Every year, Peace Corps Week commemorates March 1, 1961—the day President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps. The annual celebration honors how the agency fosters connections and contributes ...

On March 11, Oregon men’s basketball’s (12-20, 5-15 Big Ten) season ended after the 16-seeded Ducks fell to the 17-seeded Maryland Terrapins... A crowd gathered in the Mills International Center to ...

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Brandon Smith dressed in proper parade attire for Hauri, Bolivia's founding celebration. In honor of National Volunteer Week April 21-27, three returned Peace Corps ...

Pamela Civins brings extensive experience to her current role as CU-Boulder’s Peace Corps Strategic Campus Recruiter. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in Nepal, working as a teacher ...

Two former members of the United States Peace Corps told 20 students and faculty members last night that the most profound lesson they learned from their service was the “similarity of humanity.” ...

Feb. 28—At a time when the Peace Corps has suspended all operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recalled 7,300 volunteers from 60 countries — a first for the six-decade-old program — six former ...

Rachel and Mamadou Savané, owner of Sav’s Chill, met in Guinea, where Rachel was volunteering with the Peace Corps. It is National Volunteer Week, an ideal time to be reminded that since the early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peace Corps volunteers pose with the U.S. flag after they are sworn in during a 2002 event in Burkina Faso. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via ...

Peace Corps volunteers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey reflect on their experiences in the international volunteer service in a Philadelphia Inquirer special report marking the U.S. institution’s 50 ...

Shepherd University has been named a Peace Corps Prep institution, joining a select group of colleges dedicated to preparing students for global service, according to a community announcement.

Walter and Marjorie "Kiki" Kember of 337 Holmes Road recently returned from a tour of duty in the Peace Corps in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. They described their stint as "a serious thing but a very ...

Gary and Jan Sonderland were surprised by changes in the communities where their efforts impacted many lives – and their own world view On their return visit to India, Jan and Gary Sonderland (back, ...