grants for FY 2009 from the Corporation for National and Community Service. The National Educational Award for FY 2009 ($139,500) will support a total of 93 Professional Corps members who teach full-time in high-needs public schools in New York City and around the country. The National Direct Recovery Grant for FY 2009 ($117,076) will fund a volunteer program to place 28 Teachers College graduate students in volunteer positions with various organizations in northern Manhattan involved in educational initiatives.
"Meet the Fellows"
Click HERE to see photos and bios of the current Peace Corps Fellows
Alumni featured in national Peace Corps Fellows/USA newsletter
Scott Jackson (PCFP '03), teacher at the Brooklyn International High School, believes that every day he spends teaching his kids is a lesson "in how success follows when we choose the path in our hearts, and how when we give of ourselves, the gift always finds its way back to us." Click on the link below to download the newsletter, Scott's article is on page 3. Fellows USA newsletter, Fall 2008
Seung C. Yu (PCFP 2007), of the H.S. of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (HSTAT), has been chosen as a MetLife Fellow in the Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI), an honor shared by several hundred exemplary public school teachers across the nation. (read full press release)
Please take our 4-min SURVEY
Thank you!
Responding to President Obama's call to service:
(Click HERE to see Press Release)
The Peace Corps Fellows Program (PCFP) will receive a total of $256,576 in AmeriCorps grants for FY 2009 from the Corporation for National and Community Service. The National Educational Award for FY 2009 ($139,500) will support a total of 93 Professional Corps members who teach full-time in high-needs public schools in New York City and around the country. The National Direct Recovery Grant for FY 2009 ($117,076) will fund a volunteer program to place 28 Teachers College graduate students in volunteer positions with various organizations in northern Manhattan involved in educational initiatives.
"Meet the Fellows"
Click HERE to see photos and bios of the current Peace Corps Fellows
Alumni featured in national Peace Corps Fellows/USA newsletter
Scott Jackson (PCFP '03), teacher at the Brooklyn International High School, believes that every day he spends teaching his kids is a lesson "in how success follows when we choose the path in our hearts, and how when we give of ourselves, the gift always finds its way back to us." Click on the link below to download the newsletter, Scott's article is on page 3. Fellows USA newsletter, Fall 2008
Congratulations!
Seung C. Yu (PCFP 2007), of the H.S. of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (HSTAT), has been chosen as a MetLife Fellow in the Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI), an honor shared by several hundred exemplary public school teachers across the nation. (read full press release)