{"id":96694,"date":"2016-11-15T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T16:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?p=96694"},"modified":"2016-11-15T11:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T16:34:37","slug":"peacecorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/news\/2016\/11\/15\/peacecorps\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCelebrating Peace Corps\u201d Exhibit & Events Nov. 14-18, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
As part of International Education Week<\/a> (Nov. 14-18, 2016) the African Studies Library is invites you to stop by and view\u00a0the following exhibit and events.

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Exhibit: \u00a0 \u201cPeace Corps: 55 Years of Global Engagement\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Peace Corps has\u00a0changed the lives of its volunteers even as they made a difference in their countries of service. This is clearly evident in the growing literature\u00a0written by returned volunteers. \u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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The African Studies Library is organizing an exhibit highlighting some of the Peace Corps materials within our own BU Library collections. Stop by and see selections from a variety of memoirs, field notes, photographs and Peace Corps publications on exhibit. \u00a0Learn about some famous people who, it turns out, were Peace Corps volunteers. Last but certainly not least, discover\u00a0the stories of returned Peace Corps volunteers who live, study, and work alongside us here at BU.

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Events: Conversations with former Peace Corps Volunteers
\n<\/strong>Be\u00a0sure to attend one or both of our\u00a0informal discussions with Returned PC Volunteers (RPCV’s) from various countries in Africa. Find out what motivated them to join the Peace Corps, what life was like in the field and how it has changed their lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

\nWhere?<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
African Studies Library Reading Room.<\/strong>\u00a0Light refreshments will be provided.<\/em><\/div>\n

\nWhen?<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 10:30am<\/strong>\u00a0 –\u00a0A conversation with former Peace Corps Volunteers,<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Christopher Conz (Lesotho) and Diane Gallagher (Cape Verde)

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\u00a0Friday, Nov. 18, 3:30pm<\/strong>\u00a0– A conversation with former Peace Corps Volunteers,<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Jennifer Yanco (Zaire – now DRC) and \u00a0John Hutchison (Niger)

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Please attend if you can!
\nWe are located on the <\/span>6th floor of the Mugar Library <\/a>(accessible by the north elevator).
\nContact <\/span>asl@bu.edu<\/a> if you have any questions. Thanks!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of International Education Week (Nov. 14-18, 2016) the African Studies Library is invites you to stop by and view\u00a0the following exhibit and events. Exhibit: \u00a0 \u201cPeace Corps: 55 Years of Global Engagement\u201d\u00a0 Peace Corps has\u00a0changed the lives of its volunteers even as they made a difference in their countries of service. This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1696,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14445],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96694"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96710,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96694\/revisions\/96710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}