Awards: Josh Cornehlsen applied to the Peace Corps and was sent to Burkina Faso - a landlocked country in Western Africa that is one of the poorest countries in the entire world. His job there was to teach public health, specifically the prevention of aids, malaria and guinea worm. 6 May 2004 Awards: RPCV Richard Rosecrance off to South Africa for year 5 May 2004 Awards: University of Hartford to Award Honorary Degree to Sargent Shriver 4 May 2004 Awards: Jamaica RPCV Jill Walker's work with RIF literacy program receives national recognition 3 May 2004 Awards: India RPCV Michael Maidenberg, a Pulitzer prize-winning publisher with the Grand Forks (N.D.), Herald for 21 years until his December 2003 retirement, is vice president and chief program officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2 May 2004 Awards: Venezuela RPCV and Minnesota State Senator Bob Kierlin inducted to Polish Hall of Fame 25 April 2004 Awards: India RPCV Morgan Little inducted in Delaware Afro-American Hall of Fame 15 April 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News shared a $2,500 prize for "Casualties of Peace," a seven-day series that revealed an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers 8 April 2004 Awards: Turkey RPCV Elaine Jones to keynote at Winthrop University 4 April 2004 Awards: Barbour declares Friday Mildred Taylor Day for Ethiopia RPCV 2 April 2004 Awards: Sargent and Mark Shriver to Present the First-Ever Eunice and Sargent Shriver 'Profile in Dignity Award' 23 March 2004 Awards: Peace Corps HQ Chief Information Officer Gopal Khanna receives top US award 18 March 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News was finalist for Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for exposing assaults against Peace Corps volunteers and the agency's attempt to conceal its knowledge of the abuses 18 March 2004 Awards: Guatemala Honors Peace Corps for Over 40 Years of Service with National Award 17 March 2004 Awards: Venezuela RPCV John Sullivan, who was named Coach of the Year by the Massachusetts Track & Field Coaches Association 15 March 2004 Awards: 'Dayton Daily News' series on Peace Corps wins award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment from the Scripps Howard Foundation 12 March 2004 Awards: Peru RPCV John Watson is Research Professor at Desert Research Institute 7 March 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News wins award for "Casualties of Peace" 2 March 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News honored for reporting 2 March 2004 Awards: Peace Corps Deputy Director Jody Olsen accepts Distinguished Service Award from World Council of Credit Unions 25 February 2004 Awards: Brazil RPCV Dr. Robert Backus recognized by state lawmakers for outstanding local and global work in health care 17 February 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News is finalist for prize on Peace Corps articles 11 February 2004 Awards: Dayton Daily News series on Peace Corps Safety and Security is finalist for 2004 Goldsmith Prize that promotes more effective and ethical government 4 February 2004 Awards: Colombia RPCV William Edwards to receive the Excellence in International Agriculture Award 4 February 2004 Awards: Dr. Maury Albertson, one of the developers of the original Peace Corps, honored during "our for Peace" 24 January 2004 Awards: Western Samoa RPCV Terrie Sultan to Receive French Medal of Honor 21 January 2004 Awards: Morocco RPCV Jim Heaton Wins Prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship 21 January 2004 Awards: Malawi RPCV Andrew H. Oerke's book of poems entitled "Symphony Number One and Selected Poems" is a wonderful set of poems about humanity's existential struggle 17 January 2004 Awards: Nigeria RPCV Chris Riley selected as Showcase Man of the Year for his commitment to community service 5 January 2004 Awards: Burkina Faso RPCV Cathy L. Seeley elected President of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 1 January 2004 Awards: Ethiopia RPCV Ellen Finan earns national certification as teacher 31 December 2003 Awards: School families rally behind fired principal, RPCV Robert C. Herring 19 December 2003 Awards: Daily Report and Schedule on Keep Bob Herring Web Site 1 December 2003 Awards: Nativity firing of RPCV Bob Herring to be mediated 1 December 2003 Awards: Web site supports RPCV Bob Herring 29 November 2003 Awards: Parents fighting for fired principal Bob Herring, winner of NPCA Global Educator Award 26 November 2003 Awards: School firing of NPCA Global Educator Award winner Bob Herring brings protest 25 November 2003 Awards: Kids, parents lobby church over firing of principal Bob Herring, winner of NPCA