By Sophie Kelly Dr. Urvashi Sahni is the persistent and brave trailblazer behind Prerna Girls School in Lucknow, India. She is a social entrepreneur, women’s rights activist, and a leading expert in school governance, curriculum reform, and teacher training. As the founding President and CEO of the Study Hall Educational Read more…
By Charlotte Fall India, home to almost 1.4 billion people, holds one-third of the world’s poor. Living on less than $1.90 a day, or the international poverty line established by the World Bank, causes citizens to live in severe conditions, lacking access to basic survival necessities such as water, food, Read more…
By Ally Barth Twenty hours of travel later, we stepped off the plane to a harmonious chorus of “Happy Birthday!” Of course, it was nobody’s birthday, but our South African companions were passionate about properly welcoming us to their country, American-style. After one intensive week hard at work, we finally Read more…
By Katie Powers Shannon Keith, founder and CEO of Sudara, traveled all the way from Bend, Oregon to wrap up the Spring 2018 Speaker Series and give students a “behind the seams” look at her company — a social business with a mission to free women in India from the Read more…
April 2018 For those students who have asked me for a reading list in the areas that I teach in, I offer this list of fifty books that I’ve read and recommend highly. I close with a list of ten books that I don’t recommend despite their popularity. These book Read more…
By Natascha Elbech While the United States has made considerable strides towards renewable energy, local economies dependent on fossil fuel production have left many communities struggling to adapt to the new clean energy industry. Coal mining and manufacturing have been central to economic development in West Virginia for centuries, but today, Read more…