Elon Periclean Scholars

Steering Committee 4/25

At the end of the semester, every class should have an updated resume. What did you read? What partnerships did you form? How is your journey going?

In order for these to be useful, we need to critique ourselves. Talk about the blind alleys that your class went down. What went wrong? Give the younger classes something they can learn from. It will help them in their own journey and to avoid their own blind alleys. The resumes should go onto the blog, in the resume section. Also post them in your own class’ section!

We should form a history page for Elon University Periclean Scholars. Perhaps this could happen on a wiki page? It would be editable over time, and each of the classes’ (past, present, and future) could contribute. It could also be a resource for future classes, especially with research about the program that they just got themselves into.

 

We are close to having a winter term course count as an upper level GST!

 

We (Dr. Arcaro, Dr. Arangala with Paul Anderson) are asking for a small grant focusing on writing within the Periclean Scholars. It will start a letter writing program. These letters would go to policy makers that have an impact on each class’ partner country. For example, the US ambassador to Mexico. This program would also address the QEP focus on writing. As the program continues, it could be a resource for future classes and guide them toward which types of letters write and what type of officials are ideal to target.

If you go to your embassy’s Facebook page for your partner country (Mexico, Haiti, etc), it will give you updates on happenings within the country and within the Americans residing in the country.

There has been an idea to hold a pan-Periclean seminar every semester with Kurt Moore to talk about how to get money for your particular class. Other ideas have included a pan-Periclean grant writing workshop, building a certification for all the effort/hours that we have put in. It would be homologous to a minor, however there are curriculum complications that prevent taking it that far. (As we have seen with the upper level GST)

 

Both Dr. Arangala and Dr. Arcaro are going to be abroad next spring. (Dr. Arangala is traveling on a Fulbright scholarship!) Steve Braye will be the temporary director. He will be around in the fall to facilitate the transition.

If you have a faculty member that you think would be a good fit for mentorship, tell Dr. Arcaro/Dr. Arangala! They are always on the lookout.

 

Class Updates:

2013: A lot of graduation and sustainability activities.

They’re hosting a pizza party with the 2016s! The class is also looking for them to try out continuing the workshops already in place.

Baseball game with the women they have been working with, and a bbq beforehand as an end of year celebration.

They are doing about a five minute presentation at the Leaders of the 21st Century on what their class did and why it’s important in the Elon experience. (Two years ago, the Leaders of the 21st Century is a night before graduation celebration that showcases notable students. Recently, the Periclean Scholars have been added into this ceremony. Each program made a video, but this year they’re not.)

On a side note, there has been a tradition of each graduating class wearing a stole at graduation that is made their partner area.

 

2014: The class is applying for grants over the summer.

Yesterday, they set dates for their next trip! The week before classes start.

They’ve been working towards having classing for the PODS and forming what they will address during these classes.

Smaller projects: Garden Bed: a donation letter is currently being edited and then being sent to the regional and local hardware stores.

 

2015: The class is currently working collectively to define their own program, goals, and identity so that they can continue to form mutually beneficial and productive partnerships. They have heard back from many possibilities, but need a cohesive way to move forward and gain momentum. Homework would be a good a way to ensure continued progress; something that can be accomplished outside of the class time and is tangible/measurable.

They hosted an informal dinner with the class of 2016 yesterday on Young Commons to welcome and get to know them.

 

Another side note:

Periclean Foundation: founded by the class of 2012 last spring. Any class’ remaining money must go into this fund at graduation; it doesn’t go into a class alumni fund. Anyone can contribute/donate to this Foundation. Parents, alum, wealthy philanthropists…

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Ndalulilua Iyambo (formerly known as Anita) says hello!

Ndalulilua Iyambo (formerly known as Anita) says hello

Screen Shot 2013-04-25 at 8.38.33 AMI Skyped with Ndalulilua this morning in between her classes in social work at the University of Namibia!  So nice to see her face and hear her beautiful voice.  She has gone back to using her “real” name; most of you will remember her as Anita Isaacs, but now she is Ndalulilua Iyambo.  She says she is not sure what her father was thinking when he named her, but Ndallulilua (day-lu-lee-oola) means “I am fed up” in Oshiwambo.  Yyambo is her maiden surname that she is now using instead of Isaacs.