Global Educator Award 25 November 2003 Awards: Brazil RPCV Judy Otterstrom Randle honored for Library work in Tulsa 24 November 2003 Awards: Letter to the Editor of the New York Review of Books on AIDS in Africa from Brazil RPCV Nancy Scheper-Hughes 20 November 2003 Awards: Vasquez presents Peace Corps Coverdell Award for Excellence to Liberia RPCV Mary O. Nasibi 30 October 2003 Awards: Brazil RPCV Robert Backus named Vermont doctor of the year 21 October 2003 Awards: Mongolia RPCV Susan E. Boedy awarded the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship for 2003-2004 25 August 2003 Awards: Dominican Republic RPCV and Senator Chris Dodd named `New Englander of the Year' 20 August 2003 Awards: PNG RPCV Robert Soderstrom wins first prize in Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum 19 August 2003 Awards: PNG RPCV Robert Soderstrom wins screenplay competition in Austin Fest 19 August 2003 Awards: USDA honors Ecuador RPCV Dick Moore for work with Hiefer International 4 August 2003 Awards: NPCA Presents Awards at Annual General Meeting in Portland, OR 1 August 2003 Awards: Peace Corps Writers announce RPCV Writing Awards 22 July 2003 Awards: Jimmy Carter presented the Lillian Carter Award to outstanding senior RPCV 1 July 2003 Awards: Tony Gasbarro wins Lillian Carter Award 30 June 2003 Awards: Carter presents award to senior volunteer 27 June 2003 Awards: Kenya RPCV James A. Wilson honored with Franklin Award 5 June 2003 Awards: Peace Corps Honors Community Service Leaders of Color at 5th Annual Franklin H. Williams Awards 4 June 2003 Awards: RPCV Colin Gallagher wins Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry 20 May 2003 Awards: State colleagues recognize Nigeria RPCV Peter Stolzman with Peace Award 17 May 2003 Awards: Thomas E. Tighe awarded Doctor at Laws at Hobart and William Smith College 11 May 2003 Awards: Bob Herring named Global Educator 3 May 2003 Awards: Cameroon RPCV Christopher Hill receives Preservation of Freedom Prize 2 May 2003 Awards: Malawi RPCV Andrew Oerke receives Award of Excellence of the United Nations Society of Writers and Artists 27 April 2003 Awards: A Naturalist in the Rain Forest: West Coast Premiere Screening of Colombia RPCV Paul Feyling's Award-winning Film a Huge Success 23 April 2003 Awards: Director Vasquez to keynote at Su Casa Awards Dinner 17 April 2003 Awards: Brazil RPCV Dave Miller and Afghanistan RPCV Bob Hull's Firm win awards for socially responsible and humane public architecture 31 March 2003 Awards: Peace Corps Nominated for Global Health Leadership Award 24 March 2003 Awards: Director Vasquez on panel of judges for HOPE Awards 17 March 2003 Awards: Phillipines RPCV Charles Atkinson wins national poetry award 14 March 2003 Awards: Swaziland RPCV Chris Matthews to Host 179th Franklin Institute Awards April 24 4 March 2003 Awards: Dominican Republic RPCV Lynne Moquete wins Education Award 26 February 2003 Awards: The 2002 Peace Corps Writers award for Best Travel Writing has been awarded to Joe Cummings for Lonely Planet Bangkok 22 February 2003 Awards: Turkey RPCV Robert Olson winner of Kirwan Award - Widely Recognized for Kurdish Studies 10 February 2003 Awards: Colombia and Chile Peace Corps Staffer Bud Cook is Award-winning conservationist 1 February 2003 Awards: RPCV Kimberly Jones-Rudolph served in the Peace Corps, working to save the lives of starving and malnourished children in Niger 1 January 2003 Awards: Un-doing: The Politics of Suffering, Trauma, Resentment and Forgiveness in the New South Africa by Brazil RPCV Nancy Scheper-Hughes 13 December 2002 Awards: Gaddi Vasquez honored with VIP Award at Orange County scholarship fundraiser 19 November 2002 Awards: Solomon Islands RPCV Diane Darr to receive Legacy Award 1 November 2002 Awards: PC Director Vasquez receives Orange County Boy Scout Visionary Award 1 November 2002 Awards: Young Political Leaders Honor Peace Corps Director 25 September 2002 Awards: Liberia RPCV Robert H. Phillips received the Alumni Association's 2002 Excellence in Education Award 1 September 2002 Awards: Peace Corps Pioneer Harris Wofford to Receive Leadership Award 30 July 2002 Awards: NPCA Award Winner Chakunga Sibale is seeking to raise awareness and funds for children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi 28 June 2002 Awards: RPCV Jena Sibille wins People's Choice Award with Art inspired in Papua New Guinea 25 June 2002 Awards: Peace Corps Honors Recipients of Second Annual Paul D. Coverdell Award for Excellence 21 May 2002 Awards: Congressman James Walsh, a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served as an agriculture extension agent in Nepal from 1970-1972, has routinely shared his