Hope College Recognized for Peace Corps Volunteers

Hope Recognized for Peace Corps VolunteersPosted January 15, 2008[Read the complete story www.hope.edu.]HOLLAND – Hope College has entered the annual rankings of the Peace Corps on the organization’s top-25 list of small colleges and universities producing Peace Corps Volunteers in 2007.Hope is the only school from Michigan on the top-25 listing for small colleges and universities, and is fifth among all Michigan colleges and universities of any size for its number of alumni volunteers in 2007. The Peace Corps announced its top-25 listings for 2007 on Monday, Jan. 14.Hope is ranked 24th nationally among small colleges and universities, with 14 alumni serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, up from 13 the year before. Since the Peace Corps’ inception in 1961, a total of 153 Hope alumni have joined the ranks, making Hope the 283rd producer of volunteers of all time.