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Preserving the peace
Cece Wildeman
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: News
Although she was present during these conflicts, she never feared her life.
"This was not the only part of my experience, and never once did I feel unsafe in the country. Peace Corps took really good care of us," she said.
It was an experience that changed her life, she said.
"The people [in the Solomon Islands] were the most friendly people I've ever met as a group. They invited us into their country and into their hearts," she said.
Wolff-Barry recruits by holding general information meetings once a month, setting up a flea market booth once a month and doing classroom talks for faculty and staff that request them. She also has walk-in hours on Monday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and can be contacted by appointment.
"Every year we have a goal of increasing our Peace Corps applications, but as you know, it is a big life decision and one that we can only go so far in encouraging," said Denney in an email interview.
The biggest reason that people do not join the Peace Cops is that they don't want to leave their significant other or their dog, she said.
A volunteer spot in the Peace Corps is a paid position.
The number one mission of the Peace Corps is to go only to countries that have asked them to send volunteers and to ensure that they accomplish their goals in an entirely non-invasive way, said Wolff- Barry.
Staff writer Cece Wildeman can be reached at news@collegian.com.
"This was not the only part of my experience, and never once did I feel unsafe in the country. Peace Corps took really good care of us," she said.
It was an experience that changed her life, she said.
"The people [in the Solomon Islands] were the most friendly people I've ever met as a group. They invited us into their country and into their hearts," she said.
Wolff-Barry recruits by holding general information meetings once a month, setting up a flea market booth once a month and doing classroom talks for faculty and staff that request them. She also has walk-in hours on Monday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and can be contacted by appointment.
"Every year we have a goal of increasing our Peace Corps applications, but as you know, it is a big life decision and one that we can only go so far in encouraging," said Denney in an email interview.
The biggest reason that people do not join the Peace Cops is that they don't want to leave their significant other or their dog, she said.
A volunteer spot in the Peace Corps is a paid position.
The number one mission of the Peace Corps is to go only to countries that have asked them to send volunteers and to ensure that they accomplish their goals in an entirely non-invasive way, said Wolff- Barry.
Staff writer Cece Wildeman can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Martha Denney
posted 9/06/07 @ 2:15 PM MST
CeCe- Nice article. Thanks so much. Martha
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