Published: Feb. 28, 2017 By

Twin Lakes panorama by Jim Tanton, a volunteer in Uganda. (Photo courtesy Tanton/2013)

Twin Lakes panorama by Jim Tanton, a volunteer in Uganda. (Photo courtesy Tanton/2013)

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蜜桃传媒破解版下载-Peace Corps volunteer Kara Zucker in El Salvador, hiking.

Kara Zucker in Achuachapan, El Salvador, hikes one hour to the nearest town to use a printer at an internet cafe. "I had just shown my host sister how to use my camera and she surprised me by taking this photo from ahead on the trail," she said. (Photo courtesy Zucker/2013)

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In the annual Top Colleges list, 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 has held a position in the top 11 nationally among large institutions for the past 15 years, ranking in the top three for nine of those years.

"I am excited to see 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 membership in this distinguished list of universities,"听said Ben Kirshner, faculty director of . "It鈥檚 a credit to 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 students and their awareness of our interconnectedness and shared humanity with people who live outside of the U.S."

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Topping the large-schools category in 2017 are the University of Wisconsin-Madison at No. 1 (87 volunteers); the University of Washington at No. 2 (73 volunteers); and the University of Minnesota at No. 3 (70 volunteers).

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