One Day University has changed its remarkable program a bit – and it’s even more unique! Now they bring together groups of interested people (“students-for-a-day” ) and stimulate them with thought provoking presentations by top professors from the finest schools in the US. We wrote an article about ODU over two years ago and wanted to keep our readers up to date about this fabulous program.
The founder, Steven Schragis, was inspired by attending mini-classes for parents’ visiting day at his child’s college and seeing how the parents loved them.
Steven scours colleges like Yale, Brown, Columbia, Harvard, Penn, Stanford, and 30 others for the most popular professors teaching the most interesting courses. He puts together one day events with 10 or more professors - each giving a 60 minute seminar on a favorite topic. Events are held throughout the year in New York City as well as Westchester, Philadelphia, and at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA in the summer. At the larger events participants register for up to six courses and make their own schedule for the day. These events can include thousands of one-day students , although some of the smaller programs often accommodate fewer than 100 participants.
Think how much fun it would be to have your brain challenged and stimulated but without the exams or homework! The next New York City event is Saturday, January 21, 2012 and we love the program. Learn about the Psychology of Good and Evil from Yale Professor Paul Bloom from Yale, or What is the Future of Health Care? by Columbia Professor Michael Sparer, or Two Films Every Movie Lover Should See by Marc Lapadula, also from Yale. There are nine other equally interesting courses from which to choose. What a day this will be!
One Day University is a live social event. Steven Schragis wants it to be educational but also very entertaining, almost like a great Broadway show. He has eliminated the online courses at ODU because major universities are now offering their own range of online experiences - but that is another story. The fun of One Day University is attending courses with the other intellectually curious people and learning together.
For more details about One Day University, and to register for the event on January 21, 2012 simply go to their website www.onedayu.com. Full price is $199 – but by using our coupon code “SHARP” you can pay just $119!
