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By Taylor Sims March 22, 2026
Amy Howard on how Clemente changed her life and her community.
By Taylor Sims December 17, 2025
25 years ago, The Clemente Course partnered with Illinois Humanities to offer free college-level humanities courses to low-income adults in Chicago through The Odyssey Project and Proyecto Odisea . Clemente Executive Director, Dr. Aaron Rosen, recently joined Dulce Maria Diaz (Odyssey Project alumna and founder of the SHE Gallery ) and Dr. Rebecca Amato (Director of Teaching and Learning, Illinois Humanities) on the Federation of State Humanities podcast Humanities= . In this episode, hear how this transformative program changes lives!
By Aaron Rosen September 6, 2023
Clemente alum Joan Shauri shares her journey
By Aaron Rosen July 7, 2023
"Graduates hail the mind-opening values of the Clemente Course in the Humanities; Codman Square Health Center hosts cultural programming"
By Vive Griffith September 6, 2022
This summer’s launch of the Inflection Points Seminar, “Time, Memory, and Transformation: Restoring the Salish Sea,” offered through...
By Vive Griffith August 24, 2022
This reflection originally appeared on our site in 2018. Amy Howard is a member of the Port Townsend, WA City Council and is the...
By Vive Griffith August 17, 2022
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2018. Around the state of Wisconsin, people travel to hear Corey Saffold speak. The...
By Vive Griffith August 3, 2022
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2017. One thing that’s clear about Jewel Walcott is that she never stops learning. A...
By Linnea Iannazzone July 13, 2022
This spring, in graduation ceremonies across the country, Clemente students spoke passionately about how their time in the classroom gave...
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Student News

By Taylor Sims April 16, 2026
You may be familiar with Clemente's 30+ programs across the United States, but did you know that Clemente also has a long and rich history in Australia?
By Taylor Sims April 16, 2026
The Clemente Course in Worcester, MA continues to thrive through partnerships that bring the humanities to life in unexpected ways. Hosted by the Worcester Art Museum , the course benefits from inspiring classroom space and exclusive after-hours gallery tours led by Art History instructor Elissa Chase, the first of which took place in early October. A new partnership with Indigo Fire Studio in Watertown brought an especially hands-on dimension to learning this fall: the studio donated 25 pounds of clay and kiln space; and under the guidance of Mass Humanities' Sarah Carroll, students participated in a clay handbuilding class that wove together Philosophy of Art, Art History, and creative expression.
By Taylor Sims December 17, 2025
25 years ago, The Clemente Course partnered with Illinois Humanities to offer free college-level humanities courses to low-income adults in Chicago through The Odyssey Project and Proyecto Odisea . Clemente Executive Director, Dr. Aaron Rosen, recently joined Dulce Maria Diaz (Odyssey Project alumna and founder of the SHE Gallery ) and Dr. Rebecca Amato (Director of Teaching and Learning, Illinois Humanities) on the Federation of State Humanities podcast Humanities= . In this episode, hear how this transformative program changes lives!
By Aaron Rosen September 22, 2023
Bard’s Clemente Course offers free humanities classes, new chances By Maria M. Silva , Times Union, Sept 19, 2023
By Aaron Rosen July 7, 2023
"Graduates hail the mind-opening values of the Clemente Course in the Humanities; Codman Square Health Center hosts cultural programming"
By Linnea Iannazzone September 6, 2022
Most of the time, students learn art history through books and images projected on a screen. But thanks to an innovative local...
By Linnea Iannazzone September 6, 2022
In a unique partnership in Charleston, South Carolina, a local Clemente Course has teamed up with the Medical University of South...
By Vive Griffith August 17, 2022
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2018. Around the state of Wisconsin, people travel to hear Corey Saffold speak. The...
By Vive Griffith July 21, 2022
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2017. On the last night of class this year in Free Minds, Irene Salas addressed the...
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