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Alumni Interview with Aisha Mitchell
Aisha Mitchell Class of 2012 By: Chace Blackburn, 2018 The other week, I was given the privilege to interview Aisha Mitchell, from the Periclean class of 2012. Since graduating, she has pursued many adventures, the latest of which is returning to Elon. “After I graduated, I moved back to DC, where I was born and raised.. I was an international … Continue Reading
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Interview with Alumni Georgia Lee ’15
The Periclean Scholars Class of 2015 addressed the issue of human trafficking in both North Carolina and Haiti. In Haiti, restavek is a culturally practiced system in which rural families who cannot financially support their children send them to live with families in urban areas, in the hopes that their children will be provided for and receive education. Often times, … Continue Reading
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Alumni Interview with Tara Corbett 13′
This weekend I had the privilege of talking to Tara Corbett. Tara was a member of the Class of 2013, who partnered with Chiapas, Mexico. Their class also partnered with an organization in the local community to create sustainable change. Tara felt that her Periclean class had the most impact in the local community. They were able to implement a community … Continue Reading
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Alumni Interview with Jack Dodson 12′
The Class of 2012 accomplished many remarkable things in India in collaboration with their partners. Their Class worked with pre-existing projects and enhanced their partner’s efforts. This week I caught up with Jack Dodson, a member of the Class of 2012 and learned about his role in their class efforts and how Periclean has influenced his life after graduation. The … Continue Reading
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Alumni Interview with Courtney Latta
To continue with our Periclean alumni series, I met up with Courtney Latta. She is a graduate of the class of 2009. After Courtney graduated she began her work in Leogane, Haiti. She was an intern for Kore Timoun and worked closely with others in the program to develop a comprehensive training program for nutrition workers. She spent two years … Continue Reading
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Old Ties & New Visions: Our Partnership With LUPE
This semester our partnership with Latinoamericanos Unidos Promoviendo la Esperanza (LUPE) has been challenging, but ultimately successful and rewarding. We have been challenged in developing our communication strategies and identifying cross-cultural and professional boundaries. As students, we have many resources and information that we can share, but we also recognize that we have much to learn from the … Continue Reading
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Interview with Amber Camp
One of the initiatives for improving the alumni dimension of Periclean Scholars is to communicate with various key alumni of the program. Throughout the year, Chace and I will be contacting alumni and doing phone/Skype interviews asking questions related to the long term impact of being a Periclean Scholar. Summaries of each interview will be presented on our blog and … Continue Reading
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Interview with Todd Ruffner
This past Thursday, Chace and I continued with the alumni interview series by talking to Todd Ruffner. Class of 2008. He was an awesome alumni to talk to and learn from. Todd had several tips for current Pericleans and the Periclean program overall. Todd has continued to be civically engaged after graduation from Elon. His career involves working to find unique, … Continue Reading
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Planning in progress
Our class tonight was all about planning. Planning for a trip to Honduras, planning for the business summit in the winter, planning fundraising events to support Hope for Honduran Children and planning for future efforts with LUPE. We broke up into committees to plan more efficiently. The three members of our class who will be going to Honduras, Erin Lanzotti, … Continue Reading
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Meeting Amber Camp
Last night, November 4th, Chace and I had the opportunity to meet Amber Camp (alumnus of the Class of 2006)! She lives locally, which made it very convenient to meet her in person. We were both really excited to meet her because we had already talked to her over the phone about a week earlier. She invited us into her … Continue Reading
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