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Erin Wilkus, Biology, Class of 2010
As a recipient of a Davis Project for Peace summer award in 2010, Wilkus was awarded $10,000 to build and maintain a language resource center in partnership with Tshulu Trust in a Venda community of South Africa. Rosetta Stone was installed … finish reading Erin Wilkus, Biology, Class of 2010
Posted in Davis Projects for Peace, Education
Tagged africa, technology
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Deirdre Cain, Psychology, Class of 2013
In the summer of 2011, Cain worked as a teachers’ assistant at Autistic Children’s Activity Program (ACAP) in Portland with kids who have autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).
Posted in Disability Rights, Education
Tagged autism, portland
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Bob Kaplan, Professor, Biology
Kaplan structured and designed the Biology Outreach Program sixteen years ago. The program is supported by a grant from the Rose Tucker Trust and provides Reed students the opportunity to teach science to children at Title I local public schools. … finish reading Bob Kaplan, Professor, Biology
Bernadette Clark, History, Class of 2014
Clark is the LASER Mentor Coordinator and a Youth & Education Odyssey trip leader for SEEDS. LASER is a SEEDS program that partners Reedies with students from Lane Middle School, which has an ethnically diverse population and many students who … finish reading Bernadette Clark, History, Class of 2014
Suraj Pant, Economics, Class of 2011
In the summer of 2011, Pant established a computer lab at JanaKalyan Madhyamik Vidyalaya, a high school founded in part by his grandfather and the only high school in Hungi, a remote village in Western Nepal. The lab is furnished … finish reading Suraj Pant, Economics, Class of 2011
Posted in Davis Projects for Peace, Education, International Development, Literacy
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Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services
Kern Smith is a founding board member for Ko-Falen Cultural Center with her artist husband, Arvie Smith, and as the long-imagined project of close friend and Malian artist, Baba Wagué Diakité and his artist wife Ronna Neuenschwander. In Bambara (the … finish reading Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services
Posted in Arts, Education, International Development
Tagged africa, staff
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Pat Heneghen, Executive Director to the Vice President/Treasurer
For the last two years, Heneghan has volunteered at The Giving Tree, a Portland based non-profit that assists people in subsidized housing. Many residents struggle with chronic homelessness and mental illness. Heneghan also volunteered with Volunteers of America and the … finish reading Pat Heneghen, Executive Director to the Vice President/Treasurer
Amina Rahman, Anthropology, Class of 2014
Rahman is the Hunger & Housing Intern at SEEDS where she explores and advocates for basic human rights to food and shelter and has the opportunity to share her passion for community engagement with fellow Reedies. Rahman is also an … finish reading Amina Rahman, Anthropology, Class of 2014
Tally Levitz, Biochemistry, Class of 2014:
In the summer of 2011, Levitz worked at a farm in Maine that is allied with the Chewonki Foundation. The farm grows food for the affiliated summer camp and semester school students and also teaches its students about sustainable agriculture, … finish reading Tally Levitz, Biochemistry, Class of 2014:
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, and Food Security, Education
Tagged farming, maine
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Fawn Livingston-Gray, Class of 1995, SEEDS Program Coordinator
Livingston-Gray has volunteered with numerous local non-profit organizations from planting trees at Friends with Trees to being on a local host committee at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change conference. Starting her sophomore year at Reed, she volunteered … finish reading Fawn Livingston-Gray, Class of 1995, SEEDS Program Coordinator
Posted in Abuse Prevention and Intervention, Education, LGBTQ, Women's Empowerment
Tagged domestic violence, portland, SEEDS, women
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