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Peace Corps Provides Notice of July Unauthorized Disclosure of Applicant Health Information
    Sept. 13, 2017
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Peace Corps Burkina Faso Volunteers Evacuated Safely
    Sept. 3, 2017
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Ashley Bell Named Peace Corps Associate Director for External Affairs
    July 7, 2017
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The White House has appointed Ashley Bell as the new Associate Director for External Affairs at Peace Corps. As head of External Affairs, Bell will oversee Peace Corps’ Offices of Communications, Congressional Relations, Gifts and Grants Management and Strategic Partnerships and Intergovernmental Affairs. Read More

First Group of Two-Year Peace Corps Volunteers to Begin Service in Myanmar
First Group of Two-Year Peace Corps Volunteers to Begin Service in Myanmar
    May 26, 2017
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Acting Peace Corps Director Sheila Crowley joined U.S. Charge d’affaires Kristen Bauer and the Rector of East Yangon University, Dr. Kyaw Kyaw Khaung, in Yangon, Myanmar to swear in Myanmar’s first-ever two-year Peace Corps volunteers. Read More

Former President Jimmy Carter and Peace Corps Acting Director Sheila Crowley Present 2017 Lillian Carter Award
    May 12, 2017
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The biennial ceremony recognizes an outstanding returned volunteer who served over the age of 50 and demonstrates commitment to the Peace Corps’ third goal: To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Read More

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The Peace Corps Celebrates the Legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the Upcoming Centennial of His Birth
    April 28, 2017
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In honor of President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday on May 29, the Peace Corps celebrates the legacy of the president who inspired generations of Americans to serve abroad. Read More

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Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Cody Oser
    April 9, 2017
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Peace Corps Announces 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    March 28, 2017
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Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Cameron Burton
    March 21, 2017
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Peace Corps Top Colleges 2017
Peace Corps Announces 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Schools
    Feb. 28, 2017
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University of Wisconsin–Madison tops the list among large schools. Read More