Tyler J. Pickle is a young man hailing from the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. To escape the rain and cold, he moved to Hawaii where he completed his undergrad in Psychology at Chaminade University of Honolulu. It was here that international work began to pull at his heart. After working with Native Hawaiian children and working summers as a Residential Youth Counselor for troubled boys, he could no longer deny his call to child development. While searching the Peace Corps webpage, he was amazed to find such a perfect program in the IYFD MA. Upon completion of the course work, he hopes to travel to the Middle East or Northwestern Africa where he can use his passion and newly acquired skills to make a difference.
The Intercultural Youth and Family Development program degree was designed by UM faculty who are also returned Peace Corps volunteers for students who wish to engage in culturally-relevant international work in the realm of child and family assistance. This unique MA level degree program offers students interdisciplinary graduate level work in human development, anthropology, counseling, human geography and other relevant fields of study.
IYFD ALUMNI RECOGNITION
1) Abby Rivenbark, Cohort I, was presented with the Sharon Auerbach Volunteer of the Year Award for her outstanding mediation work as a volunteer at the Community Dispute Resolution Center of Missoula County. 11/1/09
2) Lynn Debilzen, Cohort IV, recently had one of her articles published in the Peace Corps Times regarding her work with youth and the IYFD program. 11/09
3) Current student Daniel Wirth, Cohort VI, was awarded a $4,500 Next Generation Scholarship from the American Humanics Students Association that will allow him to serve a 300-hour internship with an area nonprofit organization. 12/09
IYFD Student Blogs (the following links are personal and do not represent any host organization)
