{"id":9464,"date":"2014-12-04T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=9464"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:45:25","slug":"philosophyoutreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=9464","title":{"rendered":"UNC\u2019s philosophy outreach program honored for innovation and excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steven Swartzer in a first grade classroom at Durham Academy, where the philosophy outreach program uses Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” to talk about gratitude. (photo by Rosemary Nye)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The outreach program of the department of philosophy<\/a> in UNC\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences has been honored with a prize for excellence and innovation<\/a> by the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC).<\/p>\n

The prize recognizes philosophy departments, research centers, institutes, societies, publishers or other organizations that risk undertaking new initiatives in philosophy, and that do so with excellence and success. It honors these programs so they may inspire and influence others to follow their lead.<\/p>\n

The UNC philosophy department and the Parr Center for Ethics offer a number of outreach programs, including a National High School Ethics Bowl, where students analyze and discuss real-life, timely ethical issues.<\/p>\n

In 2014, UNC philosophers (including faculty, graduate students and undergraduates) have participated in more than 170 philosophy discussions in the community through their involvement with nine local High School Ethics Bowl teams and the department\u2019s other major outreach initiatives:<\/p>\n