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Rep. Sam Farr will be guest speaker for dedication of a Peace Pole at UC Santa Cruz’s Merrill College
Rep. Sam Farr will be guest speaker for dedication of a Peace Pole at UC Santa Cruz’s Merrill College
Pole honors Peace Corps volunteers
Rep. Sam Farr will be a guest speaker Monday for the dedication of a Peace Pole at UC Santa Cruz’s Merrill College.
Farr is a Peace Corps alumni, serving in Columbia from 1964-66.
The pole is in recognition of UCSC’s high number of Peace Corps volunteers over the years.
Merrill College at UCSC has hosted the Peace Corps campus recruiter for more than 15 years. Last year the number of UCSC alumni serving in the Peace Corps rose 30 percent, where the national average was 15 percent.
The public is invited to the ceremony, which will be noon to 12:45 p.m. at the main entrance to Merrill College.
A mixer will followat the Merrill College former Dining Hall.