2001:The Odyssey of a College on a Humanics Mission- Powerpoint- Delight Champagne (c. 2001)
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- Title:
- 2001:The Odyssey of a College on a Humanics Mission- Powerpoint- Delight Champagne (c. 2001)
- Description:
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This document titled “2001: The Odyssey of a College on a Humanics Mission” is the PowerPoint that accompanied the Humanics Lecture that was given at Springfield College by Distinguished Professor of Humanics Delight Champagne on April 18, 2001. It consists of 10 short slides that help to supplement the information provided in her lecture, while also providing some comic relief. The PowerPoint presentation mainly consists of pictures and cartoons. The second slide depicts the classic Springfield College Triangle and is titled “Humanics Systems.” The three corners of the inverted triangle are “Person,” “Larger World,” and “The College.” In Champagne’s lecture, she explains that our skewed expectations about the Humanics philosophy have arisen due to the emphasis on parts of the college mission as separate entities with no connection to each other. She goes on to explain that the glue that holds these concepts together is the understanding that there are three spheres or systems in the Humanics philosophy and that they should be viewed as dynamic, interacting systems. The third slide is meant to depict the changing nature of the student population over from 1950-2010. The next two slides illustrate the impact that the Viet Nam War had on the college campus and the influences of generational change, respectively. PowerPoint slide 6 represents developmental outcomes in the evolution of the three systems. In regards to the system of the person, the major developmental outcome would be character. For the College it is culture, and for the larger world, it is community. Slide 7 depicts the question of character vs. the capabilities of leadership. Champagne states that when we question the character of individuals, we often do so with some measuring stick of our perception of the ideal person. Next, on slide 8, Champagne discusses fifteen virtues of Humanics for the 21st century. She states that these virtues will continue to serve the test of time in any world or circumstance. Finally, slides 9 and 10 depict how during the adventures of our “Odyssey” the student body will be entirely different than the population we now serve, as technology may include computers with more intellectual capacity than humans (PowerPoint slide 9). Also, the student’s knowledge base will be entirely different than that of the professors who teach them (PowerPoint slide 10).
- Creator:
- Champagne, Delight
- Date:
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April 18, 2001
- Format:
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Documents
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- Distinguished Professor of Humanics Collection
- Subjects:
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Humanics
Springfield College
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Champagne, Delight
Video recording
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Extent:
- 10 Slides
- Link to Item:
- http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/6984
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Springfield College
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Humanics is a word that has a special meaning in the history and philosophy of Springfield College, as well as in the college’s motto of “Spirit, Mind, and Body.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines Humanics as, “the subject or study of human affairs or relations, especially of the human element of a problem or situation as opposed to the mechanical.” In 1962, Dr. Glenn Olds, President of Springfield College at the time, began to wonder why this name was given to the intended philosophy of the college by Dr. Laurence Locke Doggett, Springfield College’s first full-time president. Olds acknowledged that the practices of the faculty were in large part consistent with the Humanics philosophy, but he believed that a more self-conscious application would improve chances of its continuity and survival. To ensure this, a Distinguished Professor of Humanics position was created at the college, first filled by Dr. Seth Arsenian from 1966-1969. The purpose of this position was to catalyze a renewal of consciousness in the philosophy. This was done by annually mandating the Distinguished Professor of Humanics to give a Humanics lecture on the definition of Humanics and what the concept means to them. Arsenian started this tradition in 1967 with his speech titled, “The Meaning of Humanics,” in which he described the concept as a set of ideas, values, and goals that make our college distinct from other colleges and make commitment and unity toward commonly sought goals possible.
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Champagne powerpoint