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Sarah Termondt, UC San Diego alum, served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic.
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The University of California continues to be a leading source of Peace Corps volunteers, with six campuses among the organization's top 25 producing colleges and universities in 2013.
UC Berkeley and UCLA tied for fifth place among the nation's large colleges and universities in 2013 with 85 volunteers. UC Santa Barbara was 10th with 76, UC San Diego was 13th with 70, and UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz tied for 17th with 60.
"We are honored to be recognized as one of the top 10 large universities nationwide for the number of our UC Santa Barbara alumni who volunteer to serve in the Peace Corps," said UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang. "Our campus has long supported the important work of the Peace Corps, and we are very proud of the values and commitment of our students and alumni who selflessly volunteer their time and energy to help improve the quality of life for people around the world."
UC Berkeley leads all universities with 3,544 alumni who have served with the Peace Corps since it was founded in 1961. In all, 10,840 UC alums from all campuses have volunteered.
UC's commitment to the Peace Corps public service mission runs deep. In the early days of the program, volunteers trained in the United States before shipping out to their assigned countries. UCLA was one of the first training centers; between 1961 and 1969, it trained about 2,000 volunteers from all over the United States.
"Peace Corps announces Top Colleges annually to recognize the schools that contribute the most alumni who are making a difference overseas through volunteer service," said Janet Allen, Peace Corps West Coast regional manager. "We thank and congratulate each of these University of California campuses as one of the 23 universities from the West Coast producing globally-minded leaders who turn idealism into action as Peace Corps volunteers."
Harry Mok is a principal editor in the UC Office of the President's Integrated Communications group. For more news, visit the UC Newsroom or follow us on Twitter.