Hopework-l Mailing List: Philosophy Camp is now taking registrations

[Lynn Englund (engl8813]

Hopework friends, 

Many of you know that Hopework's weekend folk school experience is also
available in 2005 as a 6-week, 8-credit U of M Philosophy Camp from May 23
to June 30. This year's offering combines the themes "education and social
change" and "lives worth living: questions of self, vocation, and
community." 

Philosophy Camp's instructional team (John Wallace, Peter Shea, Nance
Longley and Lynn Englund) is now actively recruiting students. Please share
information about this unique educational offering with interested friends
and family. 

We've just updated our Web site, http://philosophycamp.org with information
for registering students. Prospective students must contact John Wallace
(walla003 [at] tc.umn.edu), and are strongly encouraged to apply and complete the
registration process by April 15. Philosophy Camp is limited to 15 students.
Currently we have 9 seats open with 4 students who intend to register.

Aspects of Philosophy Camp will include:

* Weekly-field experiences in the greater Windom area (includes a $500 field
  experience stipend for each student).

* Audio/video documentation of the course and field experiences.

* 2-G5 Macintosh computers (with Adobe's Creative Suite software),
  color printer(s), scanner, digital camera(s), video camera(s), and
  digital voice recorder(s) available onsite for student use.

* Design and construction of a public display for the Windom community.

* Live blog reporting by students and instructors on the Philosophy
  Camp experience.

* Volunteer service project at Shalom Hill Farm developing nature
  trails and/or environmental learning center.

* An inclusive, safe, and close-knit living-learning community of students,
  instructors, and staff.

Because the courses associated with Philosophy Camp are offered during the
University of Minnesota's summer session, non-degree students (age 18 and
up), students from other colleges and universities, and out-state students
can easily enroll and will all pay the same U of M tuition. Graduate credit
is also available at graduate tuition rates.

Lynn, Peter, Nance, and John