Great Books Seminar 2011-2012
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Student and Alumni Comments ...                                        

"These books are about our lives -- the way we think about the world, our families, foreign cultures and our ultimate contributions to humanity.  Taking Great Books was the best decision I made in college."

"Ten years after taking the Great Books seminar, I still love browsing through them to remember the great discussions, reading more of them for the first time,  and rereading my favorites, each time with new insights and enjoyment."

"I loved the intense discussions about life questions with students from history, chemistry and biology, literature and philosophy, math, art, theater and other majors.   Each of us in the class approached the ideas we discussed from such a different vantage point.  Often we took these discussions home with us to continue them over the weekend and throughout the week between classes." 

"My two brothers took great books and said that I had to take it.  Like them, I found the the ideas, discussions and new friendships to be life changing."
 
"My parents were so enthusiastic about the books when I brought them home in the summer before the seminar started that they also bought a set of the great books and read them when I did!"

"In Great Books I discovered a whole new side of myself as a student, a reader, and a writer. I'm not going to say it was easy, that it was a delight to do each assignment, that I loved every single book we read as my new favorite. Nothing is that perfect. But each time we met, I got to sit in a circle with friends who love books as much as I do, and we talked about them. We talked about love and life and everything under the sun. These times of discussion and exploration were my recharging hours. I could renew my enthusiasm as a student and focus my attention on the greatest questions anyone has ever dared to ask. I learned to really, truly think and question in this class."

"The memories which I will cherish from my great books experience will undoubtedly be the students themselves -- how we opened up during group discussion, and truly cared for one another. Great Books, Great Ideas, was a class which brought me to many realizations, but most importantly it brought me to the realization that we are all in this together; that it is time to come to appreciate diversity and recognize the unity of all people.  It was an honor to be in this class."

"This year was the most profoundly changing experience of my life, and this class made it all the more so. The amazing, primeval feelings I experienced throughout this year in my non-academic life were focused, sharpened, and made even more poignant by the lens of this class. 
   "Identifying with characters in the books added to my life in ways that I had never imagined possible.  The people I met in this class have done even more to change my views on the world.  I came to college to be challenged, to have my world shaken --I came for this class."