SUNY Geneseo is ranked No. 13 among medium-sized schools on the Peace Corps’ 2019 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Currently, 22…
![Jessica Kroenert '15 in her Senegalese village.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/Kroenert-senegal-peace-corps.jpg?itok=ZMaTGxbo)
Geneseo is ranked 14th nationwide for alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps. We explore why so many make the leap and the difference they make.
![Ray Rizzo '15 with teachers he works with in Nicaragua.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/Raymond.Rizzo_.jpg?itok=Aqowq3vp)
My name is Ray Rizzo and I am a Peace Corps volunteer. This is the first time I have actually said (or typed) that in English! I have the privilege of…
![Jane Hogan](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/peace-corps-jane-hogan%20%281%29.jpg?itok=cF_4odjD)
In the Peace Corps, I learned that I can live in another culture, figure out what the key features are, and be resourceful and work within that culture to…
![Meara Bowe '15 with Botswanan girls.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/peace-corps-meara-bowe-2.jpg?itok=T1lO9Dks)
The Peace Corps was always on my radar, but it wasn’t until after I took Humanities II in Nicaragua as a junior through Geneseo that it became a very real…
![Bethany at the rice fields.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/peace-corps-bethany-1_0.jpg?itok=g87DZ10w)
One perspective I gained is to know that it's ok when things don't work out as you planned. You simply use that experience and learn from it. And, perhaps…
![Danielle Ellingston '97 in a village in Ghana](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/peace-corps-ellingston_0.jpg?itok=QPXolqJO)
I learned so much that it's hard to say what the one most valuable lesson was.
![Jessica Kroenert '15 in Senegal with her village.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_article/public/sites/news/kroenert1.jpg?itok=XyvQEExT)
When I introduce myself in Senegal, I tell people my name is Mata Dia, the name my host family gave me when I began my Peace Corps service as a Community…
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The former Peace Corps volunteer created a new business model for a beauty staple that empowers women.