March 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Dominican Republic: Development: Development Studies: Rutgers : Some Profiles of M.P.A.-International Development Graduates -William Threlkeld found out during the next three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic that international development work was exactly what he wanted to do
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March 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Dominican Republic: Development: Development Studies: Rutgers : Some Profiles of M.P.A.-International Development Graduates -William Threlkeld found out during the next three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic that international development work was exactly what he wanted to do
Some Profiles of M.P.A.-International Development Graduates -William Threlkeld found out during the next three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic that international development work was exactly what he wanted to do
Some Profiles of M.P.A.-International Development Graduates -William Threlkeld found out during the next three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic that international development work was exactly what he wanted to do
William Threlkeld was a planner in Stafford County, VA, when lie joined the Rutgers International Development Policy program in 1988. "I knew I wanted to try the Peace Corps, but I wasn't sure whether I was going to like it," he said. "I felt that the M.P.A. degree (now an M.P.A. program) would be flexible enough to allow me to easily re- enter the planning field if I decided international development work was not, in fact, the profession I wanted to enter.
Mr. Threlkeld found out during the next three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic that international development work was exactly what he wanted to do. After a year of intensive course work with the I.D.A. program, Mr. Threlkeld served with the Peace Corps in the village of Villa Elisa and in the capital city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. During his two years in Villa Eliza, Mr. Threlkeld served as a community education promoter, facilitating the creation of a *local pro-development organization, APRODEVE (Asociacion Pro-Desarrollo de Villa Elisa). Since its inception, APRODEVE has planned and coordinated local projects, such as extending the village's water lines, constructing a library, improving the local school, establishing youth and adult sports teams, and conducting land use planning for a nearby undeveloped area.
Today, Mr. Threlkeld is Administrator of the Center for the Support of Native Lands, an Arlington, VA based non-profit organization working in Central America for indigenous land rights and natural resources management.
The Rutgers' I.D.A. program "was successful in exposing me, through literature and peer discussion, to the many significant issues and debates within the field" of international development, Mr. Threlkeld said. "What is special about Rutgers' program, is its tie to the Peace Corps, which gives students a unique `laboratory' experience where they can compare and contrast theory with practice. I believe this one, two' combination opened doors for me, doors with I would have found closed had I had only one experience or the other.
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