News & Updates

Jul 5, 2025

Forage Center Exercise Advances Humanitarian Education

Continuing to Support Training is Critical as Global Crises Grow and Aid is Reduced

Forage Center Receives $2,000 Grant from United Service Foundation to Support Coastal Promise Exercise

Mar 9, 2025

Catch Up on the Latest Forage Center Conversation - How Educators Can Counter Racism: A Discussion

On February 6, 2025, the Forage Center hosted a lively Zoom conversation with over 30 participants from a wide variety of professional backgrounds entitled How Educators Can Counter Racism: A Discussion.

Mar 8, 2025

Why We Focus On Fire Disasters In Our Training

David J. Smith, President, Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education

Jan 5, 2025

12th Peacebuilding Seminar Attended by Over 80 U.S. Based and International Students and Educators

Read about our 2024 peacebuilding seminar.

Nov 14, 2024

Forage Center Staff Heather Payne and David Smith Co-Author on Youth Peacebuilding

Their article was featured in Center for Nonprofit Advancement's 2024 Nonprofit Agenda

Sep 8, 2024

Welcome to Our New Forage Fellows, Emily Hall and Nichole Stinson

New Paul Forage Fellows for the 2024 Academic Year

Welcoming Sarah Doerrer to the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education Board

Welcome Sarah

Jul 25, 2024

Forage Center's Coastal Promise Simulation 2024 a Huge Success

This marked the fourth field exercise held by the Forage Center in Garrett County, MD

Mar 23, 2024

Advice for Roleplaying as an Internally Displaced Person

Forage Fellow Chenqi Shi shares his advice on being a role player

Dec 4, 2023

Television Interview With Forage Center President David J. Smith

Recently our president appeared on Qatar based Alaraby TV to speak about the situation in Gaza

Nov 28, 2023

How a Humanitarian Experience Unlocked Surprising Doors

2023 Paul Forage Fellow Josh Price shares how the Forage Center has helped his humanitarianism journey

Nov 15, 2023

Introducing The Inaugural Paul Forage Fellows

The Forage Center is excited to welcome these four students as the 2023/2024 Paul Forage Fellows

Nov 1, 2023

Forage Center Returns to Florida with Program for Undergraduates at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

The Forage Center held another successful simulation in Florida

Aug 16, 2023

Paz Magat and David Nitsch Join Forage Center Board

New members will enhance board’s focus on programming and governance

May 11, 2023

Community College Daily: Collaborating to learn about humanitarian needs

American Association of Community Colleges highlights community college participation in Forage Center's annual immersion simulation

May 22, 2023

Forage Center Conversations: Assessment and Evaluations in Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Educations and Careers

Katie Zanoni chats with the Forage Center's Jess Bonnan-White on research methodologies, monitoring, evaluation and early career data analysis.

May 8, 2023

Forage Center Exercise Tests Students’ Abilities to Deal with Humanitarian Need

Graduate Students, Volunteers, Forage Center Staff Comfort Zones Challenged

Apr 20, 2023

FC in the News: Garrett County Republican

The Republican Highlights Forage Center Simulation

Apr 12, 2023

FC in the News: Cumberland Times- News

The Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education Inc. will hold its annual Coastal Promise immersive field exercise April 21-23 in Swanton.

Apr 12, 2023

“Coastal Promise” Field Exercise Returns to Garrett County, Maryland

Graduate Students, Volunteers, Forage Center Staff to Spend Three days in Swanton

Dec 9, 2022

Forage Center’s 10th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar Hosts Nearly 50 Faculty

The Forage Center's three-part, interactive, virtual event on peacebuilding, social justice, and civic engagement was held Oct-November 2022.

Sep 23, 2022

Sustainability in Disaster Response – Understanding the Progression of Vulnerability

In this Forage Center Conversation, Maritza Jauregui explores integrating short-term efforts into medium- and long-term efforts.

Aug 24, 2022

Alumni Corner - Journalist & Humanitarian Omar al-Mashhadani

Omar A al-Mashhadani, Forage Corps Alumni ‘22 shares his Costero experience