Resources in Honor of National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month, and Projects for Peace is celebrating the people in our lives who have molded us into the people we are today.
Reading Room
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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.
Amherst College Highlights Two Research-Focused Projects for Peace
Amherst College delves into two researchers who completed Projects for Peace during Summer 2021.
St. Olaf College Spotlights Two Years of Projects for Peace
by Anna Brown
St. Olaf College celebrates three recent graduates who all completed Projects for Peace during 2020 or 2021.
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.
MIIS Projects for Peace Grantees Tackle Pressing Global Issues
A spotlight on two Middlebury Institute students and one alumna who implemented development projects through Projects for Peace.
A Look into Students' Projects for Peace
After becoming a Projects for Peace partner institution in 2019, Concordia College grantees had to delay their projects until summer 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on to discover how each grantee adapted their project, and more on Concordia’s hopes for future projects.
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.
TODAY Features Grantee Lina Tori Jan
by TODAY
Lina Tori Jan appeared on TODAY with her sister to discuss her Project for Peace, “Chai was Dastan,” a podcast series focused on Afghan refugees.