Peace Corps Fellow interns on campus
By Amanda Gapinski
Candice Embling is a return Peace Corp volunteer working at IVCC through an internship program offered by ISU. She arrived on campus Jan. 10 to begin her 11-month stint here as a graduate student.
During her internship, Embling will be working on developing an Enterprise Institute, to reorganize some of the college’s services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. She will work closely with Vice President of Academic Services Dr. Harriet Custer and the Director of Continuing Education Mary Lou Meader.
"By the end of the year I hope that the concept of the Institute will be finalized and a business plan will be completed," Embling said.
Embling has a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. She applied for the Peace Corp as a senior there and one year later was accepted.
During a three and a half year stay in Paraguay, Embling worked at a cooperative savings and loan and housing project. She also volunteered to work with mothers’ clubs, young projects and various other community development programs there.
She returned to Wisconsin in October 1997 to further her education. Embling said her experience as a volunteer aided in her decision to enter a two-year program at ISU in January 1998.
"I wasn’t interested in community development until I worked as a Peace Corp volunteer," she said.
ISU’s Peace Corp Fellow program recruits Peace Corp veterans interested in working on graduate degrees in community and economic development. Embling will be paid by ISU and earn college credit for her work at IVCC.
Embling’s future plans include working for an organized community development program.
"I’d rather work in grassroots development organization (as opposed to a large corporation)," she said.
But until then, she will be in office B-311.
Embling is the second Peace Corp Fellow to work at IVCC. Jamie Hurley, who was a Peace Corp volunteer in Poland, was on campus during 1997-98.
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