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April 2010

2010 Paideia Prize Winner Announced

The winner of the 2010 Paideia Prize, given annually at the CiRCE Conference for lifetime contribution to classical education, has been voted upon and the results ar in.

This year's prize winners are Dr. Glenn and Virginia Arbery.

Glenn Arbery is the d'Alzon Professor of Liberal Education at Assumption College in Worcester, MA. In the past, he has held teaching positions in literature at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. He directed the Teacher's Academy at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture from 1997 to 2003. From 2003 to 2008, he was senior editor of People Newspapers in Dallas, where he received first-place honors in state and national film reviewing, columns and editorial competitions. Dr. Arbery is also the author of Why Literature Matter: Permanence and the Politics of Reputation (2001) and the editor of The Tragic Abyss (2004) and The Southern Critics: An Anthology (2010).

 

The Lost Tools of Writing, Level 2, Coming April 19th!

Coming April 19th, The Lost Tools of Writing™, Level Two, is meant primarily for students who have completed Level One of the program. Carefully building on the structure and lessons of Level One, Level Two includes a new emphasis on Narrative writing, dozens of new tools, and lessons on three new kinds of essay writing.

To learn more, click HERE.
 


 

March 2010

2009 Paideia Prize Winner, Laura Berquist, to Speak at Atlanta-area Homeschool Conference, April 23rd.

Mrs. Laura Berquist, the 2009 Paideia Prize winner for a lifetime contributed to classical, Christian education, will be speaking at the North Georgia Catholic Homeschooling Conference at North Metro Technical College in Acworth, Georgia. Mrs. Berquist will also be speaking twice on April 24th.

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Registered For the 2010 Summer Conference? Reserve Your Hotel Room Now!

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2010 LOST TOOLS OF WRITING ESSAY CONTEST Now Accepting Entries

Education and Liberty are themes as American as baseball and apple pie. Yet, much of American literature, and most of American pop culture see the two as antithetical. Some people seem to see school as a barrier to liberty. In the 2010 Lost Tools of Writing Essay Contest, students are asked to consider the relationship between education and liberty. Are they indeed opposites? Or can one fulfill the other? Can a person be free without being educated? Can a person be educated without being free?

 

You decide. Then persuade us

 

For more details, click HERE.

 

 


 

February 2010

Leigh Bortins Interviews CiRCE President Andrew Kern on Blog Talk Radio

Leigh interviewed Andrew on her radio show, Leigh! at Lunch on February 3rd. 2010. You can listen HERE

 


 

IEW To Host "Writing Educators Symposium" in July

The Institute for Excellence in Writing will be hosting this can't-miss event at the gorgeous Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC. CiRCE President Andrew Kern is included among the featured speakers.

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January 2010

The CiRCE Institute is proud to announce the theme for our 2010 Conference...

A Contemplation of Liberty
July 15-17, 2010

Location: Dallas, Texas

Register: Sign up early for a reduced price here.

Confirmed speakers include:

- Andrew Kern
- Andrew Pudewa
- Leigh Bortins
- Dr. James Taylor
- Leah Lutz
- Laura Berquist
- John Hodges
- Dr. Paula Flint
- Rodney and Robbie Marshall
    and more!

 

Click here to go to the Conference Homepage.