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Thursday, April 4th, 2024

Local children’s “Passport to the World”

In a 2024 civic engagement event, Passport to the World, which was held at the Lewisburg Children’s Museum on Saturday, March 30, the Foreign Language Teaching Assistants at Bucknell University brought their cultures from Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon and Spain to local children. Children also got to learn about the American Deaf Community and the culture of American Sign Language (ASL). The festival featured hands-on crafts and activities, such as Japanese origami, coloring the flag of Colombia, making Play-Doh Italian pizza, and crafting the national tree of Lebanon. To read more about the event and its […]

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

Academic Engagement in Action: Psychology Professor Chris Boyatzis

Dr. Chris Boyatzis is a professor of Psychology who focuses on Children’s and Developmental Psychology. At Bucknell, Boyatzis teaches two Community-Engaged Learning Courses: PSYC207- Developmental Psychology and PSYC320- Children’s Studies. Outside of his coursework, Boyatzis is a large proponent of civic engagement through his directorship of the Bucknell in Denmark summer program and his connection of students with Camp Koala: a camp for children experiencing death or grief. 

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