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X-WR-CALNAME:The Civitas Session #11: College Education: Its Complex Role i
 n the Pursuit of Happiness
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DESCRIPTION:The Civitas Session #11: College Education: Its Complex Role in
  the Pursuit of Happiness\n\nThe Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership is please
 d to invite you to part one of our series commemorating the 250th Annivers
 ary of the Declaration of Independence\, CMC Professor Jon Shields will be
  our guest for a conversation on the relationship between today’s colleg
 e education and the “pursuit of happiness” as envisioned by the Founde
 rs.  Drawing on examples from his teaching experiences\, including his pop
 ular course American Culture Wars\, Shields will discuss what students sho
 uld strive for\, as one of the fortunate ones who get to attend college\; 
 and how the “Diploma Divide” and the tension between freedom and tradi
 tion in modern life shape our culture and politics. Professor Shields will
  be in conversation with Vernon C. Grigg III\, Executive Director of the K
 ravis Lab for Civic Leadership.\n\nWe hope that you will join us for lunch
  at the Ath on Wednesday\, October 22nd\, 2025.\n\nCivitas Sessions are lu
 nches with a focus on civics. We focus on understanding the institutions a
 nd systems that are at the center of many questions we face in modern life
 . With a welcoming ‘come-as-you-are’ atmosphere\, the Civitas Sessions
  focus on the stuff you need to know before it becomes the stuff I wish I 
 had known…\n\nRSVP Required on the Ath website: https://www.cmc.edu/athe
 naeum/college-education-its-complex-role-pursuit-happiness.\n\nFor questio
 ns\, please email kravislab@cmc.edu.
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LOCATION:Freeberg Dining Room - Athenaeum\, Eggert Dining Room
SUMMARY:The Civitas Session #11: College Education: Its Complex Role in the
  Pursuit of Happiness
URL;VALUE=URI:https://campusevents.cmc.edu/event/the-civitas-session-11-col
 lege-education-its-complex-role-in-the-pursuit-of-happiness
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