When Associate Professor of Biology Aisling Dugan, Ph.D., was developing her special topics course, she sought to create linkages to the global pandemic and the local community. Students worked with the City of Worcester to train students to become contact tracers.
Associate Professor of History, Deborah Kisatsky, developed a new course, “Secret Wars of the CIA and KGB.” In the course, students examine the lessor-known dimensions of American and Soviet foreign policy throughout the 20th century, Kisatsky hopes that students will have a. better understanding of the world and rights people have.
For years, individuals around the country have interviewed those who inspire them and achieved those conversations in perpetuity. Before the Class of 2023 arrived onto campus, they participated in a similar activity, embarking upon a journey of individual exploration and discovery.
Through Assumption’s Community Service-Learning program, students are provided opportunities to “Light the Way” for others. Students enrolled in ENG/SOC 225, an over-decade old course examines inner-city problems through literature and sociology texts, taught by Professor Mike Land. Students apply what they have learned from watching The Wire to real-life experiences.
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