Illinois’ Knox College receives grant for Great Books service learning program

Knox College has been awarded a grant of $35,000 by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to launch a Junior Great Books program that will link Knox College students with George Washington Gale Scholars at Galesburg High School, and with elementary school students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Dubbed "Project GEM"—Galesburg Enrichment Mentoring—the service learning initiative was designed by a team of Knox College students to support the high school students in the Gale Scholars Program and to introduce both high school and grade school students to in-depth study of literary classics.

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