Peace Trained

The Peace Corps Africa Region Director (and A&T alumnus) Henry McCoy had a quick homecoming on Feb. 26 to serve as keynote speaker for the capstone of the Peace Corp Week celebration at A&T: a special awards ceremony to honor faculty with Peace Corps service on their resumes. The SAES faculty was well-represented in the program booklet: John Paul Owens of the Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience education, John Robinson of the Landscape Architecture Program, and Dr. John O’Sullivan of The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T, all served as Peace Corps volunteers in developing nations in Africa before launching careers in academia.

At the ceremony Owens received a special recognition, the Call to Service Award, in recognition of his work to establish and guide the SAES’s Peace Corps Masters International Program. The program combines graduate school with Peace Corps service to give students a resume that includes both a master’s degree and two years of work experience in international development. The first SAES student to enroll in the Peace Corps Masters International Program, Courtney Owens, was also invited to speak at the ceremony. Courtney is now in his second year of Peace Corps service in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Three agricultural economics students, Shaniqua Parker, Shawn Wozniak and Daniel Boisson, are completing their coursework and slated to depart for international assignments.

Posted March 5, 2008 04:27 PM

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