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Dedicated Semester
FONTBONNE’S FIFTH DEDICATED SEMESTER
The Disability Experience: Quest for Empowerment
Fontbonne University is offering students what we’re calling a “dedicated semester.” What’s a dedicated semester? It’s a unique academic adventure that allows the university as a whole—students, faculty and staff—to explore a single theme each fall semester. Our fifth theme, The Disability Experience: Quest for Empowerment, explores the contributions and challenges of Americans with disabilities through varying lenses.
Goals for the Fall 2011 Dedicated Semester
- Recognizing the contributions of individuals with disabilities
- Exploring the historical, legal and societal aspects of disabilities
- Creating an understanding of the social justice implications of respect for individuals with disabilities
- Identifying the technological advances that have impacted the lives of individuals with disabilities
- Investigating the educational and social services provided to individuals with disabilities
We invite you to join us in thinking about the contributions of Americans with disabilities and in focusing on the experience of disability through various perspectives by enrolling in dedicated semester courses and participating in the co-curricular opportunities this fall.
An Annual Tradition
Fontbonne University welcomes you to a unique academic experience-it's what we call our dedicated semester.
This collaborative initiative encourages the entire university-students, faculty and staff-to explore a single theme each fall semester. The inaugural effort was introduced in fall 2007 when the university examined "Judaism and Its Cultures."
In addition to courses offered by many of our academic departments, there will be films, panels, speakers and events, all designed to give students an opportunity to learn in detail about the semester's chosen topic. We will also involve the local community in relevant ways in order to extend the focus of this endeavor beyond our campus borders.