SQUIRE GRANT AWARDS
The Squire Family Foundation has announced its inaugural round of grantmaking.
Dr. Thomas E. Wartenberg, professor of philosophy at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, was awarded a three-year grant to continue his work on philosophy for children.
Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University was awarded a grant for curriculum development. They will prepare, test and distribute an all-in-one curriculum guide for an 'Introduction to Philosophy' course, which will be available on the Squire Family Foundation website in 2011.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Association for Practical & Professional Ethics: SFF is sponsoring a competition and call for papers on pre-college ethics for the March 2009 APPE meeting.
ETHICS BOWL NEWS
Baltimore City College HS
won the Baltimore High School Ethics Bowl,
April 26, 2008 in Baltimore, MD.
St. Petersburg Collegiate HS
won the Pinellas County High School Ethics Bowl,
April 26, 2008 in Largo, FL.
Clemson University
won the 14th annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl,
February 21, 2008, in San Antonio, TX.
American Philosophical Association Conference Panel
In December 2007 the Squire Family Foundation sponsored a panel entitled Innovative Approaches to Teaching Ethics to Students at the Pre-College Level at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting in Baltimore, MD.
In December 2007 the Squire Family Foundation sponsored a panel entitled Innovative Approaches to Teaching Ethics to Students at the Pre-College Level at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting in Baltimore, MD.
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