The Chiron Studies program will host an event called “Teach Out in the Park Blocks” across from Millar Library starting Monday, May 13, and ending Friday, May 17.
Chiron Studies is a program that allows students to teach for-credit courses to fellow students. The teach out is a free, public event during which students and members of the community will host discussions, workshops, performances and skill-shares.
“We wanted to give people the opportunity to do what Chiron Studies does, which is offering people the opportunity to share their knowledge and enthusiasm and curiosity with others,” Chiron Studies Coordinator Rozzell Medina said. “We wanted to present a new way for people to be able to do that: a miniature version of the full-blown Chiron Studies experience of designing and teaching your own class.”
Medina said “Teach Out” will also act as an opportunity to showcase what student instructors are currently working on and to raise awareness about the program. Several of the presentations will be given by current Chiron Studies instructors.
The teach out will kick off with an opening conversation featuring members of the Chiron Studies Committee at 11 a.m. on Monday.
Presentations slated for the teach out include “Guided Meditation for Expanding Consciousness,” “Superhero Justice: Imagining Nonviolence in Comic Books” and “Poetry, Uncertainty and New Media: The Hypertext Poem,” among others.
Medina said the decision to include not just student instructors but also members of the community was deliberate.
“When Chiron Studies was founded, it was also a forum for students who wanted to nominate members of the community to come and teach classes at the university,” Medina said. The program is still accepting proposals for presentations and will do so until Friday. Proposals can be submitted via email to chironstudies@gmail.com.
Additional information about submitting proposals and the event schedule can be found at the “Teach Out” website at bit.ly/10xVKvl.