Turkmenistan RPCV Julie Ketelsen named to county ‘family’ Extension post



Ketelsen recently received a second undergraduate degree majoring in food and nutrition from Texas Women’s University in Denton after having previously served America’s Peace Corps for two years in Turkmenistan, a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan. One of the first 50 volunteers to return to Turkmenistan in 2002 — after Peace Corps volunteers had been removed from most worldwide locations following the 9-11 terrorist attack — Ketelsen was the lone American serving in a rather remote village in that country.

Turkmenistan RPCV Julie Ketelsen named to county ‘family’ Extension post

Ketelsen named to county ‘family’ Extension post

By Bud Chambers/Staff Reporter

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 2:18 PM CDT

Caption: Brenham, Texas in 1873. Birdrsquos Eye View of Brenham, Washington County, Texas. Photo: Wikipedia

Julie Ketelsen, a native of Austin, today gained a unanimous vote of commissioners court as Washington County’s new county Extension agent for Family and Consumers Sciences, effective Sept. 8.

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Ketelsen recently received a second undergraduate degree majoring in food and nutrition from Texas Women’s University in Denton after having previously served America’s Peace Corps for two years in Turkmenistan, a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

One of the first 50 volunteers to return to Turkmenistan in 2002 — after Peace Corps volunteers had been removed from most worldwide locations following the 9-11 terrorist attack — Ketelsen was the lone American serving in a rather remote village in that country.

Ketelsen had earned her first university degree in 2002 from Stephen F. Austin University, majoring in family and consumer sciences, and then volunteered for that Peace Corps service. Upon a return from Turkmenistan, she then taught one year at Paris, Texas, high school prior to a decision to earn a second related major at TWU.

While officially becoming a Washington County employee on Sept. 8, Ketelsen is looking for a place to stay on this visit to Brenham with plans to move here by July 25 and commute to Texas A&M University’s campus during her required training period with the A&M-administered Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

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