For more information or to apply to the URI Peace Corps Prep Program, schedule an appointment with our faculty advisor.
Coordinator/Faculty Advisor of URI Peace Corps Prep Program
Coordinator/Faculty Advisor, Peace Corps Prep, RPCV Philippines 1981-85
Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
401.874.7575
rice@uri.edu
Coordinator of International Development Minor
Assistant Professor of International Development
Department of Marine Affairs
401.874.2854
hiwasaki@uri.edu
For advising on externally funded opportunities for study abroad and international service learning:
Alumni Volunteer Coordinator:
Associate Coastal Manager, Coastal Resilience, Extension Specialist
RI Sea Grant
401.874.6135
rubinoff@uri.edu
For external and other administrative inquiries:
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
401.874.2667
blsartini@uri.edu
Undergraduate Research & Experiential Learning Coordinator
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
401.874.7829
sarah_puckett@uri.edu
For advising on resume writing, interviewing and professional development opportunities
Experiential Education Coordinator, RPCV, Moldova 2005–7
Center for Career & Experiential Education
401.874.4038
bneptin@uri.edu
Connect with your Peace Corps Recruiter by completing the Peace Corps Prep Participants Contact Information Form. This form is optional but will allow you to engage with your regional recruiter. “Every January, I take a group of 10 to 12 URI students during their J term to the Philippines to the Bureau of Fisheries laboratory in the very same city where I was a Peace Corps volunteer. All the students go on a complete Filipino diet and get training from the Filipino people. They tromp around in fish ponds, looking at giant clams and do things that they couldn’t possibly do here in Rhode Island. Everything comes full circle and I am paying it forward.” –Michael Rice, Philippines, 1981-85, Agricultural Sector
Coordinator/Faculty Advisor, URI Peace Corps Prep Program