Starting in the 1970s, Trinity students have seen the Peace Corps as a meaningful way to engage with the world.
Norman Guerrero was among the vanguard of Trinity volunteers who enlisted to help improve underdeveloped countries and to promote peace. Assigned to a group of indigenous Indians in Peru in 1970, Guerrero's job was to help nomadic farmers maximize their potato yields. At the end of two years, he re-enlisted and served in Paraguay, where he continued to utilize his agricultural expertise.
By 2001, Trinity had produced more volunteers for the organization than any other college or university in South Texas. Its 99 participants were nearly double the numbers generated by St. Mary's University, the second-highest ranked institution in the region.
In 2016, Trinity magazine featured Peace Corps volunteers as part of its Go Abroad! issue.
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