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The Power of Good Podcast Features Clemente Grads and Faculty
May 18, 2021
The team from theA Reckoning in Boston documentary offers a powerful look behind the scenes and thoughtful reflections on the value of a humanities education.
Clemente alums Carl Chandler and Kafi Dixon join Clemente history professor and Harvard instructor Tim McCarthy for a spirited conversation on the Power of Good podcast. The episode, A Reckoning In Boston: The Growing Racial & Economic Divide In The City, takes listeners behind the scenes of the documentary, which held its New England premiere at the Boston International Film Festival and will air on PBS Independent Lens next season. And it explores what difference an engagement with the humanities in a welcoming and supportive classroom can make for students and the community.
Calvin University launches new free humanities course inspired by Clemente
Bard College is pleased to announce that Marina van Zuylen, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Bard, has been named the first Clemente Chair in the Humanities. This new Chair is funded by a generous gift from two of Clemente’s long-time supporters, John and Marlene Childs.
Bard’s Clemente Course offers free humanities classes, new chances By Maria M. Silva , Times Union, Sept 19, 2023
The Board of Directors of The Clemente Course in the Humanities announces the appointment of its new Executive Director, Aaron Rosen, PhD. Clemente’s Board was impressed by Dr. Rosen’s passion for reaching and supporting underserved communities. He comes to Clemente with an extensive track record working with diverse students, from Middle Eastern and South Asian immigrants in London to U.S. military veterans and Native Americans in Billings, Montana to African American and Latin American ministry students in Washington, DC.
Clemente alum Joan Shauri shares her journey
Elizabeth serves as the coordinator of the Clemente Course in the Humanities, Worcester.