Vol 6 | No 9, September 2009

LindaBeardsleyLinda Beardsley, Director of Student Teaching and School Partnerships, Prepares Citizen Teachers
Tisch Adjunct Faculty Member Linda Beardsley shares her lifelong passion for education policy with future citizen teachers.

New Course Explores Facebook, Social Networking, and Community Organizing
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This fall, in a course taught by Peter Levine, Tufts students will help bridge the gap between traditional community organizing and online organizing through social networks.

Brian O’Connell Donates Personal Book Collection to Tisch College
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Brian O’Connell ’53, a Tisch College founder and Board of Advocates member, recently established the Brian O’Connell Library at Tisch College.

Tisch College and the Office of Campus Life Announce Leaders For Change Workshops
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This fall, Tisch College and the Office of Campus Life are collaborating to launch the Leaders for Change (L4C) initiative.

CPS SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT

Nora&KateNora Chovanec and Kate Berson Explore the Future of Farming

This past summer, Nora Chovanec and Kate Berson combined their passions for farming, environmental issues, food security, and poverty alleviation in a documentary photography and oral history capstone project that brought them to the farms in Mexico and the United States.

 

CITIZEN ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

JeremyLiuCitizen Alumni Jeremy Liu Uses Creativity and Innovation to Promote Social Justice
Fifteen years after graduating from Tufts, it’s clear that Jeremy Liu has found fulfillment in the not-for-profit world as the Executive Director of the Asian Community Development Corporation.

 

JonathanTischJonathan M. Tisch Blogs about NYC’s Most Active Citizens
Recently in his weekly Huffington Post column, Jonathan M. Tisch, Board of Advocates Member and naming benefactor of Tisch College, discussed service and ‘NYC Most Active Citizens.’

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosure
CIRCLERead the latest news from Tisch College’s CIRCLE, including the results of the annual Civic Health Index, a national survey by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) analyzed by CIRCLE.

 

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