“Business Meets Humanities” Curricular Workshop:
The NEH Grant and the Road Ahead
Monday, May 19, 2025, 9:30am—4:30 pm
Prindle Institute, DePauw University
9:30-9:45am Introduction: The Four Phases of the NEH Grant: What We’ve Done and Future Prospects (Jeff Dunn) Great Room
9:45-10:45am Small Group Kickoff, followed by Report Out (David Gellman and Rebecca Alexander)
What Does Academic Renewal in the 21 st Century Look Like to You? What are You/We Excited About Renewing and Improving at DePauw and How Might that Connect to our Three School Configuration? Start and finish in Great Room, disperse for group work
10:45-11:30am What We’ve Done, Part 2: The Winter Term Experimental Course (Kayla Flegal, Jeff Dunn, David Gellman, Ryan Rudderham, Erik
Wielenberg) Auditorium
11:30-11:45am What Is to Be Done?
A Brief Introduction with Recap of April Campus Visit by Dean Andy Boynton, Boston College (David Gellman and Jeff Dunn)
11:45am-12:45pm LUNCH Great Room
12:45-1:45pm Group Activity and Report Outs: Considering Existing Models (Rebecca Alexander) Start and finish in Great Room, disperse for group work
1:45-3:15pm Group Activity and Report Outs: Conceptualizing Future Curricular Models for DePauw (Jeff Dunn) Start and finish in Great Room, disperse for group work
3:15-3:45pm Identifying Structural Barriers, Opportunities and Enablers (Rebecca Alexander) Great Room
3:45-4:30pm Where Do We Go from Here? Identifying Next Steps Auditorium