2007.09.27: September 27, 2007: Headlines: Directors - Tschetter: Figures: Directors: COS - India: Headquarters: Peace Corps Press Release: Ron Tschetter completes one year as Peace Corps Director
Peace Corps Online:
Peace Corps News:
Directors of the Peace Corps:
Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter:
Ron Tschetter: Newest Stories:
2007.10.12: October 12, 2007: Headlines: United Nations: COS - Korea: Directors - Tschetter: Figures: Directors: COS - India: Peace Corps Press Release: United Nations Secretary-General Visits Peace Corps :
2007.09.27: September 27, 2007: Headlines: Directors - Tschetter: Figures: Directors: COS - India: Headquarters: Peace Corps Press Release: Ron Tschetter completes one year as Peace Corps Director
Ron Tschetter completes one year as Peace Corps Director
The Director has visited 23 countries to date, including some locations never before visited by a Peace Corps Director, such as: Malawi, Bolivia, and Cape Verde. The Director has attended Peace Corps anniversary events in Niger, Paraguay, Cameroon, and the Dominican Republic. Also this year, Tschetter traveled to swear-in the first group of Volunteers to serve in Cambodia. Additionally, Tschetter has visited many of Peace Corps' regional recruiting offices across the United States. Over the past year, Tschetter also created the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning (OSIRP) within the agency to better measure the impact of Volunteers in the field and the work done to support them here at home. This new office performs three key functions: performance planning and reporting; evaluation and measurement; and data management. Ron Tschetter is the seventeenth Director of the Peace Corps. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in India in the 1960's.
Ron Tschetter completes one year as Peace Corps Director
Peace Corps Director Tschetter Celebrates First Anniversary
Director Ron Tschetter finishes the year with many accomplishments
Caption: Peace Corps Director Tschetter with a volunteer in Cameroon earlier this year. Photo: michaeljdowney Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 27, 2007 - Peace Corps marks the one year anniversary of Director Ron Tschetter this week by recognizing his accomplishments during the course of a successful and productive first year.
A former Peace Corps Volunteer in India, Tschetter was in Africa this week visiting Volunteers in Niger and Burkina Faso. He has traveled extensively around the globe to see the work of Volunteers first-hand and to meet with host country government officials to highlight our partnership and gratitude.
The Director has visited 23 countries to date, including some locations never before visited by a Peace Corps Director, such as: Malawi, Bolivia, and Cape Verde. The Director has attended Peace Corps anniversary events in Niger, Paraguay, Cameroon, and the Dominican Republic. Also this year, Tschetter traveled to swear-in the first group of Volunteers to serve in Cambodia. Additionally, Tschetter has visited many of Peace Corps' regional recruiting offices across the United States.
One of the Director's main initiatives has been to attract and retain older Americans to serve in the Peace Corps. After conducting a survey of all currently serving 50+ Volunteers, he responded to the feedback and is transforming the agency to better integrate and increase the number of 50+ Volunteers. He has personally attended 50+ recruiting sessions around the country and seen great interest from the Baby Boomer generation to serve their country.
Director Tschetter has effectively spread the message that it's never too late to serve. This month at the AARP National Convention, Director Tschetter unveiled a new 50+ Web site geared specifically toward older Americans. Over the past year, the 50+ initiative has earned the attention of major national news outlets such as CNN, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, San Francisco Examiner, and Christian Science Monitor.
Director Tschetter has also used his first year to focus on minority outreach and expand Return Peace Corps Volunteer outreach efforts which promote, encourage, and sustain Peace Corps' mission and legacy of service. Director Tschetter realizes how important it is for our global neighbors to understand that America is a diverse nation with true blend of cultures and customs.
In addition to the 50+ website, the Director has improved outreach by launching two new websites to provide Americans with valuable resources and build cross-cultural understanding: the updated World Wise Schools Web site that contains educational resources for teachers and school children; and a new Teens Web site that promotes volunteerism in local communities and future Peace Corps service.
Over the past year, Tschetter also created the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning (OSIRP) within the agency to better measure the impact of Volunteers in the field and the work done to support them here at home. This new office performs three key functions: performance planning and reporting; evaluation and measurement; and data management.
During his travels, the Director also hopes to promote the spirit of volunteerism in host countries. During his first year, Director Tschetter created a Task Force to look at the many ways Peace Corps can encourage volunteerism in countries of service and here at home.
Looking forward, the Director will swear in new Volunteers in Ethiopia this December and continue visiting Peace Corps Volunteers and staff around the world. Tschetter's substantial achievements in his first year as Director are reflective of the vision that will guide Peace Corps into the future.
