As a young man, Chris joined the Peace Corps, and taught English in Morocco.
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Last year, applications to City Year tripled, and the Peace Corps had three applicants for every position.
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"At a time like this, there's basically zero opportunity costs to joining the Peace Corps, " she said.
Jobs at the Peace Corps don't have the same longevity as other jobs in the federal government.
McCain praised the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, saying they and similar organizations don't receive "sufficient recognition" from Washington.
If you're not sure you're ready to make a lengthy time commitment, the Peace Corps gives you decide.
The Peace Corps embodies the American spirit, and the program has a long and proud history in Tunisia.
Florida and Washington tied for the No. 1 spot with 107 former undergraduates serving in the Peace Corps.
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Sargent Shriver had roles in many top government initiatives of the 1960s, including Head Start and the Peace Corps.
Puracal went to Nicaragua in 2002, shortly after graduating from college in Washington, to work for the Peace Corps.
With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations.
He has some savings--and learned how to live frugally in the Peace Corps.
In the United States, that cooperating organization is the Peace Corps, a government agency with a sharp Web site.
A. graduate from the University of Missouri, thought when she accepted the offer to join the Peace Corps next February.
He and his wife are thinking about joining the Peace Corps together, or maybe building a log house on the farm.
Kennedy, and that idea would become the Peace Corps -- one of our great partnerships with the world, including with Africa.
An excellent example of fast-track teacher training is Teach for America, founded nearly a decade ago and modeled on the Peace Corps.
He was eventually replaced by Sargent Shriver, the former director of the Peace Corps and ambassador to France under Johnson and Nixon.
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In the 1960s, the left was squarely behind the Peace Corps, which allowed young people to build the infrastructure of developing countries.
Third, on this 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps in Thailand, we're moving ahead with new partnerships to promote development and human dignity.
Though he had some success, such as the creation of the Peace Corps, much of Kennedy's domestic agenda never got off the ground.
In 1953 she married Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps and the Democratic Party's candidate for vice president in 1972.
Following his graduation from Providence College, Dodd joined the Peace Corps and became fluent in Spanish during his posting in the Dominican Republic.
This week we've combed through listings at two agencies very much involved in public service, the Department of Education and the Peace Corps.
While nothing compares to the risks our servicemen and women take in combat, the Peace Corps isn't exactly a walk to the local playground.
Yet two other big employers of recent grads fall on the other end of the pay scale: Teach for America and the Peace Corps.
Last year the Peace Corps and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's mission to Chechnya left after their operating agreements were cancelled.
The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 for US graduates to spend a year abroad helping in the social and economic deveopment of other countries.
Ms. Brickman once planned to join the Peace Corps or work in photography, which she studied for a year at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
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