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BY AMANDA PALM
The Battalion
W hen President Kennedy is
sued an Executive Order
that created the Peace
Corps on March 1, 1961, he had no
idea that tens of thousands of peo
ple would volunteer their lives to
serve people all over the world.
Thirty-eight years later, A&M
graduates, Stephen Gruschkus,
Brad Wallner and Javier Valdes are
leaving the security of life in the
United States for a two-year expe
rience as Peace Corps volunteers.
Gruschkus, Wallner and Valdes
are Class of '99 graduates who led
separate lives while at A&M, but
have chosen a common path to be
come Peace Corps volunteers.
The summer after his sopho
more year, Grushkus studied
abroad in the island of Dominica in
the West Indies.
While he was there, he met for
mer Peace Corps volunteers who
sparked his interest in the organiza
tion and helped him decide to join.
Instead of going straight to med
ical school after his undergraduate
program, Gruschkus decided to
apply for the Peace Corps.
“I wanted the chance to work in
another country,” he said. “I also
wanted to apply the things 1 learned
in school while I still remember
them. Plus, I really wanted a break
before starting medical school."
Wallner has a similar story. He
studied abroad in Monterey, Mexi
co, with 120 foreign exchange stu
dents. He became friends with peo
ple from China, Finland and Asia.
“I got to know a lot of people
up close, and it was amazing,"
Wallner said. “I learned customs
and bits and pieces of the language
from each of my friends.”
Eight months after returning
from his trip, Wallner turned in his
Peace Corps application.
Stephen Gruschkls.a Texas A&M gn
ter meeting volunteers on the island
Minin II l t sTRATION t.KU’Hlr
iuate, joined the Peao
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Malawi, a ct
Africa. He
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The application process for be
coming a Peace Corps volunteer
consists of four main steps. First, a
person must fill out an application
with the on-campus recruiter. Sec
ond comes an interview.
Gruschkus said his interview
took three hours, and he was asked
"anything and everything."
"The process is tedious and
frustrating, but it's worth it." he
said. "I think it's set up to make
you take the initiative to get in
touch with people."
Third, the application and inter
view evaluation are sent to the re
gional office in Dallas. From there,
the applicant is nominated to
Washington where the person is
matched with an assignment.
Patrick Niemeyer, the on-cam-
pus Peace Corps recruiter, said
there have been 473 Aggie Peace'
of Dominica.
Corps volumeei
These Aggies are as
five categories which aa
tion, environment, bur
culture and health.
Niemeyer said there
rently 21 Aggies being tn
der to begin their servitt
The living condition;
unteers vary depending
nation they are put in
can range from huts,tr
ments or small houses.
"Hopefully, I’ll beb
house, and I haveabou
chance of getting rum
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Wallner said his
arrangements arenoio
he hopes (or the best.
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