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Thursday, January 28, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Peace Corps recruiting on campus
By Dayana Yochim Kansan staff writer
Aggressive recruitment of older people and minorities is part of a revised Peace Corps strategy, according to a representative of the group who was on campus this week.
Marshaline Letcher, the representative, said that about 12 percent of Peace Corps volunteers were over 50 years old.
"The people in the countries we have heard have that America is very diverse," Letcher said. "They want diversity in the people that represent us."
Letcher said older people were ideal candidates for Peace Corps work because they had 20-25 years of work experience.
But older volunteers sought for experience, officials say
There are currently 5,600 Peace Corps volunteers in 62 third world
countries.
Dana Hallman, public affairs manager for the Peace Corps, said from her Kansas City, Kan., office that older people were highly regarded overseas, and that the people in the program still were active.
"These people opt to participate in the program because they feel their lives have been fulfilled after they retire," Hallman said. "In the Peace Corps, they can put their skills to work where they are badly needed and wanted.
"We really try and put them in a position that doesn't require a lot of strenuous work," Hallman said.
"But a lot of these people want to experience a different type of lifestyle."
The Peace Corps recruits older volunteers, whom it defines as over 50 years old, through lectures and mass mailings. Hallman said.
Although the type of volunteer has been shifting toward older U.S. residents, the Peace Corps still actively recruits on college campuses.
Rob McRae, a Peace Corps recruiter, said that advertising on campuses was the best way to reach a number of eligible participants.
McRae and Letcher were recruiting at the Kansas Union yesterday and Tuesday.
Letcher said the Peace Corps came to the University of Kansas twice a year to recruit because KU was the top contributor of volunteers in Kansas. There are 16 KU graduates now serving as Peace Corps volunteers.
The government allotted the Peace Corps $146 million for fiscal year 1987.
Letcher said that about 25 students got applications in the two days they were recruiting at KU. She said that that was more than last fall.
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