The Continuum of Greatness Initiative at Bronx Community College The Hall of Fame for Great Americans, is a landmark historic site on the Bronx Community College(BCC) campus. Within a 630-foot-long neo-classical Colonnade designed by Stanford White in 1900, stand ninety-eight bronze busts honoring great Americans, and constituting one of the nation's finest portrait collections. The magnificent site, honoring poets, scientists, statesman, inventors, and educators, was a catalyst for critical inquiry during two recent summer seminars for faculty sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. As an extension of this work, the college has embarked on a "Continuum of Greatness Initiative" which furthers the general education goals of the college. In pursuing this initiative, we will use the historic site as a catalyst for learning, challenging students to pose questions that promote an understanding of the evolution of our society, and to use this understanding to develop and practice civic responsibility.
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