News about UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Published on: July 5, 2012
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UC Cooperative Extension's first farm advisor in Marin County was featured in a story written by Vicki Larson in the Marin Independent Journal.
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: February 3, 2011
President Kennedy greets Peace Corps volunteers in 1961. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)
When President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps in 1961, he not only sent thousands of Americans to serve the cause of peace in the developing world, he set them on a course of service that continued when they returned to the U.S. A significant number came to work for UC Cooperative Extension.
One of them is Jim Grieshop, a now-retired UCCE community education development specialist, who was profiled in an article in the February issue of Alaska Airlines Magazine marking the Peace Corps' 50th anniversary.
Acceptance into the Peace Corps helped Grieshop achieve his personal goal...
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