Matt Cohen, a graduate of the Peace Corps Master’s International in Forestry, is profiled in the summer 2011 edition of The Public Lawyer for his work as a USAID regional legal advisor in East Africa. In particular, he works to assure that aid monies are properly spent and, in time, reduce governments’ dependence on foreign aid.
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Professor Blair Orr was featured on the White House website in a story highlighting Peace Corps volunteers through the years. Orr is director of Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International programs. He served in the Peace Corps from 1978 to 1981. View the article here.
Professor Blair Orr
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Professor Blair Orr
Blair Orr , director of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International program, was featured on an agroinnovations.com podcast, talking about the Peace Corps Master’s program at Tech, as well as changes and patterns in Third World agriculture, land tenure, low input mixed systems, increasing connectivity and migration in developing countries, the future of Haiti and strategies for promoting development in tropical agriculture. Hear the podcast at Blair Orr .
Tags: Blair Orr, Haiti, Peace Corps, tropical agriculture
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