Jul 15, 2018
Learning Latin from Leopards
By Bill Landauer Markus Dubischar’s Elementary Latin class is seldom so elementary. Krista Yetter’s fifth-graders from Cheston Elementary School in…
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Jun 27, 2018
Justice for All?
A child, wearing an “Old Sparky” commemorative T-shirt, plays around a display of the electric chair where 361 prisoners sat between 1924 and 1964…
Jun 26, 2018
Minor Key, Major Rewards
By Stephen Wilson She biked 4,000 miles from California to Maine over 10 weeks. She raced on the national champion crew team. She studied neuroscience…
Jun 14, 2018
The Art of First Grade
By Stephen Wilson Giving 7-year-olds sharp tools may not always be a good thing. Yet they sit transfixed as Nestor Armando Gil, assistant professor of…
Jun 13, 2018
An Abundance of Grace
By Stephen Wilson A presidential election crisis. Mass demonstrations. Political unrest. Police crackdowns. Sounds like scenarios across the globe over…
May 13, 2018
Faces of Addiction
By Stephen Wilson According to Pennsylvania Department of Health, the prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemic is the worst public health crisis…
May 6, 2018
Crushing It!
By Stephen Wilson Building stuff means getting messy, but gluing your fingers together? It happens more than you’d imagine as Cheston Elementary fifth-graders…
Apr 28, 2018
Our National Day of Service
Lafayette collaborated with community partners to organize one-time service opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and alumni during Lafapalooza…
Apr 27, 2018
The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love
By Stephen Wilson Jumping off a dock. Making bracelets. Singing around a campfire. For many people, overnight camp holds a special place in their hearts…
Apr 19, 2018
Honoring an Engaged Community
By Stephen Wilson Leaders thanking leaders. That’s what happened at the ninth annual Center for Community Engagement (CCE) Expo as students and faculty…