{"id":14089,"date":"2013-02-15T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T01:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=14089"},"modified":"2020-12-07T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T00:36:51","slug":"uh-manoa-peace-corps-program-in-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/02\/15\/uh-manoa-peace-corps-program-in-top-25\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Peace Corps Program in top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/peace-corps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/peace-corps-195x260.jpg\" alt=\"peace-corps\" width=\"195\" height=\"260\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/peace-corps-195x260.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/peace-corps.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> placed in the top 25 in the 2013 Peace Corps&#8217; Top Colleges rankings. The M&#257;noa program was ranked 24 among medium-sized schools. The annual list recognizes the highest volunteer-producing colleges and universities for small, medium, large and graduate institutions.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa moves up 20 places from last year&#8217;s ranking at number 44, making it the only school in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> to place in the 2013 Top Colleges rankings. This is the first time that <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa has appeared on the Peace Corps&#8217; Top Colleges since the rankings began in 2003. <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa has had 553 Peace Corps volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Peace Corps Program has a great history in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and has flourished largely due to the culture of service in our islands,&rdquo; said <b>Atina Pascua<\/b>, director of the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa&#8217;s Service Learning Program. &ldquo;The <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa program has had excellent campus recruiters getting the word out about the opportunity and assisting with the entire process until our students are ready to leave for their service.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The multicultural environment of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa exposed me to diverse people and cultures all at one place,&rdquo; said <strong>Peggy Kang<\/strong>, a <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa alumna currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho. &ldquo;Also, all the knowledge and experience gained through the latest and practical teaching methods and curriculum&#8230;set a strong foundation for my primary job as an education volunteer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in serving in the Peace Corps should email <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Peace Corps Representative <a href=\"maito:pchawaii@hawaii.edu\">Sam West<\/a> or call (808) 965-6860.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>Adapted from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=5559\"><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M&#257;noa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Nicole Atienza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa moves up the rankings, placing it among the top 25 in the 2013 Peace Corps Top Colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-14089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14089"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131974,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14089\/revisions\/131974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}