This past week the class of 2017 made a lot of goals for the upcoming semester. We are all hoping to continue our learning of Namibia and find contacts as well as a potential project. In order to keep us on track, we created accountability partners within our own class. Each pair is responsible for keeping each other in check, ensuring that we continue to move forward on developing a project. We are continuing our committee work by having scheduled weekly meetings outside of class and also began creating ideas for fundraisers as well as delving into the plans for the upcoming induction of the class of 2018. Additionally, we made a plan for us all to share potential focus ideas or contacts with each other by the end of spring break with a hope of starting to narrow in on our focus. Till then, happy spring!
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Class of 2017: Week in Review
The sophomore class is registered and excited to start a second semester! It is hard to believe that we are already a semester into the program! To start of this week, a panel of students from the class of 2016 came to speak to us about their experiences so that we can learn from them. They reflected a lot on the process that they chose to pick their project as well as what they thought they did was really effective in bringing them to the place that they are today.
We also came to the conclusion that we need to start recruiting for the next class of Pericleans. In addition, we decided to start planning the Induction Ceremony early on. Thanks to the resources from the class of 2016, we should have a template as to how it should be run. We also discussed expanding the mentorship program as the broader we make the mentorship program, the more effective it will be.
After reflecting on a proposal that was made last week, we decided to divide up into different committees to do more specialized work to help ease the decision making and research process. On day two we were able to split up into committees.
We broke apart into groups and discussed potential topic ideas and began to search for potential partners in Namibia and North Carolina. Though we are nowhere near making a decision on a topic, we were able to bounce ideas off of one another and do research about potential partners in Namibia and North Carolina.
Sarah Moore’s Introduction
Hi! My name is Sarah Moore, I’m originally from Pennsylvania but my parents live in North Carolina. I am a Public Health major considering a minor in Biology. I want to work in sustainable and effective hunger relief through responsible agriculture and nutrition counseling. I work with EV! at Alternative Breaks and to coordinate blood drives, and I am a Resident Advisor! I am also the assistant to the director of the Peace Corps Preparation Program at Elon. I work off-campus as an editor’s assistant for the Autism Asperger’s Digest.
I heard about the Periclean Scholars program when I first came to Elon and I knew immediately that this was a program that I wanted to be involved with. The opportunity to collaboratively explore human rights and social justice and then be able to have a positive impact is an incredible experience. I am also excited to learn more about the people and culture of Namibia.
This semester I want to learn about Namibia as much as possible as well as about Project Pericles and what other classes have done. I’m excited to explore what we can do, from so far away, that will sustainably and positively impact Namibia. I’m looking forward to developing my leadership skills and growing individually, as well as a class. I also hope to develop a passion for the people, culture and stories of Namibia with my fellow class of 2017!