Project Pericles

A human rights & social justice independent major has spent two years comparing local and national media perceptions of poverty in Appalachia.

Colby Halligan secured the nation's premier academic award for students dedicated to careers in the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Two guest speakers visit campus in May to discuss Appalachian media stereotypes in conjunction with an Elon Honors Fellow thesis photo exhibition that features intimate photostories of 10 community members in Appalachia.

The Periclean Class of 2016 brings to campus Sarah Junkin Woodard of the Center for Development in Central America to speak about the work she has done in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua.

Colby Halligan '15 travels to Europe this summer as one of the youngest students ever selected for a program that gives hands-on experience in organic farming while learning a foreign language.

Most media attention about West Virginia focuses on poverty or the coal industry, but the Periclean Scholars Class of 2014 at Elon University is dedicated to a different aspect of the state — the people.

“Aquí & Allá/Here & There,” a book sponsored by the Periclean Scholars Class of 2013, tells the story of a young undocumented woman’s journey from Mexico to the United States and how she eventually achieved the American Dream.

An event sponsored by the Project Pericles at Elon University

Expert panelists and members of the public will share diverse views on poverty in a McKinnon Hall “Community Connections” program designed to foster conversation in a respectful environment.

Nick Cianciara plans to run three miles in his full turnout gear on Dec. 14, 2013, to raise money for a firefighter stricken with a brain tumor.