PeaceJam Northeast has a new University Host - The University of Connecticut!
Below is an article about the exciting news in The Daily Campus Independent Newspaper of the University of Connecticut
By Liz Crowley
Associate News Editor
Published: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Dailiy Campus Newspaper wrote:
The Undergraduate Student Government wrapped up its fall semester Wednesday by announcing that Nobel Laureate Betty Williams is coming to UConn in the spring.
USG’s Academic Affairs Chair Grace Collins addresses members of USG at Wednesday nights meeting. USG announced that they will be bringing Nobel Laureate Betty Williams to campus next semester
ConnPIRG is bringing the organization Peace Jam to Storrs next semester. The group's mission is to get college students involved in civic engagement and activism. Ethan Senack, External Affairs Committee chair, said Peace Jam's annual conference will be held on campus, inviting K-12 and UConn students to work with Williams to learn how to create positive change throughout the world.
"UConn will be the third campus where the student body is the driving force of the conference," said Barry Felson, Peace Jam's Northeast director.
Felson said Peace Jam brings Nobel Laureates and students together to learn from each other and work in conjunction with one another. Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work to end violence in Northern Ireland as cofounder of the organization Community of Peace People. |
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