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High school students across the U.S., and especially the South, graduate and enter a world on their own without the proper tools to enter adulthood, sexual education being one of them. As students step foot on the University of Mississippi campus, most who received any form of sex education have not done so without some politics involved.
Parents and politicians alike push to limit what school-age children are exposed to, yet these limitations can affect students as they grow into adults. Political limitations on the classroom do not consider how the information impacts students’ futures but how political topics such as abortion and contraception are discussed. This selective education severely limits students’ growth into fully informed adults.
April 27, 2021 SHARE
The Women’s Society of Washington University announced the winners of the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships during its annual membership meeting April 20.
For the first time in 24 years of presenting the Switzer Leadership Award to graduating seniors, the group selected three honorees for their commitment to the university through leadership. Debbie Killmer, chair of the society’s leadership committee, presented the award to Gwen Klein, Delanie Ludmir and Anna Vaclavek.
The Switzer Leadership Award recipients are (from left) Gwen Klein, Delanie Ludmir and Anna Vaclavek.
Klein, a John B. Ervin Scholar, is double-majoring in political science and educational studies, both in Arts & Sciences. She serves on the university’s Student Union; Undergraduates for University Socio-Economic Diversity group; and City Faces student group. During her first semester, she applied to be the Student Union’s Opport
Catamounts Care Ambassadors part of team recognized as force for beating the pandemic
WCU Stories March 16, 2021
The Catamounts Care Ambassadors, a student-led and campus supported program to build awareness of pandemic protocols, in collaboration with Student Health Ambassadors from five other higher education institutions have been recognized for innovation in programing to stop the spread of COVID-19 within the region and on respective campuses including Western Carolina University.
The team earned second place from the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities in a recent competition and will be presented an award and gift cards during a virtual summit April 21-22. The consorti