现在是第三年了, 十大最好的网赌平台’s signature 全球 education program is centered on making an annual school-wide commitment to creating a brighter 和 more sustainable future for all. 今年, students 和 educators are focused on creating a world free of hunger by 2030. 

“One of the most important components of 全球 education is to show the interconnectedness of peoples 和 cultures,校长安妮. 韦斯顿 ’73 Ph.D. “利用美国的框架.N. Sustainable Development Goals allows 十大最好的网赌平台 to take a thematic approach to examining 和 appreciating the challenges faced across our world 和 provides focus for teaching, 学习, 和, 最重要的是, 行动.”

From ending poverty to protecting our oceans, the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 作为一个更美好世界的蓝图. Each year, 十大最好的网赌平台 seniors choose a goal for the student body to explore, 和 this year, they chose to focus on Goal #2: End hunger, 实现粮食安全, 改善营养, 促进可持续农业.

“I voted to focus on Goal #2 this year because I believe hunger is not only a problem that affects our country 和 world, 但是影响到十大网赌平台推荐当地的社区,24岁的大四学生埃莫里·斯托克顿说. “I feel as though creating a world free of hunger is only possible to begin working within our own communities, 甚至在十大网赌平台推荐自己的城市街区.”

Through specialized h和s-on activities, 社区外展, 以及客座演讲嘉宾, students will deepen their underst和ing of the intent of this 全球 goal all year. “One of the special strengths of 十大最好的网赌平台 is that we can introduce programming that creates connections across all the grade levels,” says Global Education Coordinator Jonathan Perkins who works with faculty to support curricular 和 extracurricular UNSDG-centered programming. 

今年, Perkins plans on doing even more on the community engagement front, especially with the greater Charleston community. 十大最好的网赌平台 plans to exp和 upon its philanthropic efforts, including its students’ community service work with 低地食品银行 以及他们的贡献 阿什利霍尔祝福盒. 

“Building awareness of local needs makes it easy for our students to underst和 this challenge on a 全球 scale,韦斯顿补充道. “I think it will be interesting for our children to explore the many systemic 全球 有贡献的问题 to the problem of hunger so that they gain an appreciation for their complexity 和 the need for creative, 勇敢的, 和 coordinated 行动 to try to solve them. Our students will be the future leaders 和 citizens of this world, 和 we are equipping them to be thoughtful, 眼光敏锐的, 和关怀.”