February 8, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting. Note: The Advisory Committee will meet monthly throughout the grant period with the exception of the summer months when only one meeting will be held for the June/July time period.

February / March 2002:  Description of the presentation series will appear in the Orlando Sentinel Calendar Section; Valencia's faculty and staff weekly newsletter, The Bulletin; and Valencia's weekly student newsletter, The Valencia Source. Public service announcements will be aired on local radio and television stations, including Valencia Television (on cable). Promotional announcements will be strategically placed on Valencia campus bulletin boards, at local libraries, community centers, the Wells'Built African-American Museum of History and Culture, and will be promoted to local schools and their teachers, enabling them to offer the content to their students. Note: This promotional strategy will be utilized during key periods, as noted below, prior to presentations held throughout the grant period.

To be announced:  Attendance at Project Director's Workshop

February / March 2002:  Promote March presentation.

March 5, 2002:  Presentation by Professor Scolaro. (Tapes available for viewing at East and West Campus LRC)

March 8, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting at Wells'Built Museum, 2nd floor, 1:30p.m..

March 11, 2002:  Description of March presentation appears in the media along with notice of the next presentation.

March / April 2002:  Promote April presentation.

April 4, 2002:  Presentation by Professor Gary Monroe.

April 8, 2002:  Description of April presentation appears in the media along with notice of the next presentation.

April 12, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting, 2:30 p.m. at the Wells'Built Museum

April / May 2002:  Promote May presentation.

May 9, 2002:  Members of the Advisory Committee and Valencia humanities scholars will meet with Mr. Shorris prior to his presentation.

May 9, 2002:  Presentation by Mr. Earl Shorris. (Tapes available for viewing at East and West Campus LRC)

May 9, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting. 

June 13, 2002:  Advisory Committee June meeting.

July 18, 2002:  Advisory Committee July meeting.

August 6, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting, 2:00pm at Wells'Built Museum.

September 5, 2002:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting, 2:00pm at Wells'Built Museum.

October 31 - November 2, 2002:  Collaborative presentation on the Clemente Project at Southern Division meeting of the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) in Charleston, South Carolina.

November 8, 2002:   Advisory Committee monthly meeting at the WRCC, 2 pm.

December 13, 2002:  Recognition Ceremony and Buffet Dinner for Part I Students at Valencia Community College's Downtown Center.

January 23, 2003:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting at Wells'Built Museum, 2:00pm.

February 27, 2003:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting at Wells'Built Museum, 2:00pm.

March 27, 2003:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting at Wells'Built Museum, 2:00pm.

April 23, 2003:  Recognition Ceremony and Buffet Dinner for Part II Students at the Wells'Built Museum of African-American History and Culture in Parramore (Downtown Orlando area) at 511 West South Street. 

April 24, 2003:  Advisory Committee monthly meeting at Wells'Built Museum, 2:00pm.

May 30, 2003:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 1 p.m

July 24, 2003:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built at 2 p.m.

August 1, 2003:  Florida Humanities Council (FHC) awards Valencia Community College a Phase II Prometheus Project one-year grant.

August 1-3, 2003:  Project Director Attends Bard College-Sponsored Clemente Course in the Humanities Conference, New York City's Manhattan.

August 22, 2003: Prometheus Project presentation to Neighborhood Service Center Directors, John Bridges Community Center/Apopka, 9:30 a.m.

August 27, 2003:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 2 p.m.

September 23, 2003: Prometheus Project presentation to Homeless Services Network (HSN) at the Lakeside Center, 9:00 a.m.

September 24, 2003:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 2 p.m.

October 21, 2003: Prometheus Project presentation to the District Board of Trustees of Valencia Community College, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., Winter Park.

October 22, 2003: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 1:30 p.m.

October 30-November 1, 2003: Presentation by Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro on "The Prometheus Project and the Power of Knowledge" in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 1, at the Community College Humanities Association's National Fall 2003 Conference.

September 29, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, Monday at 2:00 p.m.

October 8, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.

October 15, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Wayne Densch Center for Preferred Living, Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

October 16, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Women's Residential and Counseling Center (WRCC), Thursday at 7:45 p.m.

October 27, 2003: NPR interview with Becky Morgan of the Arts Connection, Valencia Community College/West Campus, Monday at 3:00 p.m. 

November 5, 2003: Prometheus Project presentation to the Board of Directors of Valencia Community College's Alumni Association, Wednesday, 12 noon, Downtown Center.

November 5, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Pathways to Care, Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.

