Our Declaration: A Summer Bridge Engaging GEN1 Scholars

FAIN: AC-269280-20

Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, CA 91702-2701)
Theodore Szeto (Project Director: July 2019 to February 2021)
Veronica Anne Gutierrez (Project Director: February 2021 to February 2022)
Soojin Chung (Project Director: February 2022 to November 2023)
Aaron Hinojosa (Co Project Director: May 2021 to February 2022)
Stephanie Gala (Co Project Director: April 2022 to November 2023)

This program will test a new approach to closing the engagement gap between first generation students and students of color and the humanities (HUM) at APU through enhanced partnerships between advising, administration, and instruction. Piloted in summer 2020, this four (4) week residential bridge program designed in recognition of and preparation for the 250th anniversary of American independence will foster the academic and personal development of two (2) cohorts of 20 students each at the APU campus through a three (3) unit introductory humanities course (HUM 221) and complementary labs, field trips, and community building. This course will help students: - express an informed understanding of the ideas, arguments, and points of view contained in the Declaration of Independence. - articulate the relevance of the Declaration of Independence to citizenship in 21st-century America - explain how faith interacts with their understanding of the Declaration of Independence