September 27, 2007
Peace Corps representative to offer information session
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's representative from the Peace Corps will hold an information session about joining the organization at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Beering Hall, Room 2290.President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961 to focus on international development. Its missions include helping people from other countries in meeting their need for trained volunteer workers and helping promote international understanding in the United States and abroad.
"Several hundred Purdue graduates have been Peace Corps volunteers in more than 100 different countries," said Christopher Klein, publications and marketing coordinator for Programs for Study Abroad and coordinator of the Purdue Returned Peace Corps Volunteers group. "Many former volunteers are in the Lafayette area, and they include numerous university employees.
"The information session is not meant exclusively for students; staff members and faculty are welcome, too. There is no upper age limit on joining. In fact, older people and married couples are often very effective and highly respected as Peace Corps volunteers."
The U.S. government organization provides an all-expenses paid way to help people, see a new and sometimes exotic part of the world, and learn about one's self, he said.
For information and application instructions, contact Cliff Johnson, Purdue's Chicago-based Peace Corps representative, at (312) 353-9094 or visit https:///www.peacecorps.gov
Writer: Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu
Sources: Christopher Klein, (765) 494-9866, cbklein@purdue.edu
Cliff Johnson, (312) 353-9094
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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