Colorado College has tied for seventh place this year among the Peace Corps top volunteer-producing colleges, with 11 CC alumni serving. CC is tied with Smith College, Spelman College, St. Lawrence University, Evergreen State College, and Oberlin College in the small colleges and universities category, defined as those with fewer than 5,000 undergraduates. Since the Peace Corps’ founding in 1961, 374 CC alumni have served as volunteers.