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  Howard University earns top spot after becoming first-ever HBCU to appear on Peace Corps’ national college rankings   The Peace Corps today announced its 2014 rankings of the top volunteer-producing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For the third consecutive year, Howard University in Washington, D.C., claimed the top spot among HBCUs with 18 undergraduate alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Howard made Peace Corps history earlier this year as the first-ever HBCU to appear on the agency’s national list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities, ranking No. 16 among medium-sized undergraduate schools. Since 1961, 213 Howard alumni have served with the Peace Corps. For the first time, Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va., made this year’s list, ranking No. 3 among HBCUs with five alumni currently serving abroad. Spelman College in Atlanta took second place behind Howard with six currently serving alumni. “We are thr...

Points of Light , created by former president George W. Bush, mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the world and recognizes individuals who are making a difference through service and volunteerism.   Through four innovative and dynamic enterprises:  HandsOn Network , generationOn , AmeriCorps Alums , and Points of Light Corporate Institute , Points of Light helps put people at the center of transforming their communities. " And today, thanks to those programs and others like them, and thanks to the passion of leaders like President Bush and citizens who found the same passion over the years, volunteerism has gone from something some people do some of the time to something lots of people do as a regular part of their lives", said President Obama in the East Room of the White House in a ceremony that recognized Bush and recipients of the distinguished honor. Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton received the award for their work in c...