Periclean Scholars Class of 2016

Country of focus: Honduras

Mentor: Prof. April Post

Partnerships

• Hogares Sanos – since fall 2013
• Hope for Honduran Children – since fall 2013

Research

Books

[fall 2013]

• Reichman, Daniel R. The Broken Village: Coffee, Migration, and Globalization in Honduras. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2011. Print.
• Levine, Peter. We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For. New York: Oxford UP, 2013. Print.
• Gelderloos, Peter. Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Political, Social and Environmental Groups.  Tucson: See Sharp Press, 2006. Print.

Articles

[fall 2013]

• Meyer, Peter J.  “Honduras-U.S. Relations Report.” 24 July, 2013. PDF file.
• “Honduras 2012 Human Rights Report. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012.” 2012. PDF file.

Book Chapters

[spring 2013]

• Donini, Antonio. “Humanitarianism, Perceptions, Power.” In the Eyes of Others. Ed. Caroline Abu-Sada. US: MSF-USA, 2012. 183-92. Print.

[fall 2013]

• Gold, Janet N. “Daily Living and Lifestyles.” Culture and Customs of Honduras. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2009. 69-77. Print.
• Leonard, Thomas M. “Honduras Today: The More Things Change, the More they Stay the Same.” The History of Honduras. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press, 2011. 163-76. Print.
• Pine, Adrienne. “Violence.” Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras. Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. 25-35. Print.
• Wolseth, Jon. “Contesting Neighborhood Space in Colonia Belén.” Jesus and the Gang: Youth Violence and Christianity in Urban Honduras. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2011. 27-49. Print.

Films

[fall 2013]

• Inside El Porvenir. Dir. Erika Harzer. PS Film GmbH, 2011. DVD.

 Speakers

 [fall 2013]

• Barahona, Liliana, Melany Galeano, and Tesla Mellage. “¿Vos qué harás por Honduras?” Cargill. Elon University, NC , San Pedro Sula, Honduras. 18 Sept. 2013. Skype conversation.
• Godt, Karen. “Hope for Honduran Children.” Hope for Honduran Children. Elon University, NC, Cleveland, OH. 28 Oct. 2013. Skype conversation.
• Levine, Peter. “Strategies for Civic Renewal.” Turnage Foundation. Elon University, NC. 2 Oct. 2013. Workshop.
• Malburne-Wade, Meredith. “National and International Fellowship Opportunities.” National and International Fellowships. Elon University, NC. 21 Oct. 2013. Presentation.
• Mejilla, Suyapa. “Honduran Cooking Class.” Hogares Sanos. Elon University, NC. 11 Sept. 2013. Workshop.
• Springer, Jason. “MBTI Results.” Academic Advising. Elon University, NC. 15 Nov. 2013. Presentation.
• Sutherland, Lauren. “Lumen Prize.” Lumen Prize. Elon University, NC. 7 Oct. 2013. Presentation.
• Tennant, Shannon. “Periclean Scholars 2016 Library Research Guide.” Elon University Library. Elon University, NC. 23 Sept. 2013. Presentation.

Class Projects

[fall 2013]

• Abate, Morgan. “Growing Up Motherless.”
• Adams, Jennifer, Annie Goldberg, Erin Lanzotti and Bethany Stafford-Smith. “Honduran Food Fiesta.”
• Bacher, Libby, Renna Durham, Christine Harris, Amanda Lazarus, Dawson Nicholson, Isabel Sackner-Bernstein, and Abby Senseney. “Cookies to Go-Go Fundraiser.”
• Berk, Meredith, Christian Gilbert and Juliana Sierra. “Fall Fundraiser.”
• Best, Charlotte. “Spring Induction Ceremony Planning.”
• Brown, Arianna. “Raising Awareness about Honduras at the Speaker’s Corner in 2014.” ???
• Cianciara, Nicholas, Megan Griffin, Caley Mikesell and Erin Robertson. “Honduran University Outreach.”
• Davitt, Liam, Anna De Dufour, Erin Luther, and Casey Morrison. “Hogares Sanos.”
• Dimos, Drew. “Sticker for Periclean Class.”
• Dyer, Aidan. “Reaching Consensus and Class Organization.”
• Durkin, Kerianne. “2013 Honduran Presidential Elections.”
• Fischer, Lauryl. “Establishing an Online Presence through Social Media.”
• Harris, Sydney, Jenna Mason and Lexie Melanson. “Creating Awareness about Periclean through Multimedia Presentations.”
• James, Caroline and Savannah Peery. “Gauging Students´ Opinions on Foreign Aid.”

Fundraising

[fall 2013]

$322.37 through Cookies to Go-Go to support the class
$103.25 through a Honduran dinner to support Hogares Sanos and the class
$155 through discount cards to support the class

Media

[fall 2013]

• Class website. pericleans2016.weebly.com Created by Lauryl Fischer.
• “Cookies to Go-Go” video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBOs_KGsgc#t=104. Edited by Isabel Sackner-Bernstein.
• “Education: A Human Right” video. By Nick Cianciara, Megan Griffin, Caley Mikesell and Erin Robertson.
• “Elevator Speech” video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggQFDq46NQ. Edited by Lauryl Fischer. Periclean Scholars General Information Prezi. http://prezi.com/aifqo1zrtnc1/periclean-scholars/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Created by Sydney Harris, Jenna Mason and Lexie Melanson.
• Tumblr page. http://pericleanscholars.tumblr.com/  Created by Lauryl Fischer.
• Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/Pericleans2016  Created by Lauryl Fischer.

Accomplishments

[fall 2013]

• 12 of 34 students discussed applying for fellowships with Meredith Malburne-Wade, Associate Director of National and International Fellowships at Elon University.
• 6 of 34 students submitted an entry to the Human Rights and Social Justice Writing Competition at Elon University.

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