National Peace Corps
Director to Visit UC San Diego

October 4, 2007

By Pat JaCoby

Ronald A. Tschetter, national director of the Peace Corps

Ronald A. Tschetter, director of the Peace Corps, will make an October 15 visit to the University of California, San Diego, one of the nation’s top 25 “Peace Corps Producing Colleges and Universities.”

Tschetter will meet with Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Rue during his visit, hosted by the UCSD Career Services Center.  Joining Tschetter on the tour will be Robbie L. Robinson, Los Angeles regional Peace Corps manager.

Andy Ceperley, Career Services Center director, noted that the campus Peace Corps office is funded by the federal government and is housed within the Career Services Center. The visiting dignitaries also will tour the Career Services Center, he said, to demonstrate how Peace Corps events and resources complement existing career development services.

In addition to being named among the top 25 in the Peace Corps’ annual ranking of “Top Producing Colleges and University, UCSD ranks first in the Southern California/Arizona region in the number of students nominated for Peace Corps service.

Ceperley said that 45 Peace Corps volunteers currently on assignment throughout the world obtained their undergraduate degrees at UCSD, and an additional six volunteers completed their graduate degrees at UCSD. The campus has produced more than 550 Peace Corps volunteers since the office was established here in 2002.

Tschetter and his wife, Nancy, served as Peace Corps volunteers from 1966-68 in India as community health workers. He later served 30 years in the financial securities industry.

 

Media Contact: Pat JaCoby, 858 534-7404