In the News
- Slag Glass City, a creative nonfiction and multidisciplinary media journal engaged with sustainability, identity, and art in urban environments, published co-director Allison Schuette’s audio essay,”Busy Enough to Take in the Likes of Me,” on her experiences researching in Gary, Indiana (22 Sept 16).
- Lakeshore Public Media’s Regionally Speaking interviews Elizabeth Allen of the Porter County Coalition on Homeless and Megan Telligman of the Porter County Museum about the Invisible Project (17 Aug 16).
- Northwest IN Times article describes the NEH Enduring Questions course that co-director Allison Schuette will develop, “Who’s My Neighbor?” (2 June 16).
- ValpoLife.com reports on our collaboration with regional non-profits to create the Invisible Project, a mobile exhibition educating Porter County residents on the reality of homelessness in our county (24 Mar 16).
- Northwest IN Times article highlights the Welcome Project’s Flight Path initiative in their Campus Spotlight section (19 Nov 15).
- Calumet Roundtable, a production of the Communication and Creative Department at Purdue University Calumet, interviewed co-directors Liz Wuerffel and Allison Schuette about the Welcome Project–its practice and its aims (June 2015).
- Northwest IN Times reports The Urban League of Northwest Indiana recognized the Welcome Project among its award-winners for Diversity/Inclusion work in the region with their Community Relations Award (19 Mar 15).
- Valparaiso University highlights the collaboration of co-director Liz Wuerffel, Sarhang Sherwany, and Saddam Al-Zubaidi on the documentation of Syrian refugees in the Kurdish region of Iraq (21 Nov 14)
- Porter County Museum hosts the Welcome Project exhibit, “The More the Obstacles Fall Between Us” (Apr-May 2014)
- Northwest IN Times interview with Liz and Allison on the history and work of the Welcome Project (23 Jun 13)
- Northwest IN Times promotes its Diversity Summit and Job Fair at which the Community Outreach committee presented “The Changing Faces of Our Communities” (23 Jun 13)
- Northwest IN Times reports on the Welcome Project’s community outreach presentation to the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce (11 Apr 13)
- Valparaiso University recognizes the Welcome Project and Holly Singh as MLK Day Award recipients (11 Jan 13)
- Northwest IN Times reports on the Welcome Project’s first community outreach presentation to Valparaiso’s Human Relations Council (23 Oct 12)
- Valparaiso University’s student newspaper, The Torch, reports on the back ground of the Welcome Project (28 Sept 12)