Professor Wins $10,000 Peace Corps Grant
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Fred Baker, professor and chair of teacher education at Cal Poly Pomona, has recently received a $10,000 grant from the Peace Corps.
The grant will establish a Peace Corps liaison office to recruit volunteers on the Cal Poly campus. Baker was recently selected for “Who’s Who in the Peace Corps in America.”
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