{"id":1354,"date":"2016-04-12T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2016\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2016-04-12T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:01:33","slug":"umw-is-a-peace-corps-top-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2016\/uncategorized\/umw-is-a-peace-corps-top-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Is a Peace Corps Top Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 12th year, the Peace Corps has ranked the University of Mary Washington among the nation\u2019s top-producing colleges for alumni now serving as Peace Corps volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>UMW ranks eighth on the Peace Corps\u2019 list of small schools or institutions with fewer than 5,000 undergraduates. According to the Peace Corps, UMW has 11 alumni currently serving around the world.<\/p>\n<p>UMW has been included among the top 20 of the Peace Corps\u2019 list of top-producing small schools since 2005. In all, more than 230 UMW alumni have served the 27-month commitment around the world since the Peace Corps\u2019 inception in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>The Peace Corps ranks its top volunteer-producing colleges and universities annually according to the size of the student body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 12th year, the Peace Corps has ranked the University of Mary Washington among the nation\u2019s top-producing colleges for alumni now serving as Peace Corps volunteers. UMW ranks eighth on the Peace Corps\u2019 list of small schools or institutions with fewer than 5,000 undergraduates. 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