Interview with Winifred Yunker, March 3, 2005

Interview Summary

Winifred "Wini" Yunker (Ukraine, 2000-2002; Education Program) describes her attempt to join the Peace Corps in 1961 while living in Washington, D.C. without a college degree and finally joining almost forty years later. She discusses raising her son and attending weekend school to get her B.A., and eventually, her master's degree from the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky. Yunker talks about retiring just before leaving for the Peace Corps in Ukraine where she taught business and developed secondary projects involving a softball tournament and an orphanage. In addition, she discusses "getting in" and meeting President Clinton in Ukraine.

Interview Keyword

Education Wini Yunker Travel Family Graduate school Application process Host country nationals Teachers Teaching Children Orphanage Domestic violence

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.)--History Ukraine Yunker, Winifred Yunker, Winifred--Interviews Education Interpersonal relations and communication Language and languages. Culture shock Volunteer workers in education Culture

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