Fostering Democracy and Expression: Highlights from our “Back to School for Democracy” Grants
As we enter a new political administration, Project Pericles continues to commit to strengthening democracy and celebrating the successes of our campuses in fostering civic leadership across campus. In this vein, Project Pericles is thrilled to share eight rapid response mini-grants awarded in our inaugural Back to School for Democracy Collaborative Fellowship! This fellowship was created […]
Teaching Empathy Through Real-World Challenges
This week’s Faculty in Focus is Allison Walker from High Point University in North Carolina Periclean Civic Engagement Fellow Allison Walker from High Point University (HPU) taught “Empathetic Communications in a Digital World,” an interdisciplinary Communications and Business Leadership course that emphasized the development of students’ empathetic and ethical reasoning, alongside media literacy skills. The […]
Amplifying Immigrant Voices and Building Connections through Storytelling in the Twin Cities
Welcome back to Faculty in Focus! This week we’re highlighting Julia Chadaga from Macalester College In her Russian Studies course, Once We Arrived: Stories of Immigrants’ First Jobs, Julia Chadaga partnered with the International Institute of Minnesota to connect students with local immigrants to share their stories. By exploring the challenges immigrants face in securing […]
Reimagining Education Through an Abolitionist Lens
Anita Chikkatur, a Periclean Faculty Leader (PFL) and Professor of Educational Studies at Carleton College, partnered with Marika Pfefferkorn, Co-founder of the Twin Cities Innovation Alliance and Executive Director of Midwest Center for School Transformation, to develop and teach an exciting senior seminar course at Carleton College this past Spring: Carcerality and Education. This course was developed as part of the Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program–a Project Pericles faculty leadership initiative that supports innovative curricula deepening students’ engagement with critical societal issues in order to contribute meaningfully to communities.
The January Periclean (2025)
New Grants, New Board Chair, New Year View online here: The January Periclean
Congratulations to our Periclean Faculty Leaders
Project Pericles is pleased to announce the 21 recipients of the Periclean Faculty Leader grant awards. These faculty members have designed classes that uplift civic engagement in new and exciting ways across a broad expanse of disciplines while centering humanities approaches. See below for a complete list of grant recipients.