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Jun 18, 2015

Poverty Studies Fuels Direction and Intellectual Curiosity

By Shiri Yadlin, Shepherd Intern 2010 Yadlin will begin a Masters Program at Georgetown University this fall. She is a 2012 graduate of...

Mar 23, 2015

Poverty Studies Informed Work of CDC Doctor

Introduction: Dr. Jonathan Wortham graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2004 and from the Baylor College of Medicine in 2008. ...

Feb 23, 2015

Isabella Martin Explores the Transition of Appalachian Youth into Higher Education

Isabella Martin writes a short story to help us understand the transition that youth from low-income rural families must make as they...

Feb 23, 2015

Lindy Stevens Explores the Impacts of No Child Left Behind

Lindy Stevens, formerly a Teach for American participant and currently a law student at Washington and Lee, finds that No Child Left...

Feb 23, 2015

Law Student Takes Practical Approach to Public Policy and Affordable Housing

Jake Struebing, currently attending Yale Law School, takes a realistic approach to law, public policy, and affordable housing. To view...

Feb 10, 2015

To Reduce the Deficit, End Redistribution to the Rich

By Joe Landry Washington and Lee University ’13 Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming...

Jan 29, 2015

Shepherd Interns Provide Insights about their Experiences

Interns from the summer of 2014 have written brief compelling essays about their experiences. Learn more about a variety of specific...

Jan 6, 2015

Elizabeth Forester Discovers an Empowering Community on N Street

Elizabeth Forester Walking up to N Street Village, I was incredibly nervous. I did not know what to expect and worried that I would not...

Jan 5, 2015

Leigh Anne Buckley Finds Hope on the X9 Bus

Frolicking at LPMP This summer I had an opportunity to work for an incredible nonprofit organization called Life Pieces to Masterpieces....

Oct 31, 2014

Farai Musari Works at the Ark in Baltimore

Farai reveals what he learned about poverty and homeless children from working and playing with young friends at the Ark. A purely...

Oct 3, 2014

Neglected Tropical Diseases in the United States

The following paper by Lee Haruno, a Poverty Studies minor from the University of Notre Dame, focuses on epidemiology and the science of...

Jun 2, 2014

Navajo Reservation Offers Insights Into Poverty

Markus Creachbaum, a member of John Carroll University’s Class of 2015, explored his interest in poverty alleviation as an intern with...

Nov 7, 2013

W&L Intern Connects with High School Youth

Leanne Stone, W&L Leanne Stone, a member of Washington and Lee University’s Class of 2014, explored her interest in youth and education...

Oct 21, 2013

W&L Intern Serves Youth in Baltimore

Nicky Peacher, W&L, assists students in the Bridges at St. Paul’s School program W&L student Nicky Peacher helped a summer enrichment...

Oct 8, 2013

Intern Serves Youth in New Orleans

Hillary Cooper, W&L Washington and Lee University student Hillary Cooper supported a summer education program in New Orleans as part of...

Oct 8, 2013

Berea Student Advances Understanding of Poverty, Healthcare

Dan Carpintero Berea College intern at the Delta Area Health Education Center in Helena, Ark., as part of the 2013 Shepherd Internship...

Oct 8, 2013

Service Has New Meaning for W&L Intern

Becca Dean, W&L I spent my summer as a Shepherd Intern in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s PACT Therapeutic...

Oct 7, 2013

Summer Experience Fuels Interest in Medicine

Sarah Rachal, W&L W&L student Sarah Rachal worked with children in PACT’s therapeutic nursery in Baltimore as part of the 2013 Shepherd...

Sep 23, 2013

Youth Program Provides Insights into Effects of Poverty

Daniel Grear, a student at Hendrix College, participated in the 2013 Shepherd Internship Program, where he interned with Life Pieces to...

Sep 23, 2013

W&L Intern Helps Meet Healthcare Needs of Camden’s Poor

Washington and Lee University student Leah Gose supported the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, which works to lower the amount...

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