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By: Amy Charles | March 6, 2026
The University of Pikeville’s (UPIKE) Center for Public Service is proud to announce the second year of the Allegheny Civic Fellowship, a three-week non-residential summer camp dedicated to cultivating future citizens in Eastern Kentucky.
Building on the success of its inaugural year, the fellowship will once again bring together high school students from Eastern Kentucky for an intensive educational experience grounded in the study of American democracy. Through daily lectures, seminar discussions, writing workshops and civic activities, participants will engage foundational works ranging from classical political philosophy to the speeches and writings of major American statesmen.
Hosted on campus, the fellowship reflects UPIKE’s broader commitment to public service, regional leadership and educational opportunity. Throughout the three-week camp, students will read and discuss texts spanning from Plato and Aristotle to the Federalist Papers, alongside modern political voices such as Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Seminar-style learning encourages students not only to understand these works historically, but to wrestle with enduring questions about liberty, justice, leadership and the common good.
“In a democratic republic such as ours, we are all called to lives of citizenship regardless of what path we may take in our professional or personal lives,” said Director of the Center for Public Service Jeffery Tyler Syck, Ph.D. “The Allegheny Civic Fellowship is designed to help prepare students for this important work by engaging with the history and practice of civic engagement in America.”
The second year of the fellowship will also feature expanded programming, including guest speakers, experiential learning opportunities and community-based engagement. Students will participate in civic simulations, such as mock constitutional conventions and public debates, and take part in excursions that connect philosophical study to the lived political history of the Commonwealth.For more information or to apply, visit the Allegheny Civic Fellowship page of UPIKE’s website.