News to Note...

President Obama on Peace Corps

During his remarks at the University of Michigan Commencement on 5/1/10,
President Obama called Peace Corps, "one of the most successful
service projects in American history." He also highlighted
President Kennedy's speech at the University 50 years ago that led to
the creation of Peace Corps and spoke about the importance of serving.
(Watch the speech or read the transcript here)
(Obama starts at 1 min 40 sec; his comments re: Peace Corps start at 28 min 30 sec)

Peace Corps Ranking Up There!

Peace Corps ranks 8th as Best Place to Launch a Career according to
Bloomberg BusinessWeek. This is the 5th year in a row Peace Corps has ranked
in the top 100 in the annual survey of college students. Employers have observed that
recent grads are globally minded and that grassroots international experience makes
Peace Corps Volunteers attractive job candidates when they return home.
(Read it here)

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2009 = Record Number of Peace Corps Applications!

Peace Corps recruited 15,386 applicants in fiscal year 2009. This represents the largest amount of applications since the agency began electronically recording applications in 1998 and is an 18 percent increase from fiscal year 2008! Way to go, Peace Corps!
Click here to read more on this.

Peace Corps News Releases
Read the lastest news releases issued by the Peace Corps.
Some recent releases:
Peace Corps Establishes Program in Indonesia (12.11.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Announces Top States & Metropolitan Areas (12.7.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Returns to Madagascar (11.16.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Returns to Sierra Leone (11.02.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Announces 18% Increase in Applications (10.22.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Suspends Volunteer Program in Guinea (10.20.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Named one of BusinessWeek’s
“Best Places to Launch a Career” (9.14.09) (read it here)
"Peace Corps Ranked as a Top Ideal Employer
by College Students in 2009 Universum Survey" (7.10.09) (read it here)