99.9% Original  Distinctives

When you do new things, things that are new start happening.  

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To capture this reality, we consider our work to be "99.9% Original."  We use this phrase because we have a high view of people, education, and work.

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Imagination, under the influence of God, is the seedbed for serving society well.

 

We are creating Knowledge in a culture of Innovation.  And we are doing so by exploring new business models and offerings in higher education.

 

Our Taste &  See menu of Originality includes the following items:

 

I.  Humanitas is a Human Flourishing Academy.  

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This is a new category in the space of higher education.  We are not defined by time, 2 year or 4 year.   We are not defined by programs.  Rather, we are defined by purpose - Human Flourishing.

 

A Human Flourishing Academy is best thought of as an "Honors College for Humans" available to all.

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II.  Our signature Curriculum is called, "Common Good Education" which houses our flagship offering of "Humanpreneurship."  

 

​Humanpreneurship is the study of what it means to be human, as informed by God.  We are creating a new, academic discipline, field of study, research and scholarship. 

 

Humanpreneurship is the seamless integration of deep and robust study of Jesus with entrepreneurship for humans.

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III.  We have a Human Learning Lab, a Moonshot Factory for Innovation, called "The PLAYground."

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IV.  Our Learning Construct is our "I Profile."

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V.  We have an Assessment tool for Human Flourishing called, "Interplay."

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VI.  We have a new form of Accreditation called, "Humans Flourish Here."

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VII.  Our Business Model is collaboration, with a particular focus on Community Colleges. 

 

VIII.  Our funding campaign is called, "Gettysburg."  This captures the ideal that an education of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

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​IX.  We offer Jesusformation as the ultimate expression of being human.

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X.  Our "Gospel" is that God has provided for all mankind to become fully human, once again.

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XI.  Our "Gospel Question" invites people to become the person God created them to be.

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XII.  Our immediate initiatives include the following:

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          *  Yfli (pronounced "Why Fly").  This is a Youth Flourishing Leadership Initiative gap year, Fall 2027.

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          *  GQ.  "Great Questions."  A Common Good Education offering for all locals in Traverse City, MI. 

               (see this link for more)

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           *  FIP.  "Flourishing in Paradise."  Programs & Services for Business & Commerce.  Working with bold,

               innovative leaders who want to create and cultivate a culture of flourishing in their place of business.

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