I first met Ndalulilua when J. McMerty and I traveled to Oshakati, Namibia in the summer of 2003.  The interview we did with her became an integral part of the documentary seriesScreen Shot 2013-04-25 at 11.26.23 AM produced by the Class of 2006.

Ndalulilua (Anita) is a two-time Periclean-in-Residence (2005 and 2007) and was the subject for an honors thesis documentary by Erin Barnett, ’10, called “My Name is Anita.”

Ndalulilua is meeting with Jenn Pierson,  Periclean Scholar Class of ’06, who is in Namibia for a year teaching English in a rural area in the north.  Pictures and blog to come!

 

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Class of 2014: 4/24/13 Minutes

Keep applying for lateral entries!

We will be featured at the next College Coffee and at Moseley Tables from May 5-10th

http://periclean.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/42413-minutes/

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Technology Session

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Thomas (far left) is very tech-savvy and taught about basic computer skills today. Nick (second from right) is a 2016 and came to check out the session and meet us and the women.

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Jennie helping some of the women. They learned how to search on Google, how to copy and paste, and other simple skills.

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Blanca was kind enough to translate both written and verbal instructions.

 

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Stoles have arrived

Stoles are here! Thanks, Eliza, for being our model :)

Thanks, Eliza, for being an awesome model!

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The name of the village where we got them means “Bat House,” hence the bats. As far as the sun, I can’t remember a specific reason why we did that. I think we just thought it would look nice and it was easy for the women to sew.

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Words of wisdom imparted to the incoming Class of 2016 at Induction

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Class of 2014: 4/16/13 and 4/17/13 Minutes

Spread the word!

 

http://periclean.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/periclean-appalachia-appalcation/

 

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Read about our upcoming projects and events:

http://periclean.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/41613-minutes/

 

http://periclean.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/41713-minutes/

 

 

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Note to the Periclean Scholars Class of 2016

Periclean Scholars Class of 2016,

Welcome and congratulations!  The Induction Ceremony last Thursday was exciting on many levels, and I hope that this first experience as a Periclean has you motivated to more forward as a Class purposefully.

A few items:

1.  Please begin reading and contributing to our blog.  If you would like to become an author please let me know and I will add you immediately.  If you have something to post now just send it to me and I will make sure it appears soon.  Please send your best Induction photos so I can add those as well.

2.  Here is your first homework assignment from me:  read the two linked documents and let me know what you think.  Reading these documents will deepen your understanding of the program and perhaps give you a sense of what the next three (plus) years might look like.

The Role of the Mentor

Being and Becoming a Periclean Scholar

3.  We would love to have a first Newsletter essay from any of the ’16’s, so please send a short essay/reaction/your thoughts to me or jproto@elon.edu.

4. We will have at least three more Steering Committee meetings before the end of the year and you are more than welcome to attend any or all of these.  Keep your eye on email for date, time and venue.

5.  Please feel free to stop by 209-C Lindner and say hello.  I would love to meet and get to know all of you as soon as possible.

6.  Finally, please keep in mind that this is your program and your Class.  This program is constantly evolving and I look forward to the new adaptations that your Class will bring.  Stay focused, motivated and, I hope, ever humbled by the knowledge that you have the privilege of serving humanity through this experience.

All the best,

~da

Tom Arcaro
Director

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Tree Planting in Sri Lanka with Periclean partners

Natalie Lampert (’11) and Jesse Lee (’11) revisit Periclean-partner schools in Sri Lanka; partake in a Periclean-sponsored tree-planting ceremony; and reconnect with Sri Lankan partners over lunch in Colombo!

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’15 Class Notes 4/16

Instead of class on the 30th, we will be having a group dinner at our generous host’s, Dr. Warner’s, house. No class on SURF day, either!

In class, we continued to work on “Who We Are and What We Can Bring to the Table” document in our google drive, continuing to define our strengths, goals, and identity.

Dr. Warner is going to look into the issue of getting Periclean classes to count for upper-level GSTs

We have an official website now! It’s a work in progress, and we will have a donations page up soon. http://periclean2015.wordpress.com/

Our class in the fall will be much more structured. We will break into defined committees, define our goals for the semester, and then base our final evaluation off of how we met these goals.

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