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Category: Programs and Impact

Faculty in Focus

Teaching Beyond the Classroom: Civic Education and Deliberative Dialogue in TESOL

Dr. Shayla Roberts, Assistant Professor at Bethune-Cookman University, integrated deliberative dialogue into her Principles & Issues in ESOL course to connect teaching with civic engagement. Through reflective assignments and class discussions, students explored the link between educational policy and voting, strengthening their civic awareness and preparing to empower future generations of informed, engaged citizens.

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February 4, 2025
Programming Updates

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

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January 31, 2025

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

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January 28, 2025

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

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January 21, 2025
Faculty in Focus

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.

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January 14, 2025

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.

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January 8, 2025

2024 Project Pericles Highlights

The past year has been a banner year for Project Pericles! We are pleased to share some 2024 highlights demonstrating the breadth and impact  of

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December 19, 2024

Community Spotlight: La Colmena and Margarita Sanchez at Wagner College

Each newsletter, we will spotlight the changemakers in our community and this month we are excited to feature a powerful collaboration between La Colmena, a nonprofit organization

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September 26, 2024

Periclean Student Winners Advocate for Policy Change

Project Pericles is excited to announce the winners of the Spring 2024 Debating for Democracy (D4D) Letter to an Elected Official Competition. This year, we have winners

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April 23, 2024

2023 Highlights

Project Pericles is ending 2023 on a high note. We invite you to read about exciting updates to our programs that empower faculty, students, administrators,

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December 21, 2023
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