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Marymount University to Host Opening Conference

Marymount University will host the Opening Conference on its campus in Arlington, Virginia, from June 5th to June 7th in 2015. More...

Kevin Blair Writes for Spotlight on Poverty

Kevin Blair, Professor of Social Work at Niagara University and Academic Director for the SHECP Program at Niagara, has just published a...

Poverty Group Announces DeHart Appointment

Lexington, VA – 3 November 2014 – Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) today In this capacity, Ms. DeHart will...

Tim Jost Symposium Talk

“The Affordable Care Act and Low-Income Americans” Timothy S. Jost Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law Washington and Lee...

Head of Boston CDC to Kick Off Symposium

Jeanne DuBois, head of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC), a successful Boston community development corporation,...

Jost, Longworth to Address SHECP Symposium on Affordable Care Act

Tim Jost W&L School of Law Professor Tim Jost and Dr. David Longworth of the Cleveland Clinic will speak on the on the Affordable Care...

VMI to host conference on service

Honor in Service: Leaders Responding to the Needs of Our Time March 9-11, 2015 The 2015 Virginia Military Institute Leadership Conference...

SHECP Director to Speak at Chautauqua

Harlan Beckley Harlan Beckley, executive director of the Shepherd Higher Education on Poverty, will speak at the Chautauqua Institution...

Shepherd Consortium Assessment Underway

Brian Pusser, program coordinator for higher education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, and Christian...

Grant to Fund Teaching Conference at Millsaps College

Louwanda Evans, assistant professor of sociology at Millsaps College, won a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South (ASC) to...

Cafritz Foundation Awards SHECP Grant for DC Interns

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) has received a $25,000 matching grant from The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz...

W&L’s Campus Kitchen Feeds Minds and Bellys

It’s not your typical, run of the mill soup kitchen. Instead of the homeless coming to them, the Campus Kitchen Project at Washington &...

Pickett Named New Director of W&L’s Shepherd Poverty Program

Howard Pickett has been named director of the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability at...

Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University Receives $3.5 Million Contract from Texas Health and Hu

WACO, Texas (March 18, 2013) – The Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) at Baylor University has received a $3.5 million Community Partnership...

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