Austin Community College District (ACC) students can join other members of the community in asking the Great Questions of humankind through discussions of transformative texts this spring at a Great Questions Community Seminar.
Community Seminars are an interactive and fun opportunity to discuss fundamental questions we all share as human beings. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome.
Registration is required.
Spring 2024 Great Questions Community Seminars
“Down at The Cross” by James Baldwin
Wednesday, February 7 | 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
ACC Highland Campus (exact location will be shared after registration)
RSVP is required
“Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza” by Gloria Anzaldúa
Friday, March 8 | 12 – 2 p.m.
TBD
Attendees must complete a short reading assignment from the text before the event, which can be found on the registration form.
More than 130 students attended the Fall 2023 Community Seminar. Those who completed the event evaluation survey reported that they found the experience meaningful and that their participation helped them see something important from another perspective.
For more information, contact Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr. at [email protected] or visit austincc.edu/thegreatquestions.
The Great Questions Seminar is the only college readiness course of its kind in the nation at a community college. The course qualifies as an alternative to the EDUC 1300 Student Success course and introduces students to college. In lieu of textbooks and other standard classroom reading materials, the class features discussion-based learning focused on transformative texts.
Learn more from students in the video below.