Web sites

Contents:

• University of Washington - Graduate School-related information
• Preparing for Peace Corps service
• Country-specific information
• Peace Corps-related links
• Career Information
• International Forestry-related links

• Class Schedule
• Tuition Information
• Establishing Residency in Washington State
• On-Leave status information (while you are in Peace Corps you go "on-leave")
• Human Subjects Review (needed if doing reseach with humans).
• Evans School of Public Affairs - Student Handbooks
• Financial Aid Information
  • Evans School Financial Aid Information and links
  • College of Forestry Financial Aid Information
  • Office of Student Financial Aid (Perkins Loans are discounted %15 per year while in Peace Corps)
  • Graduate School Information about Fellowships, Assistantships and Grants
  • UW library Grants and Funding Information Service - Scholarships and Fellowships (lots of links to resources)
• Returning Student Enrollment Form
• Master's Degree Request

Preparing for Peace Corps service

• Internal Revenue Service
  • Power of Attorney Information
• King County Elections - for absentee voting, registering, etc.
• Passport information - US Department of State
• What to bring overseas

• World
  • CIA World Factbook
  • Lonely Planet
  • Peace Corps
  • US Library of Congress
• Africa
  • Sub-sarahan Africa - Stanford University
  • African Studies Center - University of Pennsylvania

• Peace Corps Home Page
• Peace Corps Master's International Page
• Washington State Peace Corps Association - Returned Peace Corps Association in the Seattle Area. Provide information on Association activities and local information (jobs, housing).
• National Peace Corps Assocation - Provides information on membership and links to Associations across the country.
• Peace Corps Crossroads - links to Peace Corps-related groups in the U.S., including Returned Peace Corps Associataions, special interests (Environmental, writers, etc), country-specific (Friends of Niger, etc.) and other information - (somewhat out of date).
• Peace Corps Writers website - lists Peace Corps-related authors, books, etc.

• Career Search:
  • Peace Corps - Returned Volunteer Services - provides career guidance and job listings.
• Peace Corps Career Bulletins
• General Job Listings:
  • Weekly email job listings - Free to RPCVs ( Published by InterAction, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization for international development and humanitarian issues). To receive the weekly job announcements, contact rvs@peacecorps.gov with "InterAction" in the subject line of the e-mail.
• Peace Corps Hotline - provides job listings and career resources
• Devnet job listings - provides jobs & consultancies listings in International Development, NGO & Environment Sector
• Public Health jobs:
  • School of Public Health and Community Medicine career website: http://sphcm.washington.edu/careers
  • Global Health Resource Center's employment webpage: http://depts.washington.edu/ghrc/resources/jobs.html
    • Listserve for job listings: ghrc_jobs@u.washington.edu
    • Subscribe to listserve: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ghrc_jobs
  • The IHP (International Health Program Listserve) provides a job listings and a forum for Public Health-related discussion and information. (This listserve has a lot of traffic!).  If you want to sign up for it, please contact Sarah Frey, IHP program coordinator, at freys@u.washington.edu.
• UW Center for Career Services
• Association of Schools of International Affairs - International Careers Guide (2003)

• Michigan Technical University links page