November 6, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Women's Residential and Counseling Center (WRCC), Thursday at 7:45 P.M.

November 11, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Callahan Community Center, Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

November 12, 2003 Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.

November 15, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Downtown Orlando, Gathering of Homeless Guests of The Ripple Effect, Saturday at 8:00 a.m. 

November 18, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Rio Grande Community Center/Head Start, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

November 19, 2003: Mini-course Prometheus Project Student Recruitment Presentation, Pathways to Care, Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. 

November 21, 2003: Presentation on the Prometheus Project to the Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida (UCF), Friday at 3:00 p.m. 

December 17, 2003: Presentation on the Prometheus Project, Employees of the Quality Inn International, Wednesday, 12 noon.

December 18, 2003: Presentation on the Prometheus Project, Employees of the Quality Inn Plaza, Thursday at 12 noon.    

November 20, 2003: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built at 2:00 p.m.

December 10, 2003: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 2:00 p.m.

January 24, 2004:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting and Dinner Buffet in Celebration of the first college-level, credit Prometheus Project Course in the humanities, Saturday, 5:00 p.m. at John & Anna Scolaro's home.

January 28, 2004: Prometheus Project Presentation by Director, John Scolaro, and Project Student, Kenneth Hillard, Valencia Foundation Board of Directors, Wednesday, 12 noon, Building 6-202/West Campus.

February 4, 2004: Second Presentation on the Prometheus Project to the Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida (UCF), Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

February 25, 2004: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 2:00 p.m.

March 29, 2004: Deadline for submission of Valencia Community College's Strategic Budget Initiative (SBI) proposal re: The Prometheus Project.

March 31, 2004: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built at 2:00 p.m.

April 27, 2004: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Tuesday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

May 3, 2004: A Prometheus Project/Session 2-2004 celebration and dinner buffet, at the Wells'Built Museum at 7:00 p.m.

May 26, 2004: Taped interview of the Prometheus Project by Valencia Television from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Building 6-Third Floor/West Campus. The interview will be moderated by Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, and will include other selected panelists. It will be aired on Valencia Television sometime after May 26, 2004.

May 27, 2004: Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

June 2004:  The Advisory Committee will not meet.

June 4, 2004: Meeting with Ann Puyana, Valencia Community College Vice President of Teaching and Learning/Academic Affairs, on the insitutionalization of The Prometheus Project, 7:30 a.m., Downtown Center.

July 22, 2004:  Monthly Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

July 30, 2004: First official Prometheus Project insitutionalization meeting, East Campus/3-108E, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

 August, 2004: The Advisory Committee will not meet.

September 16, 2004: Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

October, 2004: The Advisory Committee will not meet. Also, 3 Prometheus Project mini-course recruitment presentations by Professors Elizabeth Eschbach and David Sutton will be given to selected staff of the Rosen Hotels and Resorts on International Drive. Our plan is to implement one college-level, credit Prometheus Project course for eligible employees of the Rosen Hotels and Resorts in January, 2005. Finally, a second official Prometheus Project insitutionalization meeting will be held before October 31.

October 2, 2004: Prometheus Project presentation by John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project and Stephen Davis, former Prometheus Project student and full-time Valencia Community College/East Campus student, for class of Dr. Linda Simmons at South Florida Center for Theological Studies/Central Florida Campus, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-12 noon.

October 6, 2004: Meeting with Geraldine Gallagher, President of the Valencia Foundation, and Ann Puyana to discuss the availability of Foundation funds in support of The Prometheus Project, 2:30 p.m., Downtown Center.

October 7, 2004: Preliminary deadline of our Phase III Florida Humanities Council (FHC) Prometheus Project grant application.

November 8, 2004: Final deadline of our Phase III Florida Humanities Council (FHC) Prometheus Project grant application.

November 18, 2004: Advisory Committee meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

December 22, 2004: Project and College-level, Credit Course Planning meeting at the Rosen Centre on International Drive at 1:00 p.m.

January, 2005: Student Recruitment Presentations for Session 2-2005 at the Center for Drug Free Living, The Women's Residential and Counseling Center (WRCC), the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Inc., and The Ripple Effect's weekly homeless gathering. 

January 12, 2005: Florida Humanities Council's Project Directors' Workshop; St. Petersburg, Florida, 1:00 p.m.-4 p.m.

February 2, 2005: Third Project Institutionalization Committee meeting, Wednesday, Valencia Community College/East Campus, Building 4-133A at 2:00 p.m. 

February 17, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

March 6, 2005: Prometheus Project Public Presentation, University Unitarian Universalist Society; Orlando, Florida at 10:