Community Engagement is a Marathon for St. Olaf Alumnus
by Moyo Akinola
After completing a Project for Peace as an undergraduate at St. Olaf College, Duy Ha has continued his community engagement work in his native Vietnam.
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Projects for Peace Alum Combats Flooding in Pakistan
by Anmol Irfan
Projects for Peace and Williams College alum Hamza Farrukh has continued the work he started in 2014 to help Pakistanis impacted by flooding access clean drinking water.
Seeking Justice for the Armenian Genocide, One Story at a Time
Launched as a Project for Peace in 2017, the Rerooted Archive celebrates five years of documenting stories from Armenians displaced by conflict. Read on for the story of how an idea grew into a sustained, global, initiative.
Projects for Peace Alum Stanislav Knezevic Wins Yenching Scholarship
by Kate Whitman
Trinity College alumnus Stanislav Knezevic ’21 was awarded a Yenching Scholarship to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China Studies, with a concentration in politics and international relations.
Light by Which to Dream
by Bill Holder
Wesleyan University graduate and Projects for Peace alumnus Kennedy Odede has turned his undergraduate work into an internationally-awarded organization. Wesleyan recently profiled him and his wife and professional partner Jessica Posner.
Alumnus Daniel Charlton Named Scharzman Scholar
Daniel Charlton, a Whitman College alumnus who completed a Project for Peace over Summer 2018 was recently selected from a group of over 3,000 applicants to be a Schwarzman Scholar.
Projects for Peace Alumni Awarded Middlebury College Alumni Achievement Award
Shabana Basij-Rasikh, who completed a Project for Peace in 2008, was awarded a Middlebury College Young Alumni Achievement Award at the 2021 Middlebury College Reunion.
Alumnus Joins Faculty at University of Portland
Neil Oculi, who conducted a Project for Peace in 2009, recently joined the faculty at the University of Portland as an environmental policy professor. He also attended environmental summit COP26 as a delegate for his native St. Lucia.