Resources

The Peace Corps gives you the opportunity to make a difference in your life and the lives of others. Live, learn and work in an overseas community, and gain an invaluable cross-cultural leadership experience to help launch or transform your career.

Here are some resources to help you get started on the experience of a lifetime!

Visit the Peace Corps website to learn:

As you prepare to apply and become a Peace Corps volunteer, please check out these other opportunities while you are at CU Boulder:

  • Education Abroad: Study abroad.
  • Center for Leadership: Affiliated leadership programs are designed to hone skills to better understand yourself and others, improve your communication, sharpen your critical thinking and view challenging issues through a different lens. From academic courses to experiential learning and co-curricular leader development programming, many of the programs provide a certificate or minor in leadership.
  • WWOOF: Agriculture volunteer opportunities with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
  • Leeds School of Business: Undergraduate mentoring and career development.
  • Badami Office of Experiential Learning: Empowering Leeds students to build industry experience while driving real-world results for employers.
  • Global Engagement Office: The University of Colorado Boulder is home to more than 3,000 international students from more than 100 countries. 
  • CU Museum of Natural History: Assist the CU museum in hosting exhibits and events.
  • Student Ambassadors: Help with all kinds of recruiting activities, including visit programs, campus tours and information panels.
  • Service Learning & Impact in Community Engagement (SLICE): SLICE connects students with real opportunities to create positive change, serving on campus or out in the broader Boulder community.
  • International English Center: Gain experience in English as a second language (ESL) by working with people from a variety of cultures. The IEC is looking for individuals committed to helping members of the community whose native language is not English.
  • Graduate Certificate in TESOL: The graduate TESOL certificate provides CU Boulder students with foundational knowledge and skills for English teaching while also incorporating the broader perspectives of culture, language use and language learning.
  • Wild Bear Nature Center: Since 1995, Wild Bear Nature Center has been inspiring people of all ages to connect with the natural world through hands-on environmental education.
  • Global Brigades at CU:Global Brigades is the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. 
  • Flatirons Habitat for Humanity: Help to build houses for the underprivileged.
  • Office of Victim Assistance: Volunteer on and off campus.
  • ACTFL OPI exam: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) oral proficiency interview (OPI).
  • AP exam: Advanced Placement (AP) exam.
  • CLEP exam: College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) world languages exam.
  • Nred some brushing up? Check out the Peace Corps language courses archive or register for an Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC) non-credit language class.
  • Center for Cultural Connections & Community: The Center offers dynamic educational programs, community building and advocacy for CU Boulder students. We focus on helping students explore their cultural identities, understand how their experiences shape who they are, and build a strong sense of belonging on campus.
  • Office for Outreach and Engagement: OCE is CU Boulder’s strategic hub for coordinating and supporting campus engagement with external communities—doing so based on shared campus and community principles and centering data-informed outreach, civically engaged students and CU Boulder’s mission as Colorado’s flagship public research university.