Every year, Peace Corps Week commemorates March 1, 1961—the day President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps. The annual celebration honors how the agency fosters connections and contributes ...

What is often forgotten is the skills learned in service come home with the volunteers to the tremendous benefit of our ...

A crowd gathered in the Mills International Center to hear returned Peace Corps volunteers speak about their experiences with the 47-year-old organization Tuesday night. The panel discussion was part ...

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Brandon Smith dressed in proper parade attire for Hauri, Bolivia's founding celebration. In honor of National Volunteer Week April 21-27, three returned Peace Corps ...

But those were heady, hopeful times, despite the war, the assassinations and the riots. The idea of the Peace Corps intrigued us, and we were young. We were among Dakota Student staffers who drove to ...

The Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom hosted various cultural booths showcasing art, clothing, music and photos of various countries the Peace Corps works in on Tuesday night. The Peace ...

Dale Rosen has no fancy hotels or Winnebago trips in mind when he retires from his executive recruiting job next week. He's thinking more along the lines of remote villages in an impoverished string ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Returned Peace Corps volunteer Chan Pongkhamsing will present a program at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

Two former members of the United States Peace Corps told 20 students and faculty members last night that the most profound lesson they learned from their service was the “similarity of humanity.” ...

Mention Peace Corps and the image of a bright-eyed, optimistic young idealist comes to mind. That's because young people, often straight out of college, have been volunteering two years of their lives ...

Four former Peace Corps volunteers who live in the Viroqua area talked about their experiences with Viroqua High School students, Friday. Tammy Mastin, Bill Seybold, Sorel Haruf and Gregg Attleson, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Congress comes back in session after its August recess, the future success of Peace Corps rests in their hands as they review ...