HEPI Newsletters

The WVU Higher Education in Prison Initiative (HEPI) offers a pathway to an associate degree at State Correctional InstitutionGreene, helps develop programming at the prison, supports previously incarcerated people in their education and career goals, and generates discussions about personal and cultural transformation. We aim to build an intellectual and creative community that bridges the divide of prison walls. This newsletter shares updates on the initiative and our members.

Dr. Jim Nolan will continue in the role of Interim Director while Dr. Katy Ryan is on leave.

Dr. Jim Nolan assumed the role of Interim Director while Dr. Katy Ryan is on leave.

We completed our second annual teacher training in May with twelve participants. During the inside teacher training, Neil, Kyle, and Rudy led discussions about classroom dynamics, the power of language, and the goals and outcomes of the associate degree program.