Free Minds Welcomes Class of 2011
After months of recruitment and interviews, we are thrilled to welcome the class of 2011! This year Free Minds enrolled eighteen women and two men whose ages span four decades. The class includes city and state employees, a former ski instructor, students from Sweden, Belize, and Mexico, writers and artists, mothers and great-grandmothers. We are … Continue reading
Free Minds featured on the ACC homepage!
FREE MINDS OPENS DOOR TO NEW IDEAS Program Offers Free College to Eligible Students After three years of proven success, the Free Minds Project is recruiting new students. A partnership between Austin Community College and the University of Texas at Austin, the Free Minds Project offers nontraditional students a chance to try college by enrolling … Continue reading
Abbie Navarrete, Free Minds ’07, graduates from ACC
When Abbie Navarrete walked the stage at ACC on Thursday after completing her A.A. in philosophy, “it was the culmination of a dream,” she says. “As far as the degree process goes, that was done. I knew I’d pass my classes,” she laughs. “But my kids were at the graduation ceremony, and I could feel … Continue reading
A Good Reminder from Mike Rose
To feel intellectually cherished – which also means being intellectually challenged and pushed – enables people to be smart.
Recruitment
A few weeks ago Free Minds kicked off recruitment for the 2010-11 academic year with a table at the Housing Authority of Austin education expo. Attendance was low, but more recruitment events coming soon….
Liberation Sociology
On Monday evening a small group of Free Minds alumni gathered in a conference room behind the Texas Music Museum for a three-hour session of of Introduction to Sociology. Camp Fire USA kept the students’ children noisily entertained upstairs while the students began a lively discussion of Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera’s Liberation Sociology. Professor … Continue reading
Welcome to the Free Minds blog!
It’s been a big week for Free Minds! Our new website went live on Monday. (Check it out at http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/freeminds/.) That evening our alumni class, Introduction to Sociology, met downstairs and talked about income disparity, poverty, and education in the U.S. today. We began recruitment of our 2010-11 class on Tuesday, with shiny new brochures and a … Continue reading
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