Corps Commitments
Allegheny Alumni Serve the World as Peace Corps Volunteers
Confronting a Crisis
Alleghenians on front lines of free medical clinic movement
Unusual Combinations
Christine Scott Nelson '73
The Last Word
Stepping Down But Not Stepping Away
John Kelso '66:
An Agent of Service
Nancy Wilson '72:
Working for Church, Community, and Social Change
Vicki Lipnic '82:
Safeguarding Workers' Rights
Michael Ryan '93:
Judging from Experience
Since 1961, 162 Allegheny College alumni have served in the Peace Corps, an independent federal agency that places volunteers around the world to work on issues ranging from education and environmental preservation to business development and information technology.
The Peace Corps has historically relied on recent college graduates to fill its ranks—and that continues to be the case today, says Peace Corps recruiter Andrew Burtless. Most of the applications he sees are from people who have graduated from college in the past five years. Not surprisingly, a school like Allegheny—where students performed more than 25,000 hours of community service last year—tends to produce proportionally more Peace Corps volunteers than institutions with less of a focus on service.
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