Great Books Summer Program

For our 25th Anniversary year, Great Books is looking back! Meet Great Books Alumni, Madeline Horan, MA! Madeline was a Great Books Summer Program camper and PA on the Amherst campus. After earning her Masters degree at Columbia University, she is currently a literature teacher for an International School in Taiwan. Are you a Great Books Summer Program alum? Share YOUR favorite Great Books memories and connect with us today by visiting https://greatbookssummer.com/reconnect-with-great-books/

For our 25th Anniversary year, Great Books is looking back! Meet Great Books Alumni, Christina Lamoureux, JD! Christina was a Great Books Summer Program camper at the Amherst campus who received her JD from The George Washington University Law School. She is now a practicing attorney in Washington D.C.. Are you a Great Books Summer Program alum? Share YOUR favorite Great Books memories and connect with us today by visiting https://greatbookssummer.com/reconnect-with-great-books/

Happy Birthday to Sci-fi legend and Bestselling author, Octavia Estelle Butler! Best known for groundbreaking and prophetic works like Kindred and the Parable series, her legacy remains celebrated widely by readers and institutions around the world.✍️📚

June 21st is Father’s Day! Thank you to all of the wonderful dads, uncles, grandfathers, and paternal figures who bring love into our lives. Great Books Summer Program wishes you all a very Happy Father’s Day!😎

June 20th marks the official start of summer, and we’re counting down the days until our Great Books campuses come alive with big questions, new friendships, and unforgettable adventures🌎✨ Whether you’re returning for another summer or joining us for the first time, get ready for days filled with discovery, laughter, and memories that will last long after summer ends. The countdown is on!⏳ Who’s ready for the best summer yet? 🙌

For our 25th Anniversary year, Great Books is looking back! Meet Great Books Alumni, Charlotte Sawyer! Charlotte was a three-year Great Books Summer Program camper and went on to study English and Psychology at Connecticut College. Charlotte is now a Senior Sales Leader at Toast, a fast growing tech company based in Boston. Are you a Great Books Summer Program alum? Share YOUR favorite Great Books memories and connect with us today by visiting https://greatbookssummer.com/reconnect-with-great-books/

For our 25th Anniversary year, Great Books is looking back! Meet Great Books Alumni, Alexandra “Xan” Kanovsky! Xan first came to Great Books as a middle schooler, returning for several years and later coming back as a program assistant to mentor the next generation of Great Books students. Following Great Books, Xan graduated from Kenyon College and is currently an Acquisitions Editor at Oxford University Press. Are you a Great Books Summer Program alum? Share YOUR favorite Great Books memories and connect with us today by visiting https://greatbookssummer.com/reconnect-with-great-books/

For our 25th Anniversary year, Great Books is looking back! Meet Great Books Alumni, Andrew Sanchez, PhD! Dr. Andrew Sanchez is now co-founder and CEO of AI music platform Udio. Andrew earned his DPhil at the University of Oxford where he studied the future of work and basic income as an Ertegun Scholar. He has lectured at the World Basic Income Congress, at the University of Cambridge, and his work was included in a book chapter on the intellectual history of basic income. He is a graduate of Oxford, Harvard, and Phillips Academy and is the recipient of Clarendon and von Clemm scholarships. Andrew was a four-year Great Books camper, multi-year program assistant, and joins us as a faculty member leading this summer’s new Critical Thinking for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program on the Stanford campus. Are you a Great Books Summer Program alum? Share YOUR favorite Great Books memories and connect with us today by visiting https://greatbookssummer.com/reconnect-with-great-books/

Happy Birthday to an author of Mythic proportions, Rick Riordan (June 5th, 1964)!🎉📚 Best-selling author of Mythology-based middle grades series such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, the Kane Chronicles, and many more, Rick Riordan knows that reading great books can lead to the greatest adventures of all⚔️🌊⚡