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Article: Colorado State U. No. 10 Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers
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- University Wire
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- February 7, 2005
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Karissa Ciarlelli
University Wire
02-07-2005
(Rocky Mountain Collegian) (U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The organization with the slogan "the toughest job you'll ever love" offers some volunteers the adventure of a lifetime.
It involves leaving behind friends and family for two years, traveling to a foreign nation and submerging oneself into an unfamiliar and exotic new culture.
It is the Peace Corps.
Colorado State University is among the nation's leading schools in producing Peace Corps volunteers. There are 66 CSU alumni serving around the world, which ranks CSU as the No. 10 supplier of volunteers this year.
Since the Peace Corps' inception in 1961, 1,281 volunteers have been CSU ...
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