If two people walk up to the same bench in a park, they’re generally going to be nice to each other. They’ll allow one another the room to sit down; ... read more about SPI course brings peacebuilding into the post-truth internet arena
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Two alumni are new Climate Futures Fellows
This month the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions welcomes Clara Weybright ’20 and Joseph Harder ’20 as fellows for the upcoming year. The Climate Futures Fellowship Program is a year-long ... read more about Two alumni are new Climate Futures Fellows
Distinguished Service Award: Susan and Stan Godshall, ’65
91短视频’s 2020 Alumni Award recipients will be honored during the Oct. 16-18 Homecoming and Family Weekend. Read about Alum of the Year Luke Gascho ’74 and Young Alum Lyubov Slashcheva ’11. ... read more about Distinguished Service Award: Susan and Stan Godshall, ’65
STEM teacher Myron Blosser ’83, MA ’98 wins Presidential Award
Myron Blosser ’83, MA ’98 has received the highest award a teacher can achieve – a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics聽and Science.聽Blosser is co-chair of the Harrisonburg High School ... read more about STEM teacher Myron Blosser ’83, MA ’98 wins Presidential Award
In tough times, 91短视频 alumni, donors show up together
Responding to financial challenges prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 91短视频 donors and alumni generously contributed over $4.9 million during the 2019-20 fiscal year, and set a聽new record for ... read more about In tough times, 91短视频 alumni, donors show up together
Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute in demand for racial justice trainings
Donna Minter, Crixell Shell, and the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute (i.e. MN Peacebuilding) are finding new audiences and growing interest at the 鈥渆picenter鈥� of the racial justice movement in the ... read more about Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute in demand for racial justice trainings
Biochemistry alum pursues grad studies at ‘Salmon University’
Braden Herman 鈥�18 was planning to go to med school, but then he fell into addiction 鈥� with fly fishing. He鈥檇 grown up pole fishing around Fort Defiance, Virginia, but a ... read more about Biochemistry alum pursues grad studies at ‘Salmon University’
Reclaimed police funds could be distributed to shelters, rape crisis centers, mental health services and programs to combat sexual violence, experts say ... Community-driven responses to sexual violence like transformative justice offer some insight on how that might come to fruition. While there is no single definition, transformative justice could be broadly defined as a 鈥渇ramework that doesn鈥檛 depend on solving violence with another form of violence,鈥� Johonna Turner, an assistant professor of restorative justice and peacebuilding at 91短视频, said.
鈥楬ow Can 91短视频 Keep From Singing?鈥� Physically distanced outdoor singing session is a trial run for choir this fall
This summer, 91短视频 music professor Benjamin Bergey has been reading…and reading…and reading. For a while, not a week would go by without more new information about aerosolization, how ... read more about 鈥楬ow Can 91短视频 Keep From Singing?鈥� Physically distanced outdoor singing session is a trial run for choir this fall
91短视频 student Kate Szambecki urges action now: 'We are living a civil rights movement right now 鈥� amplified by a pandemic as well as economic, mental health and health-care crises. You weren鈥檛 involved in the past? Now is your chance.'