Peace Corps informational, recruitment and social event

You are cordially invited to a most enjoyable Peace Corps informational, recruitment and social event—all in one evening.  Discover exciting international service opportunities in countries like Samoa, Paraguay, Ghana and Thailand.  The function is sponsored by the Peace Corps, the Greater Birmingham Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Sparkman Center for Global Health, the UAB School of Nursing, the UAB Career Center, the UAB Department of Social Work, the UAB Department of Public Administration, the UAB School of Education and the UAB Office of Service-Learning and Undergraduate Education/Study Abroad.

The event will take place on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Room 318 of the University of Alabama in Birmingham Hill Student Center, 1400 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294 on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus.  Kenyatta Spiller, Peace Corps Recruiter for Alabama, will be there representing the Peace Corps itself.

Please enter the meeting room through the meeting room’s front door where you can sign in so that you will receive notices of upcoming Peace Corps-related events in the Birmingham Area.  Please do NOT enter the meeting room through the back door to the room.

You will have opportunities to meet and talk with:

• Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
• Peace Corps Volunteers about to depart on their overseas assignments
• People “Nominated” for Peace Corps service
• Parents of Peace Corps Volunteers currently serving overseas
• Prospective Peace Corps Volunteers
• Those having a general interest in the Peace Corps
• Kenyatta Spiller, Peace Corps Recruiter for Alabama
• UAB staff members who will provide information about the Peace Corps Preparation Program at UAB
• UAB faculty and staff who will make presentations concerning financial assistance available through the Coverdell Peace Corps Fellowship Programs to people who have completed service as Peace Corps Volunteers. These programs are currently available at UAB in the fields of Public Health, Education, Public Administration and Nursing.

–    Other folks with an “international outlook” or general interest in international experiences

Light food will be served.  Kenyatta will have materials on the Peace Corps to hand out.  Both Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and Kenyatta Spiller from the Peace Corps will be available to discuss the Peace Corps with you and answer questions.  The event is free and open to the public.  Parking is available on the street.

We are hoping approximately thirty or more people will attend.  Please come.  We’ll be delighted to see you there.

Feel free to call Dan Frederick, Publicity Coordinator for the Greater Birmingham Returned Peace Corps Volunteers at 205/631-4680 or email at dfred4@bellsouth.net if you have questions or would like additional information.