Article: PEACE CORPS UNVEILS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WEBSITE

Article: PEACE CORPS UNVEILS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WEBSITE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 14, 2008 ;     353 words ...The Peace Corps issued the following...press release: Peace Corps Director Ron...launch of the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary website, dedicated to...gov/50. The Peace Corps will officially...information about the Peace Corps' long record...to the ...

Article: The Peace Corps: What's in a Name?
The Washington Post;  June 9, 1990 ;     390 words ...Should the United States offer Peace Corps volunteers only to countries facing...29}. Mr. Healy not only believes the Peace Corps ideal is betrayed by sending volunteers...is something wrong with calling the Peace Corps the U.S. Peace Corps. On the first point...

Article: Peace Corps Seeks Diverse Volunteers.
Science Letter;  January 20, 2009 ;     351 words ...One of the goals of the Peace Corps is to help the people of other...achieve this important goal, the Peace Corps works to ensure that the Volunteer...country in countless ways. The Peace Corps actively recruits people with a...

Article: My time in the Peace Corps.
Public Interest;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WHEN President Kennedy created the Peace Corps in the early 1960s, he appealed to the...volunteerism. But beyond such altruism, the Peace Corps had a strategic, Cold War purpose: to...except perhaps as useful propaganda), the Peace Corps was at least then a defensible program...

Article: Peace Corps Reacts to Clinton Peace Corps Initiative
U.S. Newswire;  January 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Peace Corps Director Mark Gearan said today that...President Clinton's initiative to expand the Peace Corps would allow the agency to capture the...President Clinton's initiative to put the Peace Corps on the path to have 10,000 volunteers...

Article: Marching onward // Peace Corps expansion plan gets warm reception
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 11, 1998 ;     478 words ...WASHINGTON The Peace Corps, which President Clinton plans to...are unaware it still exists. The Peace Corps has been expanding its territory...Africa, the newest country on the Peace Corps' agenda, is preparing to receive...

Article: PEACE CORPS WEEK PROMOTES WORLDWIDE FRIENDSHIP, UNDERSTANDING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 22, 2007 ;     408 words ...The Peace Corps issued the following press release...March 4, 2007, thousands of former Peace Corps Volunteers representing service in...Through these presentations during Peace Corps Week, former Volunteers help raise...

Article: After 35 years, Peace Corps still a dream job for many
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 19, 1996 ;     570 words ...WASHINGTON The Peace Corps, marking its 35th anniversary this week, is attracting...a degree in international studies. She starts her Peace Corps training in July. Joining the Peace Corps "has always been my dream," said Galton, who will...

Article: PEACE CORPS COLLABORATES WITH HISPANIC ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES TO INCREASE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 5, 2006 ;     473 words ...The Peace Corps issued the following press release: The Peace Corps and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities...relationship. Specifically, the agreement will help the Peace Corps better reach Hispanic-American students who want...

Article: PEACE CORPS WEEK HIGHLIGHTS WORK OF VOLUNTEERS WORLDWIDE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 22, 2008 ;     487 words ...The Peace Corps issued the following press release...March 3, 2008, thousands of former Peace Corps Volunteers from among the 190,000 Volunteers...groups around the United States during Peace Corps Week. The week-long celebration marks...

Article: SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE PEACE CORPS 2008 WORLDWIDE COUNTRY DIRECTOR CONFERENCE
Political Transcript Wire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ...SECRETARY RICE DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE PEACE CORPS 2008 WORLDWIDE COUNTRY DIRECTOR CONFERENCE...RICE RONALD A. TSCHETTER, DIRECTOR, PEACE CORPS [*] RICE: Thank you, Ron, for that really...I just want to say that I think the Peace Corps Director, Director Tschetter, is doing...

Article: PEACE CORPS WEEK PROMOTES CULTURAL EXCHANGE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 21, 2009 ;     557 words ...WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Peace Corps issued the following press release...2, 2009, thousands among the 195,000 Peace Corps Volunteers who have served over the...throughout the United States. Designated as Peace Corps Week, this weeklong celebration marks...

Article: Peace Corps lacks funds for planned expansion, Bush wants group to double number of volunteers
Charleston Daily Mail;  March 29, 2004 ;     611 words ...WASHINGTON - The Peace Corps is trying to carry out President...it. "The rate of growth for the Peace Corps has slowed and will slow because...doubling have not materialized," Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez says. More...

Article: Priorities for the Peace Corps
The Washington Post;  February 2, 1991 ;     591 words ...As a returned Peace Corps volunteer, I found Colman McCarthy's report {op-ed, Jan. 19} that Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell has seen fit to politicize the Peace Corps deeply disturbing. Americans who volunteer two or more years of their lives...