Volume 4, Issue 3 – November 2007
The Periclean Progress is a publication of Project Pericles, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that encourages and facilitates commitments by colleges and universities to include education for social responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of their educational programs, in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community.
- National Office Announcements [1]
- Periclean News [2]
- President’s Corner [3]
- Periclean Focus [4]
- Periclean Focus [5]
- Website of the Month [6]
- Resources and Publications [7]
- Conferences [8]
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The Presidents' Council Annual Meeting: At this meeting on December 12, Periclean Presidents will share their perspectives on the development, implementation, and support of civic engagement on their campuses. Project Pericles extends its thanks to the Teagle Foundation for hosting this meeting.
Sierra [10], the bi-monthly periodical of the nonprofit Sierra Club, announced its list of the 10 greenest colleges in the U.S. Berea College was named the 7th greenest college. Berea College is perhaps best known for its Ecovillage, a housing complex for students that incorporates passive-solar design elements, heavy-duty insulation, efficient appliances and fixtures, and rainwater collection.
St. Mary's Students Shift Into Gear: On November 2, 2007, thousands of young adults converged on Washington, D.C. for Power Shift 2007, the first national youth summit dedicated to solving the climate crisis. Forty-eight students from St. Mary's College of Maryland attended Powershift-- 2.6% of their entire student body. Five students from St. Mary's stayed for Lobby Day, during which they lobbied members of Congress to develop comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis.
www.soapboxalliance.org [11], was also launched to provide information about the Alliance. The idea of encouraging other colleges to band together in order to strengthen the impact of such policies -- and potentially end the practice of hosting closed campaign events on campuses altogether -- was first described in a perspective piece by Allegheny Professor Dan Shea that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education in August 2006. Professor Shea said, "In the end it boils down to this: Closed, ticketed events are inconsistent with the mission of higher education and with the spirit of democracy."
Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen was elected to the Board of Trustees at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Washington, D.C., on November 16.
Widener University President James T. Harris has been appointed to the American Council on Education Commission on the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity. Harris is the sole representative from Pennsylvania on the Commission, which consists of 38 presidents from colleges and universities throughout the United States.
here [12].
LibraryThing [13] is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere--even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books and comes up with suggestions for what to read next. LibraryThing is a full-powered cataloging application, searching the Library of Congress, all five national Amazon sites, and more than 80 world libraries. You can edit your information, search and sort it, "tag" books with your own subjects, or use the Library of Congress and Dewey systems to organize your collection.
here [14] for complete program information, application procedures, and information on previous award winners.
The latest Rock the Vote young voter opinion research is available and reports that 77% of young voters are watching the presidential debates, compared to 64% of voters of all ages. To read the full report, click here [15].
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has a large selection of links and items that discuss international service-learning, as well as resource organizations. To learn more and tap into valuable service-learning resources, to visit, click here [16].
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) [17].
February 14-16, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
University as Civic Partner
PURL Conference [18]
February 29-March 1, 2008
Indianapolis, IN
3rd Annual Conference on International Service-Learning: Advancing Research and Practice
Center for Service and Learning [19]
April 3-4, 2008
New York, NY
The 2008 Project Pericles Debating for Democracy Conference
Debating for Democracy (D4D) [20]
April 9-12, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference
National Youth Leadership Council [21]
June 12-14, 2008
Snowbird, Utah
American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting
American Democracy Project [22]
October 25-28, 2008
New Orleans, LA
8th International Research Conference on Service-learning and Community Engagement: Reciprocity across the Scholarship of Engagement
International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) [23]
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"CLAIMING THE LEGACY OF PERICLES"®
Periclean Colleges & Universities
Allegheny College • Bates College • Berea College • Bethune-Cookman University
Chatham College • Dillard University • Elon University • Hampshire College
Hendrix College • Macalester College • New England College • The New School
Occidental College • Pace University • Pitzer College • Rhodes College
St. Mary's College of Maryland • Spelman College • Swarthmore College
Ursinus College • Wagner College • Widener University
National Office
Executive Director: Jan R. Liss [25]
Board of Directors
Chair: Eugene M. Lang
Presidents' Council
Chair: Brian C. Rosenberg, Macalester College
National Board of Advisors
Co-Chairs: Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker & Hon. Kurt L. Schmoke
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