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. ...
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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...
Feb 10, 2015
Hasan Discovers the Challenge of Equal Opportunity for All
Jabriel Hasan, Marymount University, worked in Chester, Pennsylvania I remember sitting down to discuss our Community Learning Agreement...
Jan 26, 2015
Go Find Out! How Joe Ciborowski Learned at the Public Defender Service
Driving into DC the night before the first day of my internship was a surreal experience. I did not know whether I should be scared,...
Jan 20, 2015
Sweeney Learns that Burlington Citizens Want a Hand Up, Not a Handout
During my Shepherd Higher Education Consortium Poverty Internship, I worked with the organization Champlain Valley Office of Economic...
Jan 19, 2015
Raggio’s Work with Refugees Raises Questions about U.S. Poverty Policy
Olivia Raggio worked in Atlanta. The public transportation system in Atlanta coincides with how I imagined life to be in the Southern...
Jan 19, 2015
Faust and Snell-Larch Learn about Their Common Humanity with Others
Molly Snell-Larch worked at LIFT-Boston. Two Perspectives on a Summer Working at LIFT-Boston Molly Snell-Larch The first thing I learned...
Jan 8, 2015
Laubach Discovers Law is a Necessary Instrument for Limiting Environmental Injustice
By Kerriann Laubach Ms. Laubach is a student at Washington & Lee University School of Law As an undergraduate Environmental Studies major...
Jan 8, 2015
Korn Learns about Poverty when She Least Expects It
By Jillian Korn Korn with fellow interns Forester (Hendrix College) and Allen (Centre College). Before I began my internship at So Others...
Jan 8, 2015
Goike and Mathew Learn about Treating Drug Addiction to Limit Poverty
Reny Mathew (Baylor) and Anna Goike (Notre Dame) interned at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine. Treating Drug Addiction to...
Dec 20, 2014
Ware discovers the benefits of youth political advocacy
Andre Ware interned with Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation in Boston. Every major news network in Boston was present. Over...
Dec 10, 2014
Birdrow Refines Her Views on Freedom and Deservedness
Hopscotch, I always thought, is a game played by innocent, laughing children on a playground that is safe from danger and pain. It is...
Dec 1, 2014
Reasoner Assists Patients, Learns about Health
My specific role in the social services department involved “discharge planning,” which means that I initiated and carried out services...
Nov 25, 2014
Tullio Experiences Health Care Access in SE Kentucky
At the clinic I shadowed advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), a family health navigator, case managers, an insurance enrollment...
Nov 25, 2014
Megan Boyk Considers Healthcare for HIV/AIDs Patient in North Carolina
< In summer 2014, I completed a Shepherd internship at the Regional Center for Infectious Disease (RCID) in Greensboro, North Carolina. ...
Nov 25, 2014
Beckley Addresses Role of Higher Ed in ‘Rethinking Poverty’
SHECP Executive Director, Harlan Beckley, spoke at the Chautauqua Institution this summer on “Rethinking Poverty and Inequality: Changing...
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
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...
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