Letter from the president
With this seventh issue of Engage, we enter the fourth year of the magazine. This issue, as usual, features some colleges and people we’ve seen before as well as some new perspectives on our thriving network. I hope you’ll enjoy seeing what the Sullivan Foundation and its members have going on. The Foundation is always striving to grow so we...
Read full articleEducation of advocacy
A Davidson student combines a passion for language and politics with action on behalf of refugees Hayden Bates hikes Wadi Rum while studying Arabic at the Qasid Institute in Jordan during the summer of 2015 When Hayden Bates was a child, her parents shared stories with her from their fieldwork with Eritrean refugees for Save the Children in Sudan. The...
Read full articleA legacy of service
One family makes a 15-year mark on the University of Virginia Kate Whelan was the last of five siblings to attend the University of Virginia in a row. Her older brother, Kevin, received a Sullivan Award in 2001 When students decide to attend a college following in the footsteps of a relative who attended previously, they are known in university...
Read full articleQ&A: Igniting change
A conversation with Spud Marshall Spud Marshall wears many hats—literally too many to list all of them here (visit his website iamspud.com to get the full list). His chief occupation is CEO and Chief Catalyst of the co.space, a network of intentional communities for changemakers. He’s also an important consultant for the Sullivan Foundation. Serving as the foundation’s Director of...
Read full articleKnowing how we live
Sullivan Faculty Fellow Pradip Malde uses art to inform and to transform his students and the world Pradip Malde is an artist, professor, and world traveler. His photography is held in collections at the Museum of the Art Institute in Chicago, Princeton University Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Yale University Museum, and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery...
Read full articleAlumna Letter: Ruth Evans Handley
Ruth Evans Handley was a recipient of the Sullivan Award in 1948 at the University of North Carolina. The alumni reception in Winter Park, mentioned in this letter, was cancelled due to the threat of Hurricane Matthew, much to Handley’s regret. Receiving my first issue of Engage several months ago was a pleasant surprise. It sent me to the bookshelf ...
Read full articleWalking the walk
Through a Sullivan-sponsored program, Randolph-Macon students make a tangible difference in their community Richard Meagher addresses the group during presentations to the Skills Development Center Paper shredding and social engagement might not seem like natural companions. The Sullivan Foundation, however, recognizes that in the fast-developing field of social entrepreneurship just about anything can be leveraged to make a positive difference...
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Engage is the Sullivan Foundation’s magazine celebrating service and social entrepreneurship in the Sullivan network of partner institutions.