The Great Connections Winter Programs and the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
View of Chicago from the Aon Building on East Randolph; NBC pyramid tower in the forefront, Marina City as cylindrical buildings, and Trump Tower the large skyscraper to the right. Kade Stone, Amelia Channer-Holmes and Damon Miles of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation We’ve been busy! We worked with delightful sets of students on two […]
The Great Connections’ Great Advantages
Ryan Griggs, details how students gain reasoning skills, self-confidence, and autonomy from The Great Connections Summer Program. Ryan earned his Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in economics and is completing work on his PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics. He also serves as a wealth strategist for his own business: Fortune Paradigm.
Report on Great Connections 2016
Editor’s Note: This is the text of a report to donors on the 2016 Great Connections Seminar. This July, our high school and graduate school students hailed from places such as Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Nepal and all directions of the U.S. Over half were returnees who paid their own way—one from Buenos Aires. Six came to […]
Tutor Lauds Student Transformation
Last fall we received an email message in response to our report on the summer 2015 Great Connections seminar. This email was about Derick Ansah, a spectacular student we had the pleasure of having with us last summer. Derick Ansah, Great Connections class of 2015. “Where I come from, people cannot even picture themselves doing […]
Renewed and Enlightened: A Parent’s Story
We were delighted to read this 5-star review of The Great Connections Seminar from Virginia Murr, parent of an attendee. The student, Jessica, was a shy, quiet girl with a lot of inner ambition and hidden creativity. Watching her blossom throughout the week was a joy, and hearing about her continued transformation from her mother is […]
Great Connections 2015: Apply now
The Great Connections program fosters active minds, empowering each individual with the knowledge, reasoning skills, and independence to understand the world and build a life of adventure and creative achievement. Do you want to be challenged to think for yourself? Do you want to gain powerful knowledge and skills that will equip you for college, for success, for […]
How to Improve Reading Ability
Some new evidence has come out about the dismal reading level of most college students. The source of the research is Renaissance Learning, an American assessment and analytics company that makes widely used online educational software for K-12 students. “College freshman, on average, are assigned books rated at the 7th grade level.” Their extensive research report […]
Strengthening the Power to Think First-Hand
Participants from the 2010 Great Connections Seminar for working professionals and retirees, share their experience of the program and discuss the impact on their development and goals.
The Great Connections Experience
Participants from the 2010 Great Connections Seminar for students describe their experience of the program and its impact on their lives.
Short Promo Video
Students discuss the program and its impact on their lives.
