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Center for Public Service Armington 427 publicservice@upike.edu (606) 218-4493
A selective, three-week summer seminar hosted at the University of Pikeville for rising high school students.
Dates: July 6 – 24 | Schedule TBA | Location: UPIKE Campus
The Allegheny Civic Fellowship is Eastern Kentucky’s flagship summer civics academy. Students will have the opportunity to spend three weeks strengthening their academic writing and critical thinking skills through reading foundational texts and discussing democracy, justice, and America’s ideals. Led by Yale graduates and UPIKE faculty, the program invites students to UPIKE’s campus for three weeks. Meals, books, and other costs are covered by the Fellowship at no charge for students. During the program, students will grapple with the great questions of Western civilization:
Our Story: The Fellowship began in 2025 as a partnership between UPIKE’s Center for Public Service and the Yale undergraduate founders. The Fellowship invites students to explore traditions that shaped American democracy through small-group seminar discussions, interactive debate activities like Model Congress, and lectures from guest speakers. The program enables students to engage in college-level discussion, reading, and writing, and the program’s teachers support student fellows and alumni in their college application process. The Center for Public Service, which hosts the Fellowship, has been recognized as an Oasis of Excellence by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni together with civics and humanities programs at Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.
Program Details: The Summer 2026 Fellowship will run from July 6 – 24. Meals, books, and other costs will be provided at no cost to Fellows.
Program Director(606) 218-4493
Jeffery Tyler Syck is an Assistant Professor of Politics and the founding director of theCenter for Public Service.Dr. Syck’s academic research focuses on the development of American democracy and thehistory of political ideologies. He is the editor of the forthcoming book A Republic of Virtue: The Political Essays of John Quincy Adams and is completing a second book manuscript entitled The Untold Origins of American Democracy. Dr. Syck’s essays and articles on politics, philosophy and history have appeared in a variety of publications including Law and Liberty, Persuasion and Pietas. He is also a contributing editor at Providence.Dr. Syck received a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts in Government from the University of Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Government and History from Morehead State University, where he graduated with honors. Dr. Syck is a native of Pike County, Kentucky, and is proud to work at a university his family has attended since its firstclass of students.
Undergraduate Tutor & Co-Founder
Leo Greenberg is studying History and Philosophy at Yale College and a member of the class of 2026. He completed Yale’s Directed Studies Humanities Intensive, led Yale’s largest organization for politics and public speaking, and has worked as a Sunday school teacher & writing tutor for high school students in New York City.
Brennan Columbia-Walsh is studying Political Science and English at Yale College as part of the Class of 2026. He completed Yale’s Directed Studies Humanities Intensive, led Yale’s largest organization for politics and public speaking, worked for the United States Congress, and has mentored high school students in New Jersey.
Our syllabus begins in Ancient Athens, the first democracy known to man, and stretches throughEarly Modern England, the Founding, and modern America. Our goal is not to master thinkers orideas, but rather to introduce students to fundamental questions present across time and place.American political culture is our ultimate focus, but we believe that in examining that story one hasmuch to gain from the traditions which gave rise to it.