LEAP Gives High Schoolers Deep Dive Into Arts, Humanities LEAP is a new pilot program that connects Pittsburgh students with CMU faculty and community artists and activists. The program creates an environment where students from lower-resourced backgrounds are exposed to higher education, as well as opportunities to express themselves artistically in ways that can be directed toward social justice and social change. LEAP, which stands for Leadership, Excellence, Access and Persistence, grew out of a collaboration between Nico Slate , head of CMU’s Department of History and LEAP faculty director, and Mark Barga , a City Charter High School social studies teacher. Sarah Ceurvorst (DC 2013) is LEAP’s inaugural director. Ayana Ledford , Dietrich College associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, serves as chair of LEAP’s board of directors. Read more about the LEAP program .
Art and Community Change the Lives of Pittsburgh Youth Arts Greenhouse offers Pittsburgh middle school students the opportunity to speak up, speak out and change their lives through creative forms like writing, performance, visual arts and technological arts. Housed in the Dietrich College, the program began as an on-campus, hip hop-based education program that brought students from the greater Pittsburgh area to campus to create and record music. It has since expanded to offer programming to educators and students directly in their schools, meeting the community where its needs lie and fostering deeper social understanding and personal achievement of students who have a lot to say. Richard Purcell , associate professor of English, is the Arts Greenhouse’s director. Shun-Sho Carmack , who is currently pursuing a Master of Arts Management at CMU, is the program manager. Read more about the Arts Greenhouse program.
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