experiences with Miller’s 9th grade history classes 9 May 2002 Awards: Congressman James Walsh, a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served as an agriculture extension agent in Nepal from 1970-1972, has routinely shared his experiences with Miller’s 9th grade history classes 9 May 2002 Awards: Peace Corps Web Site nominated for Webby Award 29 April 2002 Awards: Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the Peace Corps cites Direct Relief International President Thomas Tighe 9 April 2002 Awards: Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the Peace Corps Cites Direct Relief International President Thomas Tighe 9 April 2002 Awards: Philippines RPCV Letitia Morse Lladoc wins Global Educator Award 24 March 2002 Awards: Peace Corps and NPCA nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 21 March 2002 Awards: Botswana RPCV Amy Smith invents devices designed to aid the rural populations of Africa and other areas 28 February 2002 Awards: Hispanic couple receive the Giving is Living Award for their many charitable efforts 7 February 2002 Awards: PC Staffer Mae Jemison honored with Multicultural Prism Awards 1 February 2002 Awards: US Peace Corps awards Franklin H. Williams Awards for Community Service 28 January 2002 Awards: "Pedals for Progress" receives Rolex Award 27 December 2001 Awards: Nepal RPCV Rochelle Rainey has earned a Fulbright grant to conduct water quality research in rural Nepal 23 August 2001 Awards: Barbados RPCV M.J. Kietzke wins environmental award for promoting ecotourism 7 July 2001 Awards: When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as an agricultural journalist in the Caribbean, the backdrop for his American Book Award-winning short story collection, "Easy in the Islands." 7 July 2001 Awards: 1999 Functional Medicine Linus Pauling Award Presented to Sidney M. Baker, M.D., Chad RPCV (1966-1968) 2 July 2001 Awards: The Stanley Suyat Memorial Leadership Award 28 June 2001 Awards: Young Boholano envi-artist bags national award in the National Environmental Poster Design Contest sponsored by the USAID and the US Peace Corps-Philippines 28 June 2001 Awards: Amy Smith, RPCV Botswana, Receives $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention and Innovation 27 June 2001 Awards: Ecuador RPCV Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., president of California State University, Dominguez Hills honored with U.S. Peace Corps Award 25 June 2001 Awards: Archeologist Dr. Stephanie J. Maloney was a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil and received the Smithsonian Institution Research Field Trip Award (1974-1976) 23 June 2001 Awards: Michael Graglia taught math and conducted HIV education programs in Namibia in 1998 and 1999 21 May 2001 Awards: Sargent Shriver Honored With the Prestigious JFK Kennedy Library And Foundation "Distinguished American Award" 14 May 2001 Awards: Sargent Shriver Honored With the Prestigious JFK Kennedy Library And Foundation "Distinguished American Award" 14 May 2001 Awards: Jimmy Carter presents Peace Corps Award 14 May 2001 Awards: Slovakia RPCV Peter Fitzgerald wins Army's Military Journalist of the Year Award 25 April 2001 Awards: Botswana RPCV Amy Smith wins MIT prize for design 1 September 2000 Awards: Peru RPCV John Watson Wins Top Air Quality Research Award 20 July 2000 Awards: Uruguay RPCV Rashaan Harris wins Franklin Award 9 March 2000 Awards: RPCV Nancy Scheper-Hughes was named winner of the 2000 J. I. Staley Prize for her book, Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil 1 February 2000 Awards: Botswana RPCV Amy Smith takes an alternative approach to design 1 January 2000 Awards: Chad RPCV Christopher "Kip" Harkness wins 1998 AICP Outstanding Student Award 1 January 2000 Awards: The 1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding to the Peace Corps 1 January 1963
Awards: Peace Corps Writers announce RPCV Writing Awards 22 July 2003 Awards: Jimmy Carter presents the Lillian Carter Award to outstanding senior RPCV 1 July 2003 Awards: Tony Gasbarro wins Lillian Carter Award 30 June 2003 Awards: Carter presents award to senior volunteer 27 June 2003 Awards: Kenya RPCV James A. Wilson honored with Franklin Award 5 June 2003 Awards: Peace Corps Honors Community Service Leaders of Color at 5th Annual Franklin H. Williams Awards 4 June 2003 Awards: RPCV Colin Gallagher wins Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry 20 May 2003 Awards: State colleagues recognize Nigeria RPCV Peter Stolzman with Peace Award 17 May 2003 Awards: Thomas E. Tighe awarded Doctor at Laws at Hobart and William Smith College 11 May 2003 Awards: Cameroon RPCV Christopher Hill receives Preservation of Freedom