{"id":442,"date":"2012-03-22T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=442"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:22:39","slug":"student-shines-as-peace-corps-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/student-shines-as-peace-corps-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Shines as Peace Corps Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/06\/MeganBarnes10.jpg\" alt=\"Megan Barnes\" width=\"138\" height=\"204\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Barnes \u201910<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Megan Barnes \u201910<\/strong>\u00a0is featured in the March 21, 2012 issue of\u00a0Harbor Light\u00a0newspaper, published in her hometown of Harbor Springs, Mich.<\/p>\n<p>Megan is a Peace Corps volunteer in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Working in small communities of 10 to 100 homes, she trains community members to pass along preventive health information to their neighbors and families on topics that range from basic illness and care to more complex skills and issues, such as midwifery, first aid, mental health, and domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>While at K, Megan studied art history with a concentration in classical civilization. She played tennis for the Hornets, was a member of student commission, and studied abroad in Rome. She also assisted migrant farm workers during her senior year, was a mentor at a local elementary school, and completed a Senior Individualized Project on repatriation of artifacts, following a few months of interning at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Barnes \u201910\u00a0is featured in the March 21, 2012 issue of\u00a0Harbor Light\u00a0newspaper, published in her hometown of Harbor Springs, Mich. 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