Business Meets Humanities NEH Grant

Summer 2024 Workshop: August 13-14

This 2-day workshop is for faculty who are interested in participating in collaborative curricular design linking business and leadership to the humanities. Those who participate will receive stipends for their participation.

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Kendy Hess (College of the Holy Cross).

Please reach out to Jeff Dunn or David Alvarez with any questions.

Pedagogy Workshop, "Business Meets Humanities: A Liberal Arts Curriculum": August 13-14, 2024

Tuesday, August 13

• 9:30am-10:00am: Continental Breakfast (Daseke)
• 10:00am-11:45am: Morning Workshop (Daseke)
  • 10:00-10:15: Welcome and Introductions
  • 10:15-11:45: Prof. Kendy Hess: “We Need to Ask Better Questions" 
• 12:00-1:15pm: Lunch (Daseke)
  • 12:30-1:00pm: Overview of NEH Grant and CLAS Listening Sessions
• 1:30-2:45pm: Business Meets Humanities–An Interdisciplinary Faculty Panel (Daseke)
  • Moderated by Jeff Dunn
    • Kendy Hess
    • John Clarke
    • Bridget Gourley
    • Aldrin Magaya
    • Ryan Rudderham
    • Jen Everett
• 2:45-3:00: Coffee Break
• 3:00pm-4:00pm: Identifying Learning Goals and Imagining Curricular Structures: Small group discussion of keynote issues and workshop activities to brainstorm possible learning goals and curricular structures. (Daseke)
• 5:15pm Dinner 

Wednesday, August 14

• 9:30am-10:00am: Continental Breakfast (Union 230)
• 10:00am-11:45am: Reading Group Presentations: key takeaways and proposals, particularly in relation to previous day’s work (Union 230)
• 12:00-1:15pm: Lunch (Union 230)
• 12:30-1:00pm: NEH Grant Opportunities
• 1:30-3:00pm: “Taking Stock” Discussion (Roy O. West Library, Corrine and Paul Wood Room)
  • Small group discussion of keynote issues and workshop activities to brainstorm possible modules and syllabi, with funding opportunities provided
  • Closing survey