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Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community (CCIC)
Programming Theme 2004-2005
The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community (CCIC) is pleased to announce Debating Equality as our programming theme for 2004-2005 academic year. The theme promotes exploration of varied and complex questions about the role equality in our lives, particularly our obligations as moral agents and citizens. For example, how important is equality? Is it as important as liberty or the pursuit of happiness? Must a just society be egalitarian? Does the principle of equality go beyond a simple rejection of legal forms of bigotry? Is equality compatible with meritocracy in a pluralistic democracy?
The theme provides a focus for Community Learning Day on Wednesday, October 6, 2004, featuring Barbara Ehrenreich, nationally acclaimed author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. In addition, faculty and first year students will explore this theme by reading and discussing Nickel and Dimed as part of the Summer Reading program.
The theme also will be investigated in a variety of academic and cultural programs offered by faculty and student groups throughout the 2004-2005 academic year. For example, as part of the College's Sesquicentennial Celebration the School of Education will offer a series of events commemorating the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Additionally, seven First Seminar sections examining this decision from different perspectives will be taught by faculty from the Schools of Education, Business, and Culture and Society. In the spring a trio of inter-related courses exploring issues of equality in Political Science, Philosophy, and Economics will be offered, along with related programs open to the campus community.
The theme has been developed to support programming that is already planned as well as encourage the development of new programs. As in years past, partial funding for such programs will be available from the CCIC. We invite individual community members, campus departments and student organizations to develop programs related to this theme. To apply for funding, please download the following CCIC program proposal format.
Several opportunities for involvement are available. They include working to develop Community Learning Day as well as submitting proposals for funding for programs related to the theme.
Finally, the CCIC welcomes suggestions for a Suggested Reading List to provide added voice and perspective to our investigation of the theme. This list will be shared with the campus community along with promotional materials for thematic programs next year
Please consider joining our efforts to support intellectual and cultural growth on our campus. We welcome your ideas and encourage your involvement in program planning. To serve on the CCIC or Community Learning Day Committee please contact Nino Scarpati at ext. 2447, scarpati@tcnj.edu or Gem Perkins at ext. 3112, perkinsg@tcnj.edu .
Thank you.
The Committee on Cultural and Intellectual Community
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