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Competition was sponsored by Policy Studies as part of its high school educators’ workshop
The winner and runner-up in the Policy Studies program’s “Why Should We Care About Darfur?” student essay contest have been announced and their winning entries were published in today’s Morning Call.
The winner is Camille Houferak, a student at Parkland High School, and the runner-up is Stef FeKula, a student at Allentown Central Catholic High School. The contest was held in conjunction with the workshop for high school educators, ”Darfur: Tragic Lessons and How to Convey Them,” which was held March 17. More than 90 Lehigh Valley students entered essays. Houferak will receive $250, and Parkland will receive $150. FeKula will receive $150, and Central Catholic will receive $100.
Lafayette’s Policy Studies program is taking the lead in implementing a resolution by the College’s Board of Trustees that the College develop an educational program to heighten awareness of the human-rights crisis in Sudan. Policy Studies also brought Nicholas Kristof, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columns have advanced knowledge of Darfur, to campus for a public lecture Nov. 8 and led the production of a powerful video, “The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis,” in which the Lafayette community condemns the genocide in Darfur.