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Pipeline Scholars & Staff Give Teach-In Presentation
November 18, 2024
Pictured above from left to right: Charlotte Balkus, Noah Prysock,
Estefany Paniagua-Pardo, and Avery Cica
GVSU students Noah Prysock and Avery Cica presented with Career
Navigators from the Battle Creek Pipeline Scholarship Program,
Estefany Paniagua-Pardo and Charlotte Balkus, as well as graduate
student Ana Estrella. Their presentation was titled, “The Allegory of
the Cave: Being a First-Generation College Student at GVSU from Battle
Creek, Michigan.”
The group discussed Greek philosopher Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” in comparison to their lives in Battle Creek, examining how education can be used for transformation and enlightenment. The students shared their educational journeys from Battle Creek to GVSU, analyzing the Pipeline Scholarship’s influence on the perception of education in Battle Creek. Read more in the Lanthorn article, Teach-In series stirs up educational activism through difficult dialogues.