“There is certainly an abundance of history to commemorate,” Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn said in a weekend visit to Vermont.
Brattleboro’s World Learning marks its pioneering connection with the Peace Corps
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Richard Roderick: An improved Peace Corps for the next generation
Since 1961, Vermont has sent 1,629 volunteers, including 46 who were evacuated in 2020, to serve in the name of peace around the world with the Peace Corps.
Jill Vickers: Afghanistan memories from 1970, and a shrinking world
In my living room, over 50 years later, through the translation of his college daughter, I listened to her father’s gratitude for our efforts so long ago to help save his people from the scourge of smallpox.
Jill Vickers: Diving into retirement — writing, adults and computers
The film “Once in Afghanistan” premiered in 2008 at Castleton University. We donated all money raised, over five years, from screenings and sales of the movie on DVD to nongovernmental agencies working in Afghanistan.
David Moats: The human dimension of Afghanistan’s geopolitical disaster
We became acquainted with bright, ambitious, open, friendly people caught between two worlds — the isolated, rural, medieval world of traditional Afghanistan and the beckoning opportunities of the modern world.
Then Again: The idea behind a Vermont camp birthed the Peace Corps
The Peace Corps’ first director said the organization had been built upon the ideals of Camp William James. Over the last 60 years, the Peace Corps has sent volunteers to 140 countries to help local communities address health, hunger, environmental and educational challenges.
University of Vermont ranks among top Peace Corps volunteer-producing schools
News Release -- University of Vermont March 21, 2019 Contact: Jeff Wakefield (802) 578-8830 [email protected] UVM among Peace Corps’ 2019 top volunteer-producing schools Peace Corps announced today that the University of Vermont ranked No. 6 among medium-size schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 31 UVM alumni […]
Saint Michael's College named top Peace Corps volunteer-producing school
News Release -- Saint Michael's College March 20, 2019 Contact: Kathryn Fidler [email protected] 401-252-1161 Saint Michael’s College among Peace Corps’ 2019 top volunteer-producing schools NEW YORK – Peace Corps announced today that Saint Michael’s College ranked No.15 among small-size schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 10 […]
Vermont ranks No. 2 of Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing states in 2018
News Release -- Peace Corps Dec. 13, 2018 Contact: Kathryn Fidler, [email protected], 401-252-1161 Today, Peace Corps announced that Vermont ranks No. 2 among states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita. There are 43 volunteers from Vermont currently serving worldwide and 1,622 Vermonters have served in the Peace Corps since the agency’s […]
Harry Chen: Reflections on time well spent in Uganda
Looking back, it’s not hard to pick out the high and low points of a most extraordinary adventure.
Harry Chen: Our corner of Uganda
As a Peace Corps volunteer, it’s inspiring to know that I’m training the first and future leaders in emergency care in Uganda.
UVM again among Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing colleges
News Release -- UVM February 22, 2018 Contact: Jeffrey Wakefield [email protected] The University of Vermont is ranked No. 7 among medium-sized schools on the Peace Corps 2018 list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities.There are 28 UVM alumni currently serving worldwide. This is the tenth consecutive year that UVM has ranked among the top 25 […]
Vermont ranks among Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing states in 2017
News Release -- Peace Corps Dec. 14, 2017 Contact: Kathryn Fidler, Public Affairs Specialist Peace Corps East Region Office 401.252.1161 [email protected] Burlington-South Burlington Ranks Among Top Volunteer-Producing Per Capita Metropolitan Areas NEW YORK – Today, Peace Corps announced that Vermont ranks No. 2 among states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita, […]
Welch AmeriCorps and Peace Corps alums call to national service
News Release -- Service Year Alliance June 22, 2017 Contact: Laura Thompson [email protected] (860) 707-4713. Congressman Peter Welch and AmeriCorps and Peace Corps Alums Call to Protect and Expand National Service RICHMOND, VT - The White House’s budget proposes the elimination of AmeriCorps — America’s largest national service program. Funding for YouthBuild and the Peace […]
