Swarthmore Honored with National Award for Engaged Scholarship in Chester
Swarthmore College's Chester Community Fellowship has received this year’s Excellence in Student Engagement Award from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC).
Learn more about the award here!
Nina Johnson Chosen to be a 2019–2020 Engaged Scholars Initiative Fellow
Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants from the Eastern Region by Campus Compact Johnson will participate in an 18-month learning and leadership process, combining professional development, collaboration, and Engaged Scholarship.
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We house faculty-led programs that encourage interdisciplinary learning and Engaged Scholarship. Current programs: Urban Inequality & Incarceration, Global Studies Initiative, Health & Societies, Arts in Action.
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The Lang Center in the News
Nancy Awad ’20 Gives Inside Look on Lang Opportunity Scholar Project
Nancy Awad ’20 used her Lang Opportunity Scholarship to create the Benat Seshat Initiative, a social project that teaches computer literacy to orphaned young women in Upper Egypt. More
Swarthmore Begins Three-Year Partnership with Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Swarthmore is strengthening its commitment to engaged scholarship across the globe through a partnership with the Pulitze More
Political Scientist Keith Reeves ’88 on Meek Mill and Criminal Justice Reform
Keith Reeves ’88, professor of political science and director of the Urban Inequality and Incarceration program at the College's Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility, discussed the release of rapper Meek Mill and opportunities to reform the criminal justice system on WHYY's Radio Times. More