Projects for Peace Presents First Alumni Award
The new award of up to $50,000 goes to human rights and education activist Joseph Kaifala, a war survivor from Sierra Leone who has worked to bring about peace and stability following years of conflict.
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Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) Announces Selection of Interns for New Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship Program
Middlebury Awards Eleven Conflict Transformation Research Grants
The second round of faculty grants from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation range from $10,000 to $50,000 and will support a broad array of research projects.
Panelists discuss how the Hamline University controversy could have been handled better in a diverse culture
| by Jeff Brumley and Baptist News Global
Making Democracy Real: An Update on Our Conflict Transformation Initiative
| by Laurie L Patton
Teaching Conversational Skills Through Scaffolding
| by Laurie L. Patton
As we all relearn the art of conversation, integrating the concept of scaffolding can help students have meaningful conversations, Laurie L. Patton writes for Inside Higher Ed.
“Same But Different” explores conflict transformation through dance
Middlebury College Dance Department Professors Lida Winfield and Christal Brown performed their first in-person performance of “Same But Different” on Friday, Sept. 23. They performed as part of this year’s Clifford Symposium, which focused on conflict transformation.
College internship program gets boost
| by Marin Howell
$25 million grant will benefit the college’s Privilege and Poverty summer internship program, that supports Addison County organizations.
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey to tackle conflict in the public square
| by Tess Kenny
The Institute’s new program will help students tackle conflict and make positive change in the world.
Middlebury College will use $25 million grant to tackle growing divisiveness in the public square
| by Mitch Wertlieb and Karen Anderson
An interview with Middlebury’s president, Laurie L. Patton.