The Heravi Peace Institute, housed in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University, is an academic program that supports student internships and other experiential learning, faculty and student research activities, and ongoing programming and public outreach in the field of peacebuilding. This is done through the proactive implementation of skills in a variety of settings and institutions to practice nonviolent collaboration and transformative conflict at the personal, interpersonal, family, community, intergroup, national, and international levels.
This collection includes messages written by students, faculty and staff, and community members to express hopes for peaceful resolution to conflict and to represent a commitment to peace. These messages were tied to a tree and displayed for several months on the Utah State University Logan campus before being removed and archived. Also included are physical HPI newsletters.
This collection also contains a digital collection (Series 2-5). Contact the
This is an open collection and will continue to grow as records and other materials are added.
No restrictions on access, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Heravi Peace Institute records must be obtained from the
These materials were transferred to University Archives beginning in 2024.
Digital components were processed in 2025.
The tree was originally used for an opening social in January 2024 for the Institute, but then it was in the library from early February through the end of March 2024. Currently it is located in the History Department office (MAIN 323).
Includes Beach Adoption Commitment Letter signed by Medhi Heravi and a thank you card
Assumed to be related to Newsletters.
Assumed to be related to Newsletters.
Assumed to be related to Newsletters.
Assumed to be related to Newsletters.
Includes presentation "Building Character Through the Tools and Temperament of Peace Building" by Austin Knuppe, Tammy Proctor, and Nova Tavana slides, notes, and handouts
Includes 96 images presumed to have been taken by conference attendees.
Includes application, reports, contracts, and memos
Includes assorted files assumed to be related to the ECI Capacity Building and Institutional Impact grant application process
Mostly includes materials about the Faculty Advisory Board