Spotlight: Janine de Novais, Member of the Clemente Board of Directors
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We are so excited to announce that scholar and writer Janine de Novais has joined the Clemente Course Board of Directors. A graduate of...


- Jul 20
- 2 min
Spotlight: Linnea Iannazzone, Director of Outreach and Engagement
When Linnea Iannazzone accepted a position at her alma mater, Bard College, in 2019, her office was across the hall from Clemente's...


- Jul 20
- 4 min
25 Lessons for 25 Years!
If you've spent time with Clemente on Facebook or Twitter this fall, you've seen our #Clemente25 campaign, highlighting 25 years of...


- Jul 20
- 2 min
Spotlight: Audrey Petty, Director of Sojourner Scholars
Audrey Petty joined Clemente in 2007, when she was teaching in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at...


- Jul 20
- 2 min
Spotlight: Chris Eklund, Member of the Clemente Board of Directors
By profession, Clemente board member Chris Eklund is a venture capitalist and investor focused on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. But...

- Jul 20
- 3 min
Spotlight: Dawn Delbanco, Member of the Clemente Board of Directors
Dawn Delbanco joined the Clemente Course Board of Directors in 2021. A lecturer in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at...


- Jul 20
- 2 min
Spotlight: Marina van Zuylen, National Academic Director
Professor Marina van Zuylen fell in love with the Clemente model during her time teaching at Columbia University. After reading Earl...

- Jul 20
- 2 min
Spotlight: Pat Garcia, Literature Professor at Free Minds Austin
Professor Pat Garcia brings to her teaching in Free Minds, a Clemente course in Austin, TX, her dual expertise in English Renaissance...


- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
Meet Dianna Calvente, Odyssey Project Graduate Sharing Her Love of Learning with Her Own Students
Though Dianna Calvente is celebrating her graduation from our Chicago course, Odyssey Project, this spring, her journey with Clemente...


- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Samantha Jordan, Odyssey Project Graduate Changing her Neighborhood for the Better
Samantha Jordan found the Chicago Clemente course, Odyssey Project, in the midst of a personal reckoning. The pandemic shutdown had...


- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Spotlight: Vivé Griffith, Director of Outreach and Engagement
Writer and educator Vivé Griffith has been part of the Clemente community for nearly fifteen years. After serving as the Academic...


- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Lela Hilton, Executive Director
Executive Director Lela Hilton
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