campus partner(s)

Saint Louis University

state(s)

MO

amount

$25,000

initiative

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

award date

05.2021

project director

Ellen Crowell; Nancy Weaver

Grant Summary

$25,000 over 12 months to Saint Louis University to propose and implement three transformative text-based humanities pathways: (1) Identities in Context (2) Global Interdependence and (3) Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society. Each 15-18 credit pathway will begin with SLU’s Ignite First Year Seminar (3 credits) and Written and Visual Communication, then proceed with the pathways courses rooted in a list of 100 common transformative texts for each of the three pathways.