Wright GB Grant Extended to 3 Years & $380K The presitgious award by the Federal Department of Post Secondary Education to study ways to prove the effectiveness of the Great Books Curriculum at Wright has been expanded to include helping 5 sister community colleges across the country establish their own versions of the program. |
Borders to Sponsor GB Town Meeting on TV Borders Bookstore has agreed to be a corporate sponsor for the Great Books Town Hall Meeting television show scheduled for next November. This was arranged by James Belcher, a staff member of Channel 20, and Maria Moore, general manager of WYCC, who has been an early and enthusiastic supporter of the Great Books Town Hall Meeting. |
New Very Cool Website Added A website called Malaspina Great Books has been added to our "Websites for Research" page. It has links to information about literature, art, music, theater, science, and history for each of the major periods. |
GB Curriculum Featured on Rosenberg In late February, Great Books Curriculum faculty appeared on Milt
Rosenberg's program "720" discussing views of war from Great
Books classical authors. Featured were Professors Polly Hoover,
classicist
and chairman of the Wright College Humanities Dept., Professor Joo
Lee, also from Humanities, and Bruce Gans of the English Dept. |
GBC Gets Kovler Foundation Grant The Great Books Curriculum achieved a major milestone last year receiving its first grant. The donor is the prestigious Marjorie Kovler Foundation. One of Chicago’s most prominent philanthropic organizations, the Marjorie Kovler Foundation has donated wings to the main Chicago Public Library and the Lincoln Park Zoo. |
Wright to Host Humanities Fest Through formal relation between the Great Books Curriculum and the Chicago Humanities Festival, Wright College is the likely fall site for the festival.
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