A panel of Odyssey Project graduates and Bridge Course students at the Civic Knowledge Project seminar on Humanities Day at the University of Chicago.  They are (l-r) Erika Dudley of the Civic Knowledge Project and Francisco Pastrana (Odyssey Project tutor), along with students Carmen Ruiz, Ramon Jimerson, Alex Llerandi, and Joanie Friedman of the Civic Knowledge Project.

Applications for The Odyssey Project, offering humanities courses for adults living on low incomes, now due August 28

CHICAGO - The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) is pleased to announce that it has extended the application deadline for The Odyssey Project, a free, eight-month college humanities course for 18 and over adults living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. Classes will begin in mid-September at Donoghue School on the south side of Chicago and at the Howard Area Community Center in Rogers Park on the north side of Chicago.

Applications are now due Friday, August 28, 2009. For more information about The Odyssey Project or to request an application for the south side program, call Amy Thomas Elder at 312.422.5585 x223. For an application for the north side course, call Catherine Zurybida at 773.995.8411. You can also download an application at www.prairie.org/odysseyproject.

Applications for The Odyssey Project, offering humanities courses for adults living on low incomes in Champaign-Urbana, are due August 14th.

CHICAGO - The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) and The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities is pleased to announce that it has extended the application deadline for The Odyssey Project, a free, eight-month college humanities course for 18 and over adults living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level.. Classes will begin in late August at the Douglass Branch of the Champaign Public Library, 504 E. Grove St., in Champaign-Urbana.

Applications are now due Monday, August 14, 2009. For more information about The Odyssey Project or to request an application, contact the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at 217-244-3344. You can also download an application online www.prairie.org/odysseyproject.