{"id":85419,"date":"2015-02-18T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=85419"},"modified":"2015-02-18T12:14:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:14:28","slug":"peace-corps-ranks-umw-as-top-producing-small-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/18\/peace-corps-ranks-umw-as-top-producing-small-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Corps Ranks UMW as Top-Producing Small College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 11th 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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85420\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/taylor-parker_peace-corps-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Taylor Parker \u201911 served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana. She&amp;#8217;s among the 270 Mary Washington graduates who have served in the Peace Corps since its 1961 inception. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Parker \u201911 (left) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps-600x400.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/02\/Taylor-Parker_Peace-Corps.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Parker \u201911 (left) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UMW ranks 20th on the Peace Corps\u2019 list of small schools or institutions with less than 5,000 undergraduates, making it the seventh-highest volunteer-producing institution in Virginia this year and the sixth-highest all-time producer in the Commonwealth. According to the Peace Corp, UMW currently has nine alumni serving around the world.<\/p>\n<p>UMW has been included in the top 10 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>Leah Kieff graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2011 with a degree in political science and currently works as a community economic development volunteer. She credits UMW with helping to prepare her for service in Moldova, where she works with a non-governmental organization that provides medical and social services to the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a job where I knew I was making a difference and where my work was helping to make the world a better place,\u201d said Kieff, 26, a native of Fairfax, Va. \u201cOne of the many things I love about Peace Corps is that no two days are the same. There&#8217;s always a new adventure or funny moment to be had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Peace Corps ranks its top volunteer-producing colleges and universities annually according to the size of the student body. For the full list of top-producing colleges and universities, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/media\/statsfacts\/tc2015\/\">peacecorps.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 11th 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","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":85420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[707,704],"tags":[715,740],"topics":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletter-archived-top-stories","8":"category-top-stories","9":"tag-alumni","10":"tag-honor","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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