You Tube - University of Arizona Peace Corps Fellow Stories

Jessica Risco: Morocco - Peace Corps Fellow in Public Health (April 17, 2008)

Chandra Almony: Namibia - Peace Corps Fellow in Public Health (April 17, 2008)

Brooke Bender: South Africa - Peace Corps Fellow in Public Health (Mar. 18, 2008)

Beau James: China - Peace Corps Fellow in Near East Studies (Mar. 18, 2008)

Becca Silverstein: Chad - Peace Corps Fellow in Language, Reading & Culture
(Mar. 17, 2008).

Thanks to UA Learning Technology Services, UITS which filmed and edited these stories!

Arizona Public Media - KUAT

On Demand - Peace Corps
Interview with James Cramer Mar. 13, 2008

James is a Peace Corps Fellow in Teaching and Teacher Education.

Thank you to Kimberly Craft, KUAT, for assistance in this project!

 

Arizona Daily Wildcat Feb. 27, 2008

From Corps to Class by Dan Sullivan.

December Graduates

Congratulations to our December graduates:

Chad Anderson, Public Administration and Policy

Teresa Bommarito, Planning

Amanda Plourde Schweikert, Civil Engineering

Graduate Centennial Award

Philip Stevens, a Peace Corps Fellow in Language, Reading and Culture, has been selected to receive the Graduate Centennial Award at the Dec. 2007. Philip is also an AmeriCorps member and has provided his service with both the Ha:San Middle School and with a food security evaluation project with Professor George Frisvold and Anita Fonte in CALS.

The primary purpose for these awards is to recognize outstanding achievement and contributions by Graduate College students and to provide financial assistance and recognition to encourage these students to complete their graduate studies. Each award consists of $500 cash and an engraved plaque.

The awardee is selected based on (1) academic achievements (i.e. scholarships, fellowships, honors); (2) scholarly achievements (i.e. conference papers, research grants, publications); (3) community/campus service including leadership positions; (4) professional affiliations; and (5) experience in the workplace or university.

La Cholla Beach & Community Clean Up

Peace Corps Fellows and AmeriCorps Members headed to La Cholla Beach near Puerto Penasco for a major cleanup of a wetlands area that had never been picked up. Two other student clubs from Natural Resources and the local homeowners association also jumped on board. A total of 90 bags of trash and litter was picked up. Thanks to the UA Corporate Partners grant and to Alyssa Rosemartin who were instrumental in organizing and finding funding for trash bags.

AIDSWALK 2007

Our "Peace Corps - Life is Calling Team" involved RPCV's from the campus and community, friends and AmeriCorps members. Our team of 32 walkers/runners raised $2400, the largest amount of funding for an organization and the fifth largest amount overall. Great teamwork! Executive Director of SAAF, Wendell Hicks, joined us at our December gathering to present us with a plaque recognizing this contribution.

New Peace Corps Campus Recruiter

Congratulations to Lesley Newman, who takes on the UA Campus Recruiter role following Steve Cole's departure to complete his dissertation research in Belize. The Recruiter office ihas moved to the Student Union, 4th Floor, Career Services. She can be contacted at pcorps@ag.arizona.edu or at 520-621-7188. Interested in joining Peace Corps? Call today.

Welcome Fellows 2007-08!

Fifteen first year Fellows have joined us in August 2007.

Welcome new fellows!

 

Fellows were joined by our UA Bringing Service Home AmeriCorps members, the Davidson Elementary Recycling Club, Rincon Heights Neighborhood Association, and the Watershed Management Group in a cleanup of the High School Wash on the southern border of the UA Campus on Saturday, Aug. 25. Some 50 folks scoured the wash and removed 40 large bags of trash and one old sofa. Tucson Clean and Beautiful provided trash bags and gloves. Davidson Elementary provided gloves and snacks for the children. We had a great time, and left the university area neighborhood a little cleaner.

High School Wash Clean Up Crew

 

High School Wash Clean Up

 

UA ALUMNUS: The Magazine of The University of Arizona Alumni Association

Summer 2007/Vol.84/4

Feature article by Margaret Regan on UA Peace Corps Fellows Adam and Stephanie Springer, Courtney Martin, and Amy Myers (pp. 30-35).

Feature on UA Engineers Without Borders (pg. 11) with photos of Fellows Amanda Plourde, Samantha Treese, and John McElligott. This project is a great example of volunteer service by Fellows.

Congratulations!

Christy Trimmer, Fellow in Public Health, who has received an AHEC grant.

Debra Pinkney, August graduate from Family & Consumer Sciences.

Amy Oggel, Former Fellow from Public Health - appointed Director of Social Marketing for Planned Parenthood Arizona.

Monica Mueller, Former Fellow from Public Administration, has been named Executive Director of the Tucson Commission on Women (Aug. 27, 2007)

The Water Management Group was awarded a $15,000 grant to continue their good work in Tucson Neighborhoods, teaching water harvesting methods appropriate to our Sonoran Desert.

Rachel Hill - whose photo of Burkina Faso fishermen mending nets was selected for the 2009 International Calendar.

Susie Quashu, Arid Lands - received one of eleven Fellowships awarded in the US by the Inter-American Foundation for her dissertation research in Chile.

Karyn Fox, Anthropology - was awarded a Fulbright IIE for her dissertation research in Indonesia.

Katie Meehan, Former Fellow in Geography, won a Fulbright-Hays DDRA and also received a NOAO award for her dissertation research on graywater use in Tijuana.

20 May and Aug. 2007 graduates (see Alumni page for details).