Articles by Mat Gendle
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Class of 2026 cohort inducted into the Periclean Scholars Program
April 18, 2023
The 12 members of the 20th cohort of Periclean Scholars at Elon celebrated their acceptance into the program during a ceremony held in McKinnon Hall on April 17.
Mat Gendle and Amanda Tapler publish essay advocating for the ethical treatment of international students in higher education
March 7, 2023
The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published this work in Essays in Education.
Periclean Scholars Class of 2023 spend Winter Term partnering with LGBTQIA2S+ organizations in Sri Lanka
January 26, 2023
Members of the class travelled to Sri Lanka’s north and east to document the personal stories of LGBTQIA2S+ Tamils.
Mat Gendle and Amanda Tapler publish article examining ethical practices in international community-based global learning programs
December 19, 2022
The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published this work in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.
Mat Gendle and Amanda Tapler author essay on ethical concerns related to voluntourism programs
December 19, 2022
The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published the essay in the journal, Tourism in Paradise
Mat Gendle and Amanda Tapler author article on student development in the Periclean Scholars Program
September 21, 2022
The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published the report in the Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education
Elon faculty, staff members receive IN/CO grant from the Colonial Academic Alliance to support community-based learning efforts
February 24, 2022
This two-year award will support multi-institutional work to better prepare students and institutions to develop and sustain community-based learning initiatives.
Periclean Scholars serve as common reading peer-educators addressing racial inequality
October 7, 2021
As part of their sophomore Periclean coursework, members of the Periclean Scholars Class of 2024 created interactive exercises and discussion questions related to the Common Reading, and worked with fellow Elon students as peer-educators to facilitate engagement with this text.
Periclean Scholars Class of 2023 support local agricultural initiatives in Sri Lanka
September 9, 2021
This effort supports the work of Sarvodaya in an island-wide plan to promote local agriculture and increase food security and family income.
Motley and colleagues publish article in ‘The Global Impact Exchange: A Quarterly Publication of Diversity Abroad’
August 11, 2021
In this article, multiple faculty program leaders reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic forced a reimagining of the student global engagement opportunities they manage at Elon.