{"id":11499,"date":"2019-12-03T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2019-12-03T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T01:01:09","slug":"western-to-participate-in-congress-to-campus-program-this-february-two-students-will-act-as-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/western-to-participate-in-congress-to-campus-program-this-february-two-students-will-act-as-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Western to participate in Congress to Campus program this February, two students will act as ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow\u00a0<\/strong> |\u00a0 News Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, assistant professor of politics, policy and administration, Earlene Camarillo, sent a campus-wide email advertising an opportunity for students to act as Western\u2019s ambassadors during the Congress to Campus event set to occur from Feb. 11\u201313.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Camarillo, President Rex Fuller and Provost Rob Winningham later collaborated with Dr. Mary Pettenger after discovering the program, stating that it \u201csounds like a great opportunity for Western, especially in today\u2019s climate of strong partisanship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Congress to Campus is an existing government program which provides an \u201c<\/span>opportunity to interact with former Members of Congress through a program designed to attract young people to public service\u201d and addresses \u201cconcerns about the lack of civic literacy among America\u2019s young people and declining participation in politics,\u201d according to its official website at stennis.gov.<\/span><\/p>\n

Camarillo expanded on the idea of civil literacy, stating that it is \u201cthe idea that we engage with one another in conversation,\u201d and that, in a democracy, \u201ctheoretically, everyone should feel comfortable expressing their opinions.\u201d The Congress to Campus program supports this by sending one Republican and one Democrat representative to \u201cpromote the idea that you have to speak with one another,\u201d said Camarillo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Camarillo mentioned the media\u2019s role in misinforming the public and framing the government as overly bipartisan, saying that \u201cthere is a lack of clarity on how our system actually works,\u201d and citing the statistic that \u201conly 30% of people can name the three branches of our government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the program\u2019s duration on campus, there will be two events held on Feb. 12 that are open to the general student population. One is set to occur at 2 p.m. and will be an alumni panel dedicated to addressing the topic of public service, and the other is set for 7 p.m. and will be a public forum where students and faculty can ask questions of the president and former Congressmen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Camarillo hopes that this event will promote interest in public service careers and stated, \u201cwe really want to encourage people across all disciplines,\u201d to apply and attend the panels, stressing that the information being presented will be \u201cimportant regardless of what career you\u2019re going into.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at howlnews@wou.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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