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by adrienne frank

Washington Semester students welcomed a familiar face to Tenley campus on Jan. 18, former CNN anchor Judy Woodruff.

Photos by Jeff Watts

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Woodruff—who manned the CNN news desk for 12 years and who will return to TV next month as a senior correspondent for Jim Lehrer’s NewsHour—discussed her PBS documentary, Generation Next: Speak Up. Be Heard. Woodruff interviewed more than 500 16- to 25-year-olds for the documentary, which explores young people’s views on an array of issues, from terrorism and immigration to the environment and health care. She discovered that Generation Next is incredibly diverse, tech-savvy, well-informed, and tolerant.

Peter Levine also addressed the students from Washington Semester’s Transforming Communities and American Politics seminars. Levine, director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, discussed his research, which indicates that civic engagement in the United States has declined markedly since 1975.

“The students had lots and lots of questions for both speakers,” said Professor Katharine Kravetz, who leads the Transforming Communities class. “I think the subject matter struck a chord with them.”