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Dickinson Announces Support for New Projects Connecting Learning to Community Engagement
Aisha Johnson 20 teaches Chinese to young learners at the Dickinson College Children s Center through the Russian department s internship program in 2019. The program is currently being expanded and formalized.
Twelve civic-education projects move forward with CCLA funding
This spring, the Center for Civic Learning & Action (CCLA) is supporting 12 emerging and expanding faculty- and staff-led projects that empower students to work toward the common good in a variety of ways.
The projects are funded through the college’s Civic Engagement Fund, supported by a generous Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, and they span the spectrum of subjects in the humanities, sciences and arts. Each provides a framework for students to apply what they’re learning in class to problems and projects in the local community.
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University
Sanbonmatsu will share data from the Center for American Women and Politics about the current status of women in elective office and discuss women’s candidacies in the 2018 and 2020 elections. This event is part of Dickinson s Gender Week.
March 4, 2021
A virtual panel.
This Thursday on Mar 4, 2021 12:30 we will be welcoming a virtual panel of Foreign Area Officers to speak with our Cadets and the student body.
“The intent is two-fold: First, to connect cadets with officers that have recent tactical or operational experiences that will better educate them on their future careers. Second, it is an open forum that any student on campus can attend in order to bridge the civil-military gap in our society by presenting the Army experience to populations that may never hear that story. We utilize Zoom as the format for this as a way to encourage participation from the student body- think of being a guest speaker in a college lecture hall. I am hopeful that many non-cadets will be interested; even if they do not join the Army they may have aspirations to work in an embassy in another capacity and this is a great opportunity to bridge the civil-military gap.”
Claire Jordy
Thanks to a Dickinson scholarship, Claire Jordy 17 now helps preserve Pennsylvania waterways
Growing up in the high desert of New Mexico, Claire Jordy ’17 developed a passion for environmental issues and even spent some time living in a sustainable Earthship. She arrived at Dickinson with plans for a career in sustainable agriculture, but soon discovered a vital area of sustainability she hadn’t focused on before.
Now, she’s a water resource planner at the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connecting work in 148 Pennsylvania municipalities with applicable state and federal water policies and regulations.
She notes that her Dickinson scholarship made it all possible.
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Cogan Fellowship 2021: Covering Race in the Age of Trump and After
From former President Donald Trump to the Capitol riots to Vice President Kamala Harris, Fabiola Cineas headlines serve as a perfect map to her writing career.
Fabiola Cineas 12 discusses her path leading to ‘Vox’ as a race reporter
by Tony Moore
For some English majors, becoming a professional writer is the dream. For Fabiola Cineas 12 a staff writer for
Vox and a host of Vox Media Studios Emmy-nominated YouTube series
Glad You Asked that dream wasn’t waiting at the end of a straight path. And she finds that being a “race reporter” for a national outlet while fulfilling personally and professionally can be as complicated as race in America itself.