For and With Others: Holy Cross Students Choose the Peace Corps for Post-Grad

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Jane Carlton

Katie Bowles '18 overlooks the Poas Volcano in Costa Rica while studying abroad. Bowles will be serving in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica for the next two years.
Many students come to College of the Holy Cross wanting to make a difference in the world. Four graduating seniors — Katie Bowles, Marie Therese Kane, Clare Orie, and Colleen Brady — are leaving the Hill ready to do just that through service to the Peace Corps.

Traveling to locations in countries including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Rwanda, the students join 98 alumni (eight currently active) who have parlayed the skills and social awareness they explored on campus into global engagement in the Peace Corps.

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2 Responses to For and With Others: Holy Cross Students Choose the Peace Corps for Post-Grad

  1. Brian Boyle says:
    April 3, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    Wow, thanks for this article, I graduated in 1962 and became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nigeria. A life changing experience that I never forgot and never regretted, I wished more HC alums would volunteer for the Peace Corps. When I come back home, I want on to law school. I am still a member of several RPCV groups. Thanks to all how have volunteered.

  2. Bob Creevy says:
    April 2, 2018 at 6:42 pm

    I am glad to see Holy Cross students serving in the Peace Corps. I was surprised that only 98 alumni have served. That seems low to me. I am curious as to how that number was calculated. Having served in Mauritania, West Africa from 1985-1989, I think that HC and Peace Corps are a terrific combination.

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