SPACE: Arts and Science Certificate

For more than a decade now, Dawson students from across the disciplines have engaged the community through their contributions to SPACE venues, from our website to talks to readings to exhibitions to conferences. The opportunity for this kind of public engagement has proved motivating and enriching for students, inspiring them to push towards greater depth and/or breadth as well as professionalism in their work. Starting in 2021/2022, students will also be able to receive official validation for their active engagement in SPACE through the new SPACE: Arts and Sciences Certificate. Learn More…

2023/2024 theme: UNCERTAINTY

For the sake of getting on with our day to day lives, most of us make assumptions about the relative certainty of the future—that the bus will be pretty much on time, that the person we are supposed to meet at the movies will likely show up, that the sun will almost definitely rise tomorrow. We attend school in the hopes of getting a good education and a job, and we believe that these outcomes are more probable than not. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, there is a “light at the center of every cell”, a “story of endless good fortune”, that generally keeps us “flowing forward happily”.

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