Prize 2 May 2003 Awards: Malawi RPCV Andrew Oerke receives Award of Excellence of the United Nations Society of Writers and Artists 27 April 2003 Awards: A Naturalist in the Rain Forest: West Coast Premiere Screening of Colombia RPCV Paul Feyling's Award-winning Film a Huge Success 23 April 2003 Awards: Director Vasquez to keynote at Su Casa Awards Dinner 17 April 2003 Awards: Brazil RPCV Dave Miller and Afghanistan RPCV Bob Hull's Firm win awards for socially responsible and humane public architecture 31 March 2003 Awards: Peace Corps Nominated for Global Health Leadership Award 24 March 2003 Awards: Director Vasquez on panel of judges for HOPE Awards 17 March 2003 Awards: Phillipines RPCV Charles Atkinson wins national poetry award 14 March 2003 Awards: Swaziland RPCV Chris Matthews to Host 179th Franklin Institute Awards April 24 4 March 2003 Awards: Dominican Republic RPCV Lynne Moquete wins Education Award 26 February 2003 Awards: The 2002 Peace Corps Writers award for Best Travel Writing has been awarded to Joe Cummings for Lonely Planet Bangkok 22 February 2003 Awards: Turkey RPCV Robert Olson winner of Kirwan Award - Widely Recognized for Kurdish Studies 10 February 2003 Awards: Colombia and Chile Peace Corps Staffer Bud Cook is Award-winning conservationist 1 February 2003 Awards: Gaddi Vasquez honored with VIP Award at Orange County scholarship fundraiser 19 November 2002 Awards: Solomon Islands RPCV Diane Darr to receive Legacy Award 1 November 2002 Awards: PC Director Vasquez receives Orange County Boy Scout Visionary Award 1 November 2002 Awards: Liberia RPCV Robert H. Phillips received the Alumni Association's 2002 Excellence in Education Award 1 September 2002 Awards: Peace Corps Pioneer Harris Wofford to Receive Leadership Award 30 July 2002 Awards: NPCA Award Winner Chakunga Sibale is seeking to raise awareness and funds for children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi 28 June 2002 Awards: RPCV wins People's Choice Award with Art inspired in New Guinea 25 June 2002 Awards: Peace Corps Web Site nominated for Webby Award 29 April 2002 Awards: Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the Peace Corps Cites Direct Relief International President Thomas Tighe 9 April 2002 Awards: Peace Corps and NPCA nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 21 March 2002 Awards: Hispanic couple receive the Giving is Living Award for their many charitable efforts 7 February 2002 Awards: PC Staffer Mae Jemison honored with Multicultural Prism Awards 1 February 2002 Awards: PC Staffer Mae Jemison honored for her service with Multicultural Prism Awards 1 February 2002 Awards: US Peace Corps awards Franklin H. Williams Awards for Community Service 28 January 2002 Awards: "Pedals for Progress" receives Rolex Award 27 December 2001 Awards: Barbados RPCV M.J. Kietzke wins environmental award for promoting ecotourism 7 July 2001 Awards: When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as an agricultural journalist in the Caribbean, the backdrop for his American Book Award-winning short story collection, "Easy in the Islands." 7 July 2001 Awards: 1999 Functional Medicine Linus Pauling Award Presented to Sidney M. Baker, M.D., Chad RPCV (1966-1968) 2 July 2001 Awards: The Stanley Suyat Memorial Leadership Award 28 June 2001 Awards: Young Boholano envi-artist bags national award in the National Environmental Poster Design Contest sponsored by the USAID and the US Peace Corps-Philippines 28 June 2001 Awards: Amy Smith, RPCV Botswana, Receives $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention and Innovation 27 June 2001 Awards: Ecuador RPCV Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., president of California State University, Dominguez Hills honored with U.S. Peace Corps Award 25 June 2001 Awards: Archeologist Dr. Stephanie J. Maloney was a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil and received the Smithsonian Institution Research Field Trip Award (1974-1976) 23 June 2001 Awards: Sargent Shriver Honored With the Prestigious JFK Kennedy Library And Foundation "Distinguished American Award" 14 May 2001 Awards: Sargent Shriver Honored With the Prestigious JFK Kennedy Library And Foundation "Distinguished American Award" 14 May 2001 Awards: Jimmy Carter presents Peace Corps Award 14 May 2001 Awards: Slovakia RPCV Peter Fitzgerald wins Army's Military Journalist of the Year Award 25 April 2001 Awards: Botswana RPCV Amy Smith wins MIT prize for design 1 September 2000 Awards: Chad RPCV Christopher "Kip" Harkness wins 1998 AICP Outstanding Student Award 1 January 2000 Awards: The 1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding to the Peace Corps 1 January 1963