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Choosing between graduate school and the
Peace Corps can be a difficult decision. A partnership between Florida A&M
University and the United States Peace Corps now allows qualified applicants to do both.
On Wednesday, September 13, 2000 Ambassador Charles R. Baquet, III, Deputy
Director of the Peace Corps and Dr. James H. Ammons, Provost/Vice President for Academic
Affairs, FAMU, signed an agreement establishing the Master's
International Program (MIP)
in International Agriculture at FAMU. The curriculum includes course work in
Integrated Pest Management, a graduate-level course in entomology taught by Dr. Eric
Schreiber of PHEREC.
The Master's International Program is a unique opportunity for a graduate student to gain
insight into an area of study that is unavailable in the United States. And, at the
same time, the experience can make an enormous difference in their personal and
professional life, as well as make a difference in the lives of others.
PHEREC has been working to increase enrollment in the graduate program in entomology at
FAMU. The MIP offers an excellent opportunity to attract new graduate students to
our campus and it also offers increased opportunities for collaboration among the faculty
of the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture [CESTA]. CESTA is
the College of FAMU to which PHEREC is affiliated.
The director of the new MIP is Ms. Harriet Paul who has been working arduously for over
two years to inaugurate this Master's Program
The recruitmant power of the Peace
Corps together with the popularity of the Peace Corps Web site (more than 2,000 hits per
week) should help attract attention to this new FAMU academic program.
Much more information can be found
at FAMU's Web site http://www.famu.edu as
well as at the Peace Corps Web site http://www.peacecorps.gov/home.html
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