Dr. Betsy Alden This is Me

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1. 1. Duke Magazine-Connections and Disconnections in the Digital Age by Robert J. Bliwise-January/February 2007

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   Published on: 1/2/2007   Last Visited: 2/20/2007

   College friendships have endured long beyond student days for Betsy Alden '64, who is service-learning coordinator with Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics and a visiting lecturer in public-policy studies. She and eight former dorm-mates came to Duke from a variety of backgrounds-different parts of the country, large and small high schools. But, she recalls, "We had similar values. Most of us were activists of one kind or another." They protested segregation at Durham's Carolina Theater. Later most became professors or teachers; one works with pregnant teens and another teaches yoga at a Virginia ashram.
   
   Freshman year was a particularly formative period, Alden says.
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   And, Alden says, they've taught each other.

2. 2. www.selfknowledge.org

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   Published on: 4/26/2006   Last Visited: 3/15/2007

   Dr. Betsy Alden, Coordinator for Service-Learning, Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, adds: "[The SKS'] power is in its student leadership, its focus on direct personal experience, and its openness to the world's great wisdom traditions."

3. 3. ntcumc.org

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   Published on: 3/3/2006   Last Visited: 3/24/2007

   Rev. Betsy Alden receives Sigmon award
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   Rev. Betsy Alden receives Sigmon award
   
   Rev . Betsy Alden , NTC elder and Service -Learning Coordinator of the Kenan In stitute for Ethics at Duke University, received the inaugural Robert L. Sigmon Award during the eighth annual North Carolina Campus Compact Service- Learning Conference held Feb. 15 at Elon University. Dr. Alden works with faculty, students, community agencies, and Durham, NC, public schools to promote the academic integration of ethical reflection and service experiences into the undergraduate curriculum.
   
   She holds the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Perkins School of Theology, SMU. While living in Dallas, Dr. Alden received the Outstanding Volunteer Award for her creation of the Praxis Project, a service learning model, which has been replicated at more than 100 campuses across the United States.
   
   The Robert L. Sigmon Service-Learning Award will be presented each year to a faculty or staff member in North Carolina who has made significant contributions toward furthering the practice of service-learning. It is named for North Carolinian Robert L. Sigmon, considered to be one of the pioneers in the national service-learning field.
   
   Dr. Alden, the coordinator for service learning at Duke,s Kenan Institute for Ethics, has been involved with service-learning initiatives since the early 1980s, when she served on the board of directors of the National Partnership for Service-Learning. Since then, she has implemented successful service learning programs in Texas and New Mexico before joining Duke in 1997. During her tenure at Duke, she has been instrumental in the growth and institutionalization of service-learning across the campus.
   
   John Barnhill, executive director of NCCC, and Sigmon, a 1957 Duke graduate, presented the award to Alden during the conference luncheon.