campus partner(s)

Columbus State Community College

state(s)

OH

amount

$25,000

initiative

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

award date

05.2026

project director

Matthew Connolly; Michael Keller; Kristen Oganowski

Grant Summary

$25,000 over 12 months to expand the Columbus State Institute for Liberal Arts Learning (CSILAL), a faculty-led initiative that integrates discussion-based engagement with transformative humanities texts into gateway courses, by developing “Humanities Discussion” (H-D) designated courses across disciplines that are anchored in shared texts and discussion-centered pedagogy.