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	Vol.7, No 61, January 24, 2000
	Student to be honored By Christina L. Esparza Daily Forty-Niner Cal State Long Beach graduate student Marcia Pierce will be one of the next recipients of the U.S. Peace Corps' Franklin H. Williams Award on Feb. 24 in Washington D.C. Pierce, a candidate for a master's degree in public administration, will join 11 others to be honored at Peace Corps headquarters. The award is presented to African-American Peace Corps volunteers who have become very active in their community, Pierce said. As a successful volunteer of the 40-year-old organization, Pierce urges others to volunteer and obtain an experience that she says will continue to flourish over a lifetime. "It's just two years of your life that will make a difference the rest of your life," Pierce said. "Just do it." Applying her Peace Corps experience working with the disabled, Pierce works as a job developer in the CSULB Career Development Center, where she helps disabled students find jobs and persuades employers to hire them. Pierce has also used her time outside the Peace Corps to share her experiences with college students as a Peace Corps recruiter and a minority liaison representative. After two years in the Peace Corps, Pierce saw many doors open to her that were not there before. When she received her bachelor's degree, she discovered that competition was fierce in the workplace and that a degree and military experience was common. "I wasn't making expected strides in the work world," Pierce said. "Nothing identified me to be different from others.  The Peace Corps made employers look twice." Volunteering in the Peace Corps became the head turner on Pierce's resume that made her stand out from the rest of the pack. "I wanted the opportunity to use my degree and to live abroad," Pierce said. "The Peace Corps helped me do that." The Peace Corps also let Pierce experience the world and culture around her. "The Corps is an opportunity for Americans to exchange their culture with the world," said Pierce, who served in Africa. "It's also giving them the opportunity to bring the world to America." Pierce picked up her bachelor's in business and management from the University of Maryland in Europe while serving in the U.S. Army in 1987. Still involved with the military, Pierce is now a captain in the U.S. National Guard where she and other National Guard members provide food and shelter for needy people.		Jason Steinberg/Daily Forty-Niner CSULB employee Marcia Pierce will be one of 11 national honerees to receive the Peace Corps' Franklin H. Williams Award for her volunteer efforts and community commitment.                   CSULB spring enrollment rises   2 busted for car burglary   Student to be honored   Carpooling program eases congestion   Fraternities, sororities at CSULB offer support   Doors to show business opened Boy must go back  to Cuba   More masturbation healthy L.B. band magnificent   2pac puts in worthy performance 49ers still running after O'Neal walks   Player quits due to ‘personal reasons'   Men's volleyball steps on slugs; women's b-ball beats Nevada Spring 2000 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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