Sixty Years of Peace Corps at The Ohio State University: Honoring the Past, Preparing for the Future

Ohio State is pleased to host two distinct events this spring that will showcase the legacy of the Peace Corps during its 60 years of history at the university. These programs will serve as a reflection point to discuss the complex history of internationalization, civic engagement and global citizenship – and Ohio State’s path forward in these spaces.

Peace Corps 60^th Anniversary Commemorative Event

Thursday, April 7, 2022, 4-6:30 p.m.

Jeanne and Charles Shultz Lecture Hall, 220 Sullivant Hall

This captivating event and panel discussion will focus on the experiences and insights of returned Peace Corps volunteers spanning six decades from the present back to the organization’s founding years, during which Ohio State contributed to the Peace Corps’ initial training and recruitment operations. In that spirit, the organization will be joined by Glenn Blumhorst, president and CEO of the National Peace Corps Association, to honor:

• Stephan L. Honoré – the first Ohio State student to be accepted into the Peace Corps; also the first Ohioan, first African-American, and one of the first 27 Peace Corps invitees in the United States
  in mid-June 1961.
• Representatives of India I – the first cohort of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in India, originally trained at Ohio State.

This reflection on the Peace Corps’ history and impact comes at an exciting time for the organization as it resumes invitations for new volunteers to serve abroad after a two-year hiatus in the wake of the pandemic.

This event includes light refreshments and is free to attend. Additional program details will be available at https://ipa.osu.edu/peace-corps.