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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...

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....

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 18, 2014

SHECP Alumna to Return to Navajo Nation for Teach for America

Cate Costley – SHECP Intern 2014, Middlebury College 2015 – will return to the Navajo Nation after graduation in May as a Teach for...

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 3, 2014

Finucane Recieves Award for Excellence in Service

John Carroll University professor, Margaret (Peggy) Finucane, Ph.D., has received the 2014 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in...

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

Gandolfo Writes on Education and Poverty in Volume Honoring Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ

In this essay, I characterize the key aspects of the UCA, and Ellacuría’s arguments for why this is the proper way for a university to...

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

Poverty Group Director Visits Ohio University

Athens, OH, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 — Harlan Beckley, executive director, Shepherd Higher Consortium on Poverty (SHECP), visited Ohio...

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 18, 2014

Marymount University to Host Opening Conference

Marymount University will host the Opening Conference on its campus in Arlington, Virginia, from June 5th to June 7th in 2015. More...

Nov 17, 2014

Kevin Blair Writes for Spotlight on Poverty

Kevin Blair, Professor of Social Work at Niagara University and Academic Director for the SHECP Program at Niagara, has just published a...

Nov 11, 2014

Emma Busse Learns About Community Development in Camden, New Jersey

Emma Busse from Washington and Lee worked in Camden, New Jersey, and reports on what she learned about community and economic...

Nov 8, 2014

Poverty Group Announces DeHart Appointment

Lexington, VA – 3 November 2014 – Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) today In this capacity, Ms. DeHart will...

Nov 8, 2014

Arrina Nastoff Makes New Friend in Danville, Kentucky

Arrina helps us to understand the struggles of immigrant children and their families. Arrina buried among her new friends. Emerging from...

Nov 8, 2014

Matthew Germaine Knows Food and Nutrition

Matthew learns about improving nutrition for the residents of Atlanta. Farmer Matt As the 5:30pm bus home rolled into the Woodruff Circle...

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