Washington University
A stack of Washington University diplomas awaits recipients at the Prison Education Project commencement in 2019 at the Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific, Missouri.
Beginning this fall, incarcerated women in Missouri will have the opportunity to work towards earning a degree from Washington University.
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announced this week that its Prison Education Project won a $980,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to start its first women’s prison education program.
People incarcerated at the Women’s Eastern Correctional Center in Vandalia, Missouri can begin taking classes in August. It will be the first time an on-site college program exists at the prison. The grant also provides funding for technology to host the classes virtually as well as expanding reentry programs at the prison.
Incarcerated coders developed an LMS for offline remote learning
Robert Henke (in blue), director of the Washington University Prison Education Project, talks with graduates at the project’s first commencement ceremony in 2019. (Joe Angeles / Washington University)
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A group of incarcerated coders in Missouri have developed an offline learning management system for prisons that is now expanding throughout the state.
Washington University in St. Louis’ Prison Education Project won a two-year, $980,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation last December to build out its program, including new courses, staff members and a computer room. A major component is developing “The Learning Center,” a learning management system that allows instructors to communicate with prisoners engaged in self-guided courses without an internet connection.
CCP hears about iguana MSTU and funding sought for projects
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | Apr 20, 2021
During its recent meeting, the Captiva Community Panel received updates on the iguana MSTU petitions and needed funds it has been seeking to proceed with two projects tied to its committees.
On April 13, Administrator Ken Gooderham told that panel that Treasurer Tony Lapi and Panel Member John Jensen recently manned an informational booth at the post office to educate property owners on the MSTU being proposed to pay for iguana control services and to gather petitions.
He thanked them, noting that their effort resulted in the return of a few more petitions.
Two-year $980,000 award to support education access, social justice in two prisons
Students at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific, Mo., in 2017. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)
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Washington University in St. Louis’ Prison Education Project (PEP) has won a two-year $980,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award resulted from the Mellon Foundation’s “Future of Higher Learning in Prison” competition.
“This has been quite a year,” said Robert Henke, professor of drama and of comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, who serves as PEP director as well as co-principal investigator of the Mellon grant. “Last spring, because we were no longer able to have on-site classes, we worked with WashU and the Missouri Department of Corrections to make the switch to virtual instruction. It has been a steep learning curve for everyone involved.”
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