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A Welcome Message from Our Executive Director
Dear SHECP Community, Today, we kicked off the SHECP 2021 Summer Internship Program with the virtual 2021 Frueauff Opening Conference....
Jun 3, 2021


SHECP Welcomes New Governing Board Chair, Members
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its new governing board chair, Dr. Alan Tinkler,...
Sep 10, 2019


SHECP Closing Conference Offers Students Opportunity to Report on Lessons Learned
Nearly 120 college students, from more than two dozen institutions, convened at Marymount University recently for the Shepherd Higher...
Aug 13, 2019


Harlan R. Beckley Award Presented to Notre Dame’s Jennifer Warlick
The 2019 Harlan R. Beckley Award was presented to Notre Dame’s Jennifer Warlick by Brett Morash, SHECP executive director, and Louwanda...
Aug 5, 2019


Surdna Foundation Invests in SHECP
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $27,500 grant from the...
Jun 18, 2019


SHECP Welcomes Interns to 2019 Opening Conference
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) opened its summer internship season at the 2019 Frueauff Opening Conference,...
Jun 13, 2019


SHECP Academic Director Receives McLemore Prize
Dr. Stephanie Rolph, SHECP academic director, receives the 2019 McLemore Prize from Erin Kempker, chair of the Mississippi Historical...
Mar 7, 2019


SHECP to Bring Internship Program to Shamokin
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) will add Shamokin, Pennsylvania, to the growing number of communities...
Feb 4, 2019


MLK Day 2019: Honoring Dr. King by Celebrating ‘A Day On’
“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education. The complete education...
Jan 21, 2019


SHECP Governing Board Welcomes Louwanda Evans as New Chair
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its new governing board chair, Dr. Louwanda Evans, an...
Jan 14, 2019


Building Hope from Inside
This past summer, I interned for Community Solutions, a nonprofit affordable housing developer in New York City. I was assigned to work...
Jan 10, 2019


SHECP Releases 2018 Annual Report
Read the report here. #financialstatements #nonprofit #annualreport #shepherdpoverty #shepherdconsortium #governance #Poverty...
Dec 19, 2018


Hamilton College Joins Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest member, Hamilton College. SHECP is a...
Dec 19, 2018


Fighting the Battles to Win the War: Public Defenders Seek Justice, Fairness and Dignity for All
I spent my summer working at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore City. When I told people where I was going I...
Sep 20, 2018


University of Wisconsin–Madison Joins Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest member, the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
Sep 13, 2018


SHECP Welcomes New Governing Board Members
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce the election of two new members to its governing...
Sep 10, 2018


SHECP Interns Report on Efforts to Alleviate Poverty at Closing Conference
SHECP intern Margaux Curless, Centre College, reports on her work at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO). Nearly...
Aug 8, 2018


SHECP to Hold Closing Conference for 2018 Interns in Cleveland
CLEVELAND—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) will hold its 2018 Frueauff Closing Conference, at the campuses of...
Aug 3, 2018


SHECP Names First-Ever Communications Director
LEXINGTON, VA.—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Kille as its...
Jun 6, 2018


SHECP Mourns the Passing of Thomas R. Shepherd
Thomas R. Shepherd, who with his wife, the Reverend Nancy Shepherd, was the founding benefactor and longtime supporter for the Shepherd...
Mar 21, 2016
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