Employees, Students Honored with Peter Morgenstern-Clarren 03 Social Justice Awards
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Derry college sees off all-comers to clinch prestigious award
National recognition for NWRC students outstanding teamwork during lockdown
Members of the award-winning team at NWRC, from left, Finneen Bradley, manager NWRC Careers Academy, Aidan McFadden, NWRC Students Union, Danny McFeely, health and wellbeing officer and Danny Lyttle
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Students at a Derry college have won a major national award recognising their work supporting students during lockdown which resulted in an increase in attendance at online classes.
Student Welfare and Students’ Union team at North West Regional College (NWRC) beat off competition from universities and colleges across Ireland, winning the Welfare Campaign of the Year Award at the United Student of Ireland (USI) Student Achievement Awards.
May 10, 2021
The Peter Morgenstern-Clarren ’03 Social Justice Awards recognize students and staff members who promote social justice and activism on campus and beyond. This year, the staff recipients are Mario Torres, who works for Physical Plant, and Astrid Vidal, a Service Management Group employee who works in residence halls. The student recipient is Kevonte Payton ’22.
The award was created in memory of Morgenstern-Clarren, who dedicated his time on campus to social justice.
“His activism included securing benefits for Wesleyan custodial staff, participating in the United Student and Labor Action Committee, and contributing his leadership to the campus chapter of Amnesty International,” the award description reads. “We are grateful to Dr. Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren and The Honorable Pat Morgenstern-Clarren for their generosity in sponsoring this award honoring their son’s activism for the public good.”
Students on Strike
From public institutions like the University of Iowa and the University of Massachusetts Boston, to private ones like the University of Chicago and Rice University, students across the country are coalescing around a novel idea: a tuition strike.
The massive mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has forced college students to question the cost of their education, as schools that charge tens of thousands of dollars in tuition per year transition to online instruction.
âIf Iâm fighting for other people, I really am fighting for myself.â
âStudents are really angry at the way that weâre being treated right now,â says Dulce Escorcia, a senior at the University of Iowa and a member of Iowa Student Action. âWe were already being taken advantage of by rising tuition costs.â And now, thereâs the pandemic, which forced students back into classrooms or into spaces where COVID-19 protocols arenât followed. âIt all
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