Links to Related Topics (Tags):
Headlines: September, 2007; Ron Tschetter; Ron Tschetter (Director 2006 - ); Figures; Peace Corps Directors; Peace Corps India; Directory of India RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for India RPCVs; Peace Corps Headquarters
When this story was posted in October 2007, this was on the front page of PCOL:
Peace Corps Online The Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
| Senator Dodd's Peace Corps Hearings Read PCOL's executive summary of Senator Chris Dodd's hearings on July 25 on the Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act and why Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter does not believe the bill would contribute to an improved Peace Corps while four other RPCV witnesses do. Highlights of the hearings included Dodd's questioning of Tschetter on political meetings at Peace Corps Headquarters and the Inspector General's testimony on the re-opening of the Walter Poirier III investigation. |
| What is the greatest threat facing us now? "People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing? I would approach this differently, in almost Marshall-like terms. What are the great opportunities out there - ones that we can take advantage of?" Read more. |
| Paul Theroux: Peace Corps Writer Paul Theroux began by writing about the life he knew in Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His first first three novels are set in Africa and two of his later novels recast his Peace Corps tour as fiction. Read about how Theroux involved himself with rebel politicians, was expelled from Malawi, and how the Peace Corps tried to ruin him financially in John Coyne's analysis and appreciation of one of the greatest American writers of his generation (who also happens to be an RPCV). |
| Dodd issues call for National Service Standing on the steps of the Nashua City Hall where JFK kicked off his campaign in 1960, Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd issued a call for National Service. "Like thousands of others, I heard President Kennedy's words and a short time later joined the Peace Corps." Dodd said his goal is to see 40 million people volunteering in some form or another by 2020. "We have an appetite for service. We like to be asked to roll up our sleeves and make a contribution," he said. "We haven't been asked in a long time." |
| Public diplomacy rests on sound public policy When President Kennedy spoke of "a long twilight struggle," and challenged the country to "ask not," he signaled that the Cold War was the challenge and framework defining US foreign policy. The current challenge is not a struggle against a totalitarian foe. It is not a battle against an enemy called "Islamofascism." From these false assumptions flow false choices, including the false choice between law enforcement and war. Instead, law enforcement and military force both must be essential instruments, along with diplomacy, including public diplomacy. But public diplomacy rests on policy, and to begin with, the policy must be sound. Read more. |
| Ambassador revokes clearance for PC Director A post made on PCOL from volunteers in Tanzania alleges that Ambassador Retzer has acted improperly in revoking the country clearance of Country Director Christine Djondo. A statement from Peace Corps' Press Office says that the Peace Corps strongly disagrees with the ambassador’s decision. On June 8 the White House announced that Retzer is being replaced as Ambassador. Latest: Senator Dodd has placed a hold on Mark Green's nomination to be Ambassador to Tanzania. |
| Peace Corps Funnies A PCV writing home? Our editor hard at work? Take a look at our Peace Corps Funnies and Peace Corps Cartoons and see why Peace Corps Volunteers say that sometimes a touch of levity can be one of the best ways of dealing with frustrations in the field. Read what RPCVs say about the lighter side of life in the Peace Corps and see why irreverent observations can often contain more than a grain of truth. We'll supply the photos. You supply the captions. |
| PCOL serves half million PCOL's readership for April exceeded 525,000 visitors - a 50% increase over last year. This year also saw the advent of a new web site: Peace Corps News that together with the Peace Corps Library and History of the Peace Corps serve 17,000 RPCVs, Staff, and Friends of the Peace Corps every day. Thanks for making PCOL your source of news for the Peace Corps community. Read more. |
| Suspect confesses in murder of PCV Search parties in the Philippines discovered the body of Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell near Barangay Batad, Banaue town on April 17. Director Tschetter expressed his sorrow at learning the news. “Julia was a proud member of the Peace Corps family, and she contributed greatly to the lives of Filipino citizens in Donsol, Sorsogon, where she served,” he said. Latest: Suspect Juan Duntugan admits to killing Campbell. Leave your thoughts and condolences . |
| He served with honor One year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul (RPCV Kenya) carried on an ongoing dialog on this website on the military and the peace corps and his role as a member of a Civil Affairs Team in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have just received a report that Sargeant Paul has been killed by a car bomb in Kabul. Words cannot express our feeling of loss for this tremendous injury to the entire RPCV community. Most of us didn't know him personally but we knew him from his words. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was one of ours and he served with honor. |
Read the stories and leave your comments.
Some postings on Peace Corps Online are provided to the individual members of this group without permission of the copyright owner for the non-profit purposes of criticism, comment, education, scholarship, and research under the "Fair Use" provisions of U.S. Government copyright laws and they may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner. Peace Corps Online does not vouch for the accuracy of the content of the postings, which is the sole responsibility of the copyright holder.
Story Source: Peace Corps Press Release
This story has been posted in the following forums: : Headlines; Directors - Tschetter; Figures; Directors; COS - India; Headquarters
PCOL39388
15