Press and Multimedia
Recent stories in the media about Peace Corps are indexed chronologically. Select a headline to view the full story. Older stories are available in our media story archive.
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04.24.13
ELM PLACE STUDENTS WIN AWARD, FRIENDSHIP WITH CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTHighland Park & Deerfield TribLocal, Chicago, Illinois Fifteen sixth, seventh and eighth graders were honored with First Prize at the Illinois Community Problem Solving Competition. ...
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04.24.13
A home far, far from homeThe Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado I asked every Peace Corps volunteer (“PCV”) I met in Mongolia whether they had chosen Mongolia: if the country had ...
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04.24.13
Naperville high school classmates bring Peace Corps experiences back to ChicagolandChicago Tribune, Naperville, Illinois As projects take hold and community members gain skills, Peace Corps Volunteers can see the difference they make in their communities ...
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04.24.13
Howard University Earns Top Spot in Peace Corps 2013 RankingHoward University News Room, Washington, D.C. This year, Howard University held the top rank among Historically Black Colleges and Universities for producing undergraduate Peace Corp ...
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04.24.13
UNM Ranks as Top Peace Corps Volunteer Producing Hispanic Serving InstitutionUNM Today, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque The Peace Corps rec­og­nizes the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico as the top volunteer-producing His­panic Serving Insti­tu­tions (HSIs). UNM ...
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03.20.13
Osage Peace Corps volunteer works to prevent AIDS and HIV in AfricaOsage News, Pawhuska, Oklahoma In a rural community in Botswana, an Osage is helping with the epidemic of AIDS and HIV as well as teaching ...
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03.14.13
Boomers & Beyond: Not retirement but "re-wirement"KJCT 8 , Grand Junction, Colorado GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Some people celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with corned beef and cabbage. These two baby boomers ...
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03.14.13
Not Your Parents' Peace CorpsHuffington Post Imagine a job that offered opportunities on the edge of innovation -- from installing solar-powered computer labs to helping communities switch to renewable ...
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03.12.13
This is retirement?The Andover Townsmen, Andover, Massachuesetts Married 39 years, parents of two grown boys and finally retired — that might sound to many like the perfect ...
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03.11.13
Kennedy’s shadow: Marietta resident parlays Peace Corps experience into Capitol Hill opportunityThe Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta, Georgia Shelley Nweke of Marietta recently spent a day on Capitol Hill shadowing Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, a congressman with whom she ...
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02.04.13
Couple readies for Peace Corps MissionVoice of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A bank teller and a substitute teacher will soon embark on an adventure that will not only satisfy ...
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12.10.12
Senegal: Grad brings women’s ed to Senegal“Marquel Sheree Ramirez lives in a village of 300 people. She washes her clothes by hand and hangs them on a line to dry, bathes outside ...
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11.25.12
Empowering Women Katy Todd, a Forestville native, 25, is teaching women in the Togolese town of Dapaong the value of saving that small amount every other ...

