Peace Corps Celebrates Service at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

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Earlier this month, Dr. Arthur McMahan of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities moderated a Federal Service Panel on the Florida A&M University campus, which featured panelists from the Peace Corps, the Department of State, USDA, City Year and the Fulbright Scholar Program.

On Thursday, November 3, the Peace Corps visited Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in Tallahassee to speak with students and Floridians about the value of making a difference through Peace Corps service. This event served as one of the many stops found on the Peace Corps’ two-week tour of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the East Coast.

Peace Corps was joined by other federal agencies and non-profit organizations, including the Department of State, the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, USAID, City Year, and the White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities, to discuss the opportunities and benefits that result from international service.

Florida is the fourth highest Peace Corps volunteer-producing state in the nation, with 299 residents of the Sunshine State currently serving overseas. Since the Peace Corps was founded in 1961, 7,842 Floridians have served overseas.

There are currently five FAMU graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Nepal and Zambia and 79 FAMU graduates have served overseas since the Peace Corps was established.