Marina Van Zuylen, top left, Bard's Clemente Course director, with the most recent graduates of the Clemente Course at their graduation ceremony in August. Photo by Jonathan Asiedu ’24
Bard College’s Clemente Course, a college-level introduction to the humanities taught by Marina Van Zuylen, Clemente Chair in the Humanities at Bard College and national academic director of Clemente, was featured in the
Times Union. “Some students who take the Clemente Course continue their higher education—many have received full scholarships to enroll at Bard College—while others have started businesses, nonprofit organizations or have run for office,” writes Maria M. Silva for
Times Union. The program, which will run from October 5 until January 26 via Zoom and in person in Kingston, offers free, accredited humanities courses to economically and educationally disadvantaged adults who will learn about US history, writing, literature, philosophy, and art history through class discussions, readings, and written assignments. Students who complete the course earn six college credits from Bard that can be transferred to any institution of higher education. “These professors teach right under these banners that read ‘education is a human right’ and that dictates the way they approached us,” Michael Atkin, one of Clemente’s most recent graduates, told Silva. “I went in with very high hopes and in fact, I couldn’t have even imagined how great it would be.”
Post Date: 09-26-2023