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From Peace Corps To International Affairs: How Service Learning Shapes Global Careers

Send a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/tex...) What if the most important tool you carry into a community isn’t a stethoscope or a syllabus, but a few words in the local language and a willingness to listen? That question threads through our conversation with Chrissie Faupel—Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) and Director of International Affairs at the University of Minnesota Duluth—who shares a candid, field-tested view of international service learning and study abroad. Chrissie takes us inside her two years in Senegal, where a new clinic introduced Western medicine to a village that greeted it with understandable caution. She explains how learning Malinke, attending life events, and co-leading cervical cancer education with the head nurse built trust one conversation at a time. You’ll hear why education outlasts supplies, how traditional healing and clinic care can coexist, and what it really means to serve at the invitation of a host community. We also get practical. Christy demystifies Peace Corps Prep and why it strengthens your application rather than “teaching you the Peace Corps.” She shares timely guidance on scholarships—especially the Gilman for Pell recipients—and urges students to look beyond the usual destinations. On safety, she’s direct: preparation matters, alcohol is a top incident driver, and university-approved affiliates and providers exist for a reason. We unpack how to vet programs, manage risk using State Department advisories with nuance, and choose between faculty-led, exchange, and third-party models without getting lost in options. If you’re a student, educator, or curious global citizen, this conversation offers a clear path from curiosity to impact: learn the language, respect the culture, build relationships, and let education be the gift that remains after you leave. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend who’s considering study abroad, and leave a review to help more listeners find the show. Where will your service begin? Recommended Podcast: 1. Changing Lives Through Education Abroad I also want to thank our listeners for joining us as it is our goal to not only share with you our guest’s introduction to international healthcare, but also to share with you how that exposure to international healthcare has shaped their future path in healthcare. As true patient advocates, we should all aspire to be as well rounded as possible in order to meet the needs of our diverse patient populations. As a 45+ year nurse that has worked in quite a variety of clinical roles in our healthcare system, taught healthcare courses for the past 20 years at the university level, and has traveled extensively with my students on international service-learning trips, I can easily attest to the fact that healthcare focused students need, and greatly benefit from the opportunity to have hands-on experiential healthcare experiences in an international setting! I have seen the growth of students post travel as their self-confidence in their newly acquired skillsets, both clinical and cultural, facilitates their ability to take advantage of opportunities that previously may not have been available to them. By rendering care internationally, and stepping outside one's comfort zone, many more doors of opportunity will be opened. Feel free to check out our website at www.islonline.org, follow us on Instagram @ islmedical, and reach out to me @ DrH@islonline.org (mailto:DrH@islonline.org)