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Habits of mind — and heart

Posted in On Campus on April 19, 2013

Friday’s Academic Awards Convocation was Denison’s heartfelt celebration of the best in teaching and learning.

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The courage to create a just world

Posted in On Campus on January 18, 2013

In the 45th year after his death, the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on.

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Back in the saddle

Posted in Voices of Denison on November 20, 2012

Matt Kretchmar is about to finish his first semester back in the classroom after spending five years in the First-Year Program as dean.

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Teachers, public schools, & gay rights

Posted in Academics & Research on November 19, 2012

Professor Karen Graves recently talked about discrimination in public schools to the History of Education Society.

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Teaching with creativity and courage

Posted in Academics & Research on October 29, 2012

Professors from three different disciplines discuss creativity and courage in the classroom.

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The philosophy of film

Posted in Academics & Research on February 21, 2012

Jonathan Walley, one of the college’s newly tenured professors, delves deep into the art of cinema.

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Composition and rhetoric … and more

Posted in Academics & Research on February 8, 2012

Brenda Boyle, one of the college’s newly tenured professors, directs the Writing Center and teaches English courses, but she values her mentoring and advising roles, as well.

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Defying the distance

Posted in On Campus on January 25, 2012

On Monday, the campus community celebrated the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. through a series of “teach-ins.”

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A new way to celebrate King Day

Posted in On Campus on January 19, 2012

The college’s annual celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. takes a new form this year.

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Teach For America—No Kidding

Posted in Beyond Campus on October 19, 2011

Kimmi Oshita ’11, on her first few challenging weeks in a Baltimore school room as part of Teach For America.

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The evolution of a liberal arts education

Posted in Academics & Research on October 6, 2010

Denison’s faculty establishes a “Power and Justice” core competency, and the intent for students to question their own place in the structures of human societies.

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