20th Anniversary ‘TED’-Style Talks
“On Friday the 30th of September, 2016, the Bachelor of the Humanities program welcomed alumni and their families back to ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ to celebrate the program’s 20th anniversary. Faculty and former students caught up with each other at an informal pub-night and a gala dinner, and seven alumni turned the tables on their former professors by giving a series of TED-style talks on their current experience and expertise from the front of their old lecture-hall.”
‘TED’-Style Talks
Jen Carswell — “Humanities in 3Ds: Discover, Difficulty, Different”
Melanie Coughlin — “Studying the Humanities from a Daoist Appreciation of the Usefulness of the Useless”
Jean-Noé Landry — “Contemplating and acting the Humanities in Kabul, with Russia’s Political Dissidents, and Jack Layton”
Graeme O’Farrell — “Give the Kids Plato, or How Books Saved My Life”
Dan Parker — “A Humanities Education is a Tool for Solidarity and Social Change”
Faculty Address
Waller R. Newell — “The Birth of the B.Hum.”
Prof. Waller Newell addressed students and alumni, giving his reflections on the founding of the Bachelor of Humanities and its progress over the years.