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By E. Whitten Stone, Elon Law “You cannot understand a complex people by only looking at data – something inside you has to crack to let...

By Elizabeth Heller, Berea College Abstract – This paper uses findings from five journals to demonstrate the significance of quality...

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to open Childhood Literacy as a Public Health & Economic Imperative Symposium on July 30th The focus of the...

By Farai Musariri Mr. Musarir is a native of Gweru, Zimbabwe. He is an alumnus of Hendrix College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Cum...

July 12, 2016 — The Cleveland Clinic, the National Community Action Foundation, and Kennesaw State University will be Partners for the...

By Wesley N. Saintilnord I was born in a small city in the northeastern region of Haiti called Ouanaminthe (Ouanaminthe shares the border...

By Jabriel Hasan Mr. Hasan interned with the Boys & Girls Club of Chester (PA) the summer of 2014. He studied Communication and Social...

By Nicole Gunawansa Ms. Gunawansa graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. Upon...

“The Shepherd Poverty Alliance (SPA) Internship allowed me to gain firsthand experience on the effects of poverty and contributed to my...

Norman Kim-Senior graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2005 with a double major in Spanish and Economics. After graduating, he...

Victoria Kumpuris Brown, Senior Program Officer, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation staff in 2015, bringing her exceptional...

6 May 2016, Arlington, VA – More than 100 Shepherd Interns will gather at Marymount University (Main Campus) in Arlington, Virginia, on...

Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP Honors Tom and Nancy Shepherd Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston, where Tom Shepherd worked for twelve years as...

These memories of Tom Shepherd from Consortium and Washington and Lee students and alumni, colleagues, and friends express admiration for...

In the chaos and uncertainty of a new life in a new country, medicine – in its most compassionate and humanistic form – was at the center...

April 28, 2016 – Registration is now open for the 30 July, “Childhood Literacy as a Public Health and Economic Imperative: What Do We...

Ms Wilson graduated from Washington and Lee (2006) after completing a large amount of coursework in Poverty Studies and earning a degree...

By Shelby Smith Ms. Smith graduated from Elon University in 2015 with a major in Public Health Studies and a minor in Psychology. She...

By Missy Naseman Rivera Ms. Rivera graduated from Berea College in 2005 with a degree in English and a literature concentration. She then...

“Through my time in Eastern Kentucky, I began to undergo a radical consciousness shift that has since changed my life.” Nancy Reinhart is...