Schedule

Preparing Citizens and Professionals through Humanities Education

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Monroe Community College, Brighton Campus
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
(Monroe A & B)

The program will be video streamed to MCC’s Downtown Campus, High Falls A. 

MORNING SESSION
8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast
& Networking
9:00-9:15 a.m.

Welcome & Announcements 
Michael Jacobs, D.Arts, dean, Humanities & Social Sciences, MCC
9:15-9:20 a.m.

Provost’s Welcome 
Andrea C. Wade, Ph.D., provost and vice president, Academic Services, MCC
9:20-10:30 a.m.

Keynote Presentation: What did I learn? Skills, Values, and Perspectives in the Humanities Classroom 
featuring Paula Krebs, Ph.D., executive director, Modern Language Association
Followed by Q&A
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.

Response Panel Discussion I 

  • Rodmon King, Ph.D., SUNY Oswego
  • Andrew Rusnak, Community College Humanities Association and Community College of Baltimore County
  • Sergio Esteban, LaBella Associates and MCC Foundation Board of Directors
 
AFTERNOON SESSION
11:45 a.m.-noon Lunch Pick Up & Break

Noon -1:30 p.m.

Keynote Presentation: What Does it Mean to Educate a Free Person?
featuring Roosevelt Montás, Ph.D., senior lecturer in American Studies and English, Columbia University, and former director, Center for the Core Curriculum, Columbia College Center for American Studies

Followed by Q&A

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Response Panel Discussion II 

  • Joan Shelley Rubin, Ph.D., University of Rochester
  • Natasha Christensen, Ph.D., MCC
  • Nicole Doughty, MCC student
 
2:30-2:45 p.m. Closing Remarks