Peace Corps Prep | Universidad del Sagrado Corazón

Sagrado Peace Corps Prep

Sagrado is the first and only university in Puerto Rico to have an alliance with the Peace Corps.

Peace Corps Prep (PC Prep) is a certificate program for college students focused on an empowering question: How can you prepare yourself to be an agent of change and make a difference in the world?

The PC Prep program:

It is aligned with the Sagrado curriculum.
It encourages students to integrate academic work with practical experiences and professional development.
It prepares you to respond to the demands of the labor market.

The Peace Corps has identified four core competencies that are critical to becoming an effective professional in intercultural workplaces, including in Peace Corps Volunteer work, that PC Prep participants will develop as part of the program:

Training in a job sector

Mastery of a foreign language

intercultural competence

Professionalism and leadership

Upon completion of the program, participants:

They will receive a certificate from the Peace Corps

They will be recognized in an activity
end of the year in Sacred.

They will have a competitive advantage if they apply to be a Peace Corps Volunteer, although receiving a PC Prep certificate does not guarantee that they will be accepted into the Peace Corps.

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All undergraduate students enrolled at Sagrado are invited to join PC Prep.

You can join at any time before you graduate from Sagrado. PC Prep seeks to programmatically strengthen students' professionalism, community engagement, internationalization, and cultural intelligence and prepare them to be agents of change in one of six (6) Peace Corps focus areas:

Agriculture

Community Economic Development

Education

Environment

Health

developing youth

To join PC Prep:

Set up a one-on-one appointment with a PC Prep counselor.
Apply to join PC Prep!
Participate in PC Prep mentoring and professional development throughout your program of study.

Learn more about activities you can get involved in as a PC Prep participant:

For students interested in traveling and working outside of the US.

Learn more about what Peace Corps Volunteers do!

Learn about the financial and professional benefits of being a Volunteer. These Peace Corps Volunteer videos showcase the experience of living and working abroad: