Category: Students & Alums
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Ramiro Hernandez ’23 Named Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow
Ramiro Hernandez ’23 has always had a knack for writing. “I remember being in fourth grade, and we had to take this state exam,” says Hernandez, of Hidalgo, Texas. “We had to write essays for it and whatnot. They graded us from 1 to 4, with 4 being the best. I remember I was the…
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Swarthmore Community Comes Together for King Speech Reading in collaboration with Breaking the Silence
A number of major civil rights organizations, including The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the SNCC Legacy Project, and the Highlander Center, came together this month to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 4, 1967 speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” in which he for the first time publicly advocated for an end to…
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Change-Makers
We are thrilled to share this article reprinted from the Swarthmore Bulletin [Spring 2020 / Issue III / Volume CXVII] that features Peace and Conflict Studies Major, Jasmine Rashid ’18. Change Makers By Elizabeth Redden ’05 Through impact investing, Swarthmoreans put their money where their values are Morgan Simon ’04 wants you to know one…
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Two Swatties Earn National Award for Work in Peace & Conflict Studies
— by Ryan Dougherty via Swarthmore News and Events, January 8th 2021 For the first time in its history, the Peace and Justice Studies Association’s (PJSA) award for best paper went to two students this year — and they’re both Swarthmoreans. The selection committee honored both Lucy Jones ’20, who explored the experiences of Central American…
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Two Swarthmore Alumni Celebrated as Part of 2020 Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Food Program
Two Swarthmore alumni shared in the recognition as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020. Allison Oman Lawi ’91 is director, ad interim, for the Nutrition Division at WFP at headquarters in Rome, while Andrea Stoutland ’83 is special assistant to the director of human resources. The WFP was…
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Grace Dumdaw ’21 Goes Behind the Scenes with Television Academy Foundation Fellowship
Grace Dumdaw ’21 aspires to one day steal scenes as an actor on television or film. This summer, she got a glimpse behind those scenes through the Television Academy Foundation’s prestigious Summer Fellows Program. Sponsored by the charitable arm of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — best known as the organization behind the…
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Bill Ehrhart ’73 and Soldiers for Peace
This morning, I listened to a radio documentary titled “Soldiers for Peace” by Kate Ellis and Stephen Smith via APM reports. The documentary (accessible below) details the participation of veterans and active duty soldiers in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. You can find a rich didactic page with photos and excerpts on the APM…
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Radical Humanization
Students who have taken Prof. Atshan’s courses talk about radical humanization.
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Two Students, Alumnus Embark on Language, Culture Studies Across Globe
June 19th, 2019 By Ryan Dougherty Two Swarthmore students and a 2019 grad received coveted awards from the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and have embarked on summer studies in Eastern Europe, East Africa, and Central Asia. Zackary Lash ’19, who graduated with a special major in peace & conflict studies, is studying Russian in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; Carole Lee…
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Introducing the 2018–2019 Lang Social Impact Fellows
Congratulations to our alum Fatima Boozarhomehri ’17 as well as A’Dorian Murray-Thomas ’16! From Swarthmore News and Events By Ryan Dougherty October 25th, 2018 As this year’s pair of Lang Social Impact Fellows, A’Dorian Murray-Thomas ’16 and Fatima Boozarjomehri ’17 will “scale up” their efforts for social change with support from the Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility. Murray-Thomas…