A report released last month by Peace Corps, the U.S. governmental organization that connects volunteers with underserved communities, ranked the University of Minnesota as third in the nation for ...

Karestan Koenen reveals sexual assault while serving in Peace Corps in Africa. May 9, 2011 — -- Karestan Koenen, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was raped while serving in the African country ...

Jeremiah Johnson, a Peace Corps volunteer from Denver, Colorado, was sent home from his post in the Ukraine and terminated after he tested positive for HIV. "I joined the Peace Corps because I wanted ...

The Peace Corps ranked the University of Colorado Boulder No. 2 among volunteer-producing colleges and universities in the nation in 2025 rankings, with 39 alumni listed as currently serving in the ...

Although Tufts continues to send a steady stream of graduates to the Peace Corps, the university has slipped in national rankings of Peace Corps volunteers. In 2005, the school dropped from fifth to ...

I am among those who proudly call myself a returned Peace Corps volunteer, having served in the Dominican Republic from 1985 to 1987. I worked as a loan officer with a goal of creating jobs through ...

UC Santa Cruz is tied for fifth place among California universities and in the top 20 nationally for the most Peace Corps volunteers in 2013. UCSC was recognized by the Peace Corps’ annual ranking of ...

NEW YORK -- When Lillian Carter, mother of a president-to-be, joined the Peace Corps in 1966 at age 68, she was an aberration. The Peace Corps of that era was a youthful enterprise; only 1 percent of ...

Organization promises to stop blaming victims of sex assault. May 11, 2011 — -- After emotional testimony from several former Peace Corps volunteers who were victims of sexual assault abroad, the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Peace Corps is telling its volunteers around the world that it is suspending all operations globally and evacuating all volunteers in light of the spread of the new coronavirus.