The Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom hosted various cultural booths showcasing art, clothing, music and photos of various countries the Peace Corps works in on Tuesday night. The Peace ...

When the Peace Corps was established 60 years ago in 1961, most volunteers were young, often fresh from a college graduation. According to the official Peace Corps website, the average age of recent ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Peace Corps is celebrating 60 years of service with a traveling exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda. Former volunteers gathered in the Rotunda Saturday to share their stories and ...

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is proud to introduce a new accelerated track within our Master of Development Practice (MDP) program, created exclusively for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers ...

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 ...

1. Helping the peoples of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women; 2. Helping promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served; and ...

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 ...

An uncertain economy, the desire to explore and the hope to improve the developing world has led 1,291 Boston University students to join the Peace Corp since its foundation in 1961. Sixty-three BU ...

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.” ...

Connie Ness and I may have talked about the Peace Corps when we worked together on the Dakota Student, the UND student newspaper, in the late 1960s. Maybe, maybe not. Memory fails. But those were ...

University of Wyoming undergraduate students interested in international volunteer service will soon have an opportunity to earn a certificate from the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps recently named UW a ...

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 ...