http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ en-us josh.tysiachney@allegheny.edu 2009-06-03T15:28:37-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/winners_announced_in_cyber_scrapbook_project.php The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College sincerely appreciates all submissions to the proposed "Cyber Scrapbook: Reflections of Youth on the 2008 Election." Unfortunately, there were not enough submissions to the project to make it a success. The Cyber... 9962@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2009-06-03T15:28:37-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/allegheny_college_to_host_model_campaign_usa_competition.php More than 140 participants—a record number of high school students and their teachers, Allegheny students, staff and faculty—will gather on Allegheny’s campus on Wednesday, April 29 to be part of the fifth annual Model Campaign USA. 9834@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2009-04-21T16:58:31-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/mccain_campaign_strategy_director_presents_keynote_at_cpp_conference.php The Center for Political Participation (CPP) at Allegheny College will host a daylong conference, “Hot Shots of the 2008 Election,” on April 2 to explore lessons learned by young political operatives during the 2008 election. 9571@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2009-03-17T09:46:11-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/ej_dionne_jr_keynote_speaker_for_postelection_conference_full_disclosure_the_media_and_the_2008_election.php The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College will host a special post-election event, “Full Disclosure: The Media and the 2008 Election,” on Nov. 20. 9141@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-12-03T09:06:18-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/shea_sees_historic_shift_in_the_role_of_young_voters_in_american_politics.php “Elections are democracy’s feast, but for decades young Americans were content to sit at the side table, off in the corner. Not this time,” said Daniel M. Shea, professor of political science and director of the Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College. 9016@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-11-04T19:28:42-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/election_day_reminders.php The Center for Political Participation reminds everyone to vote. Rides to the polls will depart from the top of Brooks Walk every 15 minutes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 9012@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-11-04T09:19:08-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/shea_offers_closeup_view_of_tight_congressional_race_in_battleground_state.php Close congressional races don’t come much tighter than the contest in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District. “Roll Call” recently released polling data suggesting it’s a dead heat, and Charley Cook, of the Cook Political Report, calls the race one of the few toss-ups in the nation. 8870@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-10-10T09:07:54-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/allegheny_college_to_host_congressional_debate_on_oct_8.php The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College will host a debate for the candidates for U.S. Congress, Pennsylvania District 3, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. in Ford Chapel. 8766@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-09-18T11:31:24-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/allegheny_college_to_host_summit_on_political_engagement.php Allegheny College will host the Bonner Foundation’s Summer Leadership Institute 2008, June 4-7. 8528@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-06-03T14:38:12-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/students_and_national_leaders_gather_at_allegheny_college_to_explore_reform_of_presidential_nomination_process.php Today’s primaries and caucuses may or may not reveal the identities of the Democratic and Republican nominees for the 2008 presidential race. While the events of this season’s contest have provided fascinating drama, political scholars, strategists, party leaders and public officials are also immersed in a debate about how to improve the current system of selecting candidates. 7948@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-02-05T13:26:16-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/program_at_allegheny_college_to_launch_twoyear_national_project_on_presidential_nomination_reform.php Today, while pundits analyze Iowa’s results and candidates shift their attention to New Hampshire voters, Allegheny College announced an initiative that directly involves citizens in the rest of the country as well. 7826@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-01-04T13:49:26-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/media_advisory_shea_knows_young_voters.php Barack Obama may be only slightly more pleased by the youth vote in Iowa than Daniel M. Shea. Shea, a professor of political science and director of the Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College, has dedicated his career to energizing this sector of the electorate. 7824@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2008-01-04T13:45:38-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/allegheny_college_creates_soapbox_alliance_to_end_closed_town_hallstyle_meetings_on_nations_campuses.php MEADVILLE, Pa. – Nov. 5, 2007 – Today, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of its pioneering investigative journalist, alumna Ida Tarbell, Allegheny College president Richard J. Cook invited institutions of higher education nationwide to join Allegheny in a... 7664@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2007-11-04T19:52:51-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/pittsburgh_activist_to_help_present_american_blackout.php Celeste Taylor, Pennsylvania state coordinator of African American outreach for People For the American Way, will visit Allegheny College to participate in a showing of the documentary “American Blackout” on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in Henderson Auditorium in Quigley Hall. 7577@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ Events 2007-10-22T07:38:02-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/archives/cpp_voter_turnout_archive_makes_great_strides_during_summer_2007.php The Voter Turnout Archive Project (“VTA”) at the CPP finished its second and final summer of data collection. Voter turnout statistics have currently been collected from Beaver, Butler, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, and Washington Counties in Pennsylvania, with as many as four more Counties to be added this fall. 7273@http://cpp.allegheny.edu/news/ News 2007-08-24T13:37:29-05:00