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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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Crystal Williams, Dean for Institutional Diversity, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Williams is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, an established poet, and Reed’s first Dean for Institutional Diversity. As Dean, Williams evaluates the current state of diversity at Reed and works in conjunction with a variety of other departments at … finish reading Crystal Williams, Dean for Institutional Diversity, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Posted in Arts, Social Justice
Tagged faculty, poetry, staff
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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
Frank Sosa, Psychology, Class of 2013
In the summer of 2011, Sosa worked for the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the University of Vermont where he was involved in psychological research for treatments involving cocaine addiction. NIDA isolates detrimental and enabling aspects of the … finish reading Frank Sosa, Psychology, Class of 2013
Posted in Drug and Alcohol Addiction Prevention and Intervention, Medicine
Tagged vermont
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Gabriel Forsyth-Korzeniewicz, Economics, Class of 2012
Throughout his life, Forsyth-Korzeniewicz found himself asking questions about identity and the inequalities that result from identity. Consequently, he was always involved with organizations that work with people who have developmental and intellectual disabilities. In high school, Forsyth-Korzeniewicz was a … finish reading Gabriel Forsyth-Korzeniewicz, Economics, Class of 2012
Posted in Disability Rights, McGill Lawrence Summer Internship Awards
Tagged africa, autism
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Stephen Metzler, Undecided, Class of 2014
In the summer of 2011, Metzler worked at the Autistic Children’s Advocacy Program (ACAP) in Portland.
Posted in Disability Rights
Tagged autism, portland
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Ashley Kroll, Biology, Class of 2014
In the summer of 2011, Kroll worked at the Autistic Children’s Advocacy Program (ACAP), a non-profit that runs a summer day program for children, teens, and young adults. Kroll also works weekly for Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette as a Patient … finish reading Ashley Kroll, Biology, Class of 2014
Posted in Disability Rights
Tagged autism, portland
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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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