Beginnings • The Post-War Years • The New Millennium • Student Work Off-Campus

Carleton experienced an “opening up to the world” in the years following World War II. Interest in the wider world, fueled now by intellectual curiosity rather than missionary zeal, expanded and took on new forms, including interdisciplinary area studies programs, credit-bearing off-campus study programs, and increased political activism among students.

Melinda Hunter ‘61 – Peace Corps Philippines

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Professor Bardwell Smith gives a speech at the dedication ceremony of the Japanese Garden
Professor Bardwell Smith gives a speech at the dedication ceremony of the Japanese Garden
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Peace Corps volunteer Grace Whitmore ‘14 in Vanuatu
Peace Corps volunteer Grace Whitmore ‘14 in Vanuatu
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Melinda Hunter ‘61, while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines

Carleton has always held strong connections with the Peace Corps; Sargent Shriver, founding director of the Peace Corps, enlisted Bob Gale ’48 (who would later become a Carleton trustee) to help launch the fledgling program in 1961.  More than 500 Carleton alumni have served as Peace Corps volunteers since the program’s inception, ranking Carleton among the top volunteer-producing small colleges nationally.

Pictured is Melinda Hunter ‘61 in the Philippines, where she served as a teacher from 1961-63 as one of the first Peace Corps volunteers.

05 July 2011
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