{"id":1371,"date":"2022-03-29T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/?page_id=1371"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:17:38","slug":"enduring-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Enduring Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder -->\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__hero panel panel-hero site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"hero\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper imageoverlay site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<figure  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-panel__hero-bg-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"David_Booth-056\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/David_Booth-056-1600x1067.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/David_Booth-056-1152x768.jpg 1152w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/David_Booth-056-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/David_Booth-056-2304x1536.jpg 2304w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content site-panel__hero-content--navy\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-panel__hero-title\" id=\"enduring-questions\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Enduring Questions<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormerly known as the Great Conversation.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/choosing-new\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChoosing Enduring Questions\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__gettoknow site-panel__get_to_know panel panel-get_to_know site-panel-shape-bbc--teal-navy site-section__content site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal site-section__bg--white  layout--1-col\"\n\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal site-section__bg--white  layout--1-col\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-content stat-count-3\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-intro u-bc-grey-light t-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-bg u-fc-navy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pattern--background\" style=\"--pattern-url: url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-content\/plugins\/st-olaf-gutenberg-blocks\/\/assets\/img\/backgrounds\/pattern-b.svg')\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-intro site-panel__gettoknow-desc\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-livetext>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"site-section__title h3\">Would you like to act in a Festival of Dionysus?<\/h3>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Argue about Plato\u2019s ideas? Discuss what the Bible meant to its first readers? Go on a journey to hell and heaven with Dante, beyond good and evil with Nietzsche, or to the lighthouse with Virginia Woolf, in the company of classmates who have become friends? In <strong>Enduring Questions<\/strong>\u00a0all this is possible.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-stat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-stat__number u-fc-cranberry\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"statistic\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-stat__desc\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"description\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tyears\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-stat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-stat__number u-fc-cranberry\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"statistic\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t5\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-stat__desc\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"description\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlively discussion courses\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-stat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-stat__number u-fc-cranberry\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"statistic\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t7\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-stat__desc\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"description\" data-livetext=\"true\" data-index=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOle Core requirements fulfilled\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__masonry_gallery panel panel-masonry_gallery site-section__bg--gray\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"masonry-gallery\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--gray masonry-gallery\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__layout site-grid__layout--weighted-right\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--1\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"A group of students from the Enduring Questions program\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2013\/10\/IMG_0896.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOne course per term\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Learn more\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">One course per term<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><p>Students in the program take one Enduring Questions course and three other courses during each semester of the first two years of college. These four courses comprise a normal course load. First-year students also take an Enduring Questions course (QUEST 115) in Interim of the first year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/courses-new\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--2\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"IMG_2454-X4\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_2454-X4-600x350.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_2454-X4-520x300.jpeg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_2454-X4-600x350.jpeg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-gold-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAn intensive residential experience\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Learn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-gold-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">An intensive residential experience<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><p>All \u201cQuesters\u201d live in the same residence hall in order to foster bonds outside of the classroom during the first year. Each Quester has a non-Quester roommate, though, so there are lots of opportunities to expand social networks beyond the program.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/choosing-new\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--3\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"First year move-in 891\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/First-year-move-in-891-600x350.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/First-year-move-in-891-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/04\/First-year-move-in-891-600x350.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAll majors represented\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">All majors represented<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><p>\u201cQuesters\u201d work on their majors alongside their Enduring Questions courses. Common majors include Chemistry, Biology, English, Psychology, and Political Science.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--4\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Dionysian Festival\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/05\/Dionysian-Festival-1-600x326.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/05\/Dionysian-Festival-1-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/files\/2022\/05\/Dionysian-Festival-1-600x326.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-lime\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA broad view of human history\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Learn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-lime\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">A broad view of human history<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><p>The course sequence begins with ancient Babylonia and takes us all the way to the present day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/courses-new\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--gray\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--gray micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/courses-new\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Courses<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/faculty-staff-new\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/choosing-new\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Choosing Enduring Questions<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7717,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1371","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1371\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/enduring-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}