Everett Community College

Humanities Center

Mission Statement:

The Humanities Center’s mission is to foster the Humanities at Everett Community College in a variety of ways, such as facilitating campus- and community-wide discussions of relevant themes from a Humanities perspective, encouraging faculty collaboration on planning new courses for the Humanities program, assisting faculty to voluntarily incorporate these selected themes into their courses, sponsoring a student Humanities conference on campus, and encouraging service-learning opportunities with Humanities and arts organizations.

The Humanities Center 2007-08 Theme

The thematic focus for this year's events and conversations is Happiness. We’ll reflect on guiding questions like the following:

• What is happiness?
• Is happiness a goal or a side-effect of pursuing something else?
• Is happiness egotistical, altruistic, or self-transcending?
• How is happiness attained?
• What makes happiness last?
• How do concepts of happiness change over time and among different cultures?

Humanities Events 

Several events in the Humanities 101 classes are open to the campus community and to the public. They will be held in Whitehorse Hall room 105, unless otherwise noted, and will take place from 12:00-12:50 p.m. There is no charge, and reservations are not applicable. Space is limited. For more information, click on the link in the right-hand column of this page or contact Dr. Joyce Walker at jwalker@everettcc.edu.