Davis Projects for Peace

Clark has once again been invited to participate in the Davis Projects for Peace Initiative. This is an invitation for all undergraduates on our campus to design grassroots projects for peace. The selected submission will be funded at levels up to $10,000 and implemented during the summer of 2010. Project proposals may take on any focus that student applicants choose, although the fundamental purpose is to use creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in developing ideas designed to build peace in the 21st Century. 

Donald Honeman, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, serves as the campus contact for the Davis Program and will convene a committee to review student proposals. Proposals should be sent electronically to Kim Fisher in the Admissions Office and are due by January 31, 2010. The committee will review all submissions and finalists will be forwarded to the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Final selections will be announced by April 2010.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for our students. Last year's Projects for Peace winner from Clark was Chelsea Ellingsen whose project focused on renovation of two classrooms for girls at the Yar-Adou Primary School in the village of Gol, in Bor County, Southern Sudan. The project was aimed at addressing entrenched gender inequality, as Southern Sudan has one of the lowest primary enrollment and female literacy rates in the world.

The Projects for Peace Web site provides more details about the program and the process for submitting project proposals. 

If you have any questions after you have had the opportunity to review these materials, contact Donald Honeman at x7419.