Hopework-l Mailing List: May 27 - Jun 13 "Lives Worth Living" course at Shalom Hill Farm

[John Wallace (walla003]

March 14, 2003

Dear folk school folks,

In the University of Minnesota's May term this year, May 27-June 13,
Lynn Englund, Gina Coburn, Peter Shea and John Wallace are teaching
Philosophy 4326W "Lives Worth Living: Questions of Self, Vocation,
and Community."  This is a University of Minnesota course, but it
will have very much a folk school spirit and approach to learning.
We will spend the full 18 days of the course as a community of
learners and teachers at Shalom Hill Farm.

We are writing to ask you to call the course to the attention of
friends who might be interested in it and to consider being a student
in the course yourself.

There is a lot of information about the course and how to sign up for it at

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~walla003/

We are not going to repeat that information here, but we want to
emphasize five points.

One. Information meetings about the course are scheduled for the
following dates:

Thursday, March 27 at Coffman Memorial Union, bookstore level near
the big windows looking toward the river, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, April 2, 3, 4, at the Kitty Cat
Klub, 315 14th Av SE, Dinkytown, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Two.  For May term courses, students who are not formally admitted to
a University of Minnesota degree program are welcome.  In particular,
people who are enrolled in degree programs at other colleges and
universities around the country are welcome, and people 18  or older
who are not currently enrolled anywhere are welcome .  There is no
tuition surcharge for students who are not Minnesota residents.
In-state tuition rates apply to all students.

Three. We, along with Monica Janzen and Nance Longley, taught the
course last year, and all of us felt that it was very successful.
The students' evaluations were enthusiastic, both in their numerical
rankings and in their written comments.  From our point of view, we
saw the students and instructors succeeding in creating a community
of learners.  We saw the students growing in understanding of the
work they hope to do in the world and in courage to claim that work
in their futures.

Four.  In last year's course all of the students were undergraduates
at the University of Minnesota-ranging from freshmen to seniors at
the point of graduation.  We would be happy if the course became even
more like a folk school weekend in the diversity of participants.  At
the last folk school weekend, participants ranged in age from 19 to
83.  We would love to see a similar mix in the course this May.

Five.  This course is very much a handcrafted operation.  People who
are not familiar with the University of Minnesota bureaucracy are
encouraged to contact s directly, and we will be happy to respond to
questions and to walk people through the registration process.

Peace.

Lynn Englund
Gina Coburn
Peter Shea
John Wallace
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John Wallace
Department of Philosophy
University of Minnesota
831 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0310
(612) 624-5210
FAX (612) 626-8380
walla003 [at] tc.umn.edu