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A serious offer. A thousand adventurous answers. At Knox, we want you to take our offer of "the freedom to flourish" quite seriously. Through the wide variety of special programs available at Knox, you can produce plays, publish papers, study abroad, present research findings at academic conferences, and otherwise discover new ways to learn, grow, and flourish.
| First-Year Preceptorial For all students, regardless of major, a Knox education begins with an intensive seminar involving stimulating readings, small group discussions, challenging writing assignments, and lots of student-teacher interaction. |
College Honors The nationally-recognized Knox College Honors Program provides support for advanced independent study, producing a major piece of research or creative work. One in seven seniors participates in this yearlong, in-depth independent research program. |
| Student Research Grants Knox is a leader in promoting top-notch undergraduate research. The newly created Center for Research and Advanced Studies coordinates student access to more than $200,000 in grants to support research and creative projects. |
Independent Study One of the great advantages of a Knox education is the opportunity to work closely with faculty on independent study projects. More than 90% of Knox students complete a research project or participate in a self-designed class before they graduate. |
| Lincoln Studies Center A nationally recognized home of incisive scholarship on the life and work of Abraham Lincoln directed by two of the leading Lincoln scholars working today, the Center conducts a variety of activities - including research, the Lincoln Colloquium, and lectures- to broaden understanding of Lincoln and his legacy. |
Ronald E. McNair Program McNair Fellows benefit from special tutorials, research skill development, and intensive career education, receive funding for substantive summer research and help in finding assistantships and internships that involve academic careers, all focused on first-generation college students and those from groups underrepresented in research and higher education careers. |
| Clinical Psychology Term Students interested in clinical psychology, counseling and social work can spend a term immersing themselves in the field by taking two courses, Theories and Methods of Psychotherapy and Clinical and Abnormal Psychology. The third course is a clinical psychology internship. |
Green Oaks Term In this interdisciplinary program at our Green Oaks Biological Field Station, students and faculty spend an entire term conducting research and creative projects and participating in courses in biology, anthropology-sociology, and English, as well as workshops in outdoor skills, first aid, and photography. |
| Japan Term Students immerse themselves in the language, history, and philosophy of Japan through this interdisciplinary program that integrates coursework with a two-week trip to Japan. |
Open Studio Open Studio Term allows advanced art students to spend an entire 10-week term working as full-time artists. Open Studio is taken the term before the Senior Show, where work is exhibited in the gallery of the Ford Center for the Fine Arts, and is required of all studio art majors. |
| Repertory Theatre Term The only course of its kind in the nation, it enables students, regardless of their majors, to dedicate an entire 10-week term to the study and staging of two major theatrical productions. |
Peace Corps Program Knox is the pilot site - and the first college or university in the country - with an official Peace Corps Preparatory Program, featuring a curriculum designed to prepare students to serve in the Peace Corps or in international service. |
Knox College has joined with former employees of Maytag's Galesburg Refrigeration Plant, to survey hundreds of workers who lost their jobs when the plant closed in 2004.
Fifteen Knox College students were awarded grants from Knox's REACH Fellows Program to work as teaching assistants with this year's session of Knox College4Kids.
Knox College student Eleanor Poley recently won first place in a computer programming research competition. Poley's project is "RUMU Editor: A Non-WYSIWYG Web Editor for Non-Technical Users."
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