AU Ranks #4 for Most Peace Corps Volunteers

2011 marks another year American University was ranked on the Peace Corps’ top 25 list of medium schools for the number of volunteers in the program. “We’ve been in the top five the past three years,” shared Blair Ufer, Career Center Employer. “The kind of student that comes to AU is typically a good candidate for Peace Corps,” agreed SIS career center advisor, John Charles. With the addition of the new Master’s International Program, AU’s growing resources attract students who are socially and internationally active and aware. Hoai-Tran Bui reports for more. 

UPDATE

AU Alum Carol Barrick joins Peace Corps as Nicaragua Country Director

Barrick served as Peace Corps director of program and training in Nicaragua from 2007 to 2010 and Costa Rica in the 1990s. Barrick has her Masters in International Administration from the School for International Training (SIT) and her bachelor’s in international relations from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C.

Between tours with the Peace Corps, Barrick directed training and education programs serving low-income and underserved populations for colleges and universities in California, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. While assistant director of the Western Rural Development Center at Oregon State University, she co-authored Cross-Reach: A Cross-Cultural Training Manual and conducted a series of cross-cultural workshops for indigenous community members and agricultural extension workers in Guam and Alaska. Barrick was the assistant training director for the Latin American Agricultural Training Center in the 1980s. She also worked as a consultant with EARTH University and in bilingual international schools.