In the unconventional oasis of Montevallo, there is a broad range of educational opportunities. From Pre-K to a master’s degree, you can achieve a quality education at an affordable price. With this opportunity, the city hopes that young people in the education system would be willing to voice their opinion on how to better the city. The town receives opinions from University students, but not the youth of the city. This is where the Montevallo Students’ Institute is essential in uplifting youth voices and making an impact on the community.
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Exploring Our Unconventional Oasis: Montevallo Students’ Institute
Full Circle: Students’ Institute from a New Perspective
Former Students’ Institute participant, now Jean O’Connor-Snyder intern, Jessie Evans reflects on her first few months administering the Students’ Institute program. Read More »
Students’ Institute Comes to Thompson High
Thompson High School invites the Mathews Center to host a Students’ Institute for the school’s annual Leadership Retreat.
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Students’ Institute 2016-2017 Kicks Off
On Friday, October 21st, students from Montevallo Elementary, Middle, and High Schools set off on their first of four field trips as participants in the DMC’s 2016-2017 Students’ Institute.
Students’ Institute at Westlawn Middle School
We’re proud to announce that the David Mathews Center for Civic Life recently completed a series of three Students’ Institute workshops at Westlawn Middle School in Tuscaloosa.
Civic Learning and Students’ Institute
One of my favorite aspects of working for the Mathews Center has been developing programming focused on engaging young people in active civic learning. I believe that providing opportunities for young people to build civic skills and exercise civic dispositions is vital to creating and preserving a healthy democracy where citizens are involved as actors rather than spectators or consumers.
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