In February, the Peace Corps named Denison among the top colleges and universities that produced Peace Corps volunteers in 2008. Here’s a look at Denison’s role with the organization, by the numbers.
15 Denison’s rank for the number of volunteers from schools with 5,000 or fewer students. Denison shares the spot with Williams College in Massachusetts and Reed College in Oregon.
195,000 Peace Corps volunteers that have served the organization since its inception in 1961.
231 Denisonians who have served since the organization’s inception.
17 Denison alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps.
8 Peace Corps volunteers from the Class of 2008 alone.
1 Denison volunteers currently serving in Micronesia.
84 The age of the oldest Peace Corps volunteer.
139Nations that have been served by the Peace Corps.
1Denisonians who went on to serve as American ambassador to Sierra Leone (see an essay by him on page 26).
There are so many stories involving Denison Peace Corps volunteers that we can’t include all of them in the pages of the magazine, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear about them. Send stories and photos from your time in the Corps to denmag@denison.edu, and we’ll include them on our Web site, magazine.denison.edu.