Our recommendations for newsletters about character and character formation
We’ve compiled a short list of recommended newsletters focused on character and character formation.
Categories: Educating Character Initiative News
Beyond Funding: Bellarmine, ASU, and George Fox
We were privileged to speak with several of the principal investigators of 2024 grants while they attended the Program for Leadership and Character’s spring visit and ask, “What is most exciting about what you are learning from their grant projects?”
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Educating Character Initiative announces 2025 Capacity-Building Grant recipients
Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc., the ECI has awarded 40 new grants of up to $50,000 to 42 institutions seeking to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education.
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Beyond the Funding: Baylor, University of Delaware, & Villanova
Recent highlights from three ECI grantees.
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Salem College Hosts Women’s College Convening on Character
On February 10, representatives from five women-serving institutions gathered at Salem College for a Women’s Colleges Convening on Gender, Leadership, Ethics, and Character.
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Dr. Glenn Sanders of King University Recognized as Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character
The Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character Award honors an outstanding leader in higher education who has shown exceptional commitment to educating character at their institution and beyond.
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Educating Character Initiative Announces 2025 Teacher-Scholar Grant Recipients
Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc., the ECI has awarded 12 grants to support individuals in developing their scholarly expertise in character education within higher education, expanding the pipeline of scholars doing research on character education in colleges and universities.
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A Recap of our “Educating Character Across Differences” Conference
“I felt a real energy around the importance of character in higher education,” said Michael Lamb, our executive director. “We often talk about character, but this conference showed how educators are really seeking to develop character in their own contexts.”
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Purvis to depart ECI, Rothschild will serve as new Director
The Educating Character Initiative has flourished under the leadership of its inaugural director, Beth Purvis. As the ECI continues to grow, Beth will be leaving her position on August 9, 2024, to return to her role as Chief Executive Officer of the charter school network she led for 12 years. Beth will continue to support the Program for Leadership and Character as an active member of the ECI Advisory Board.
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Educating Character Initiative to grant an additional $10M to support character education across the U.S.
The funding comes from a new $12.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. which will also support coaching, resources, and workshops for faculty across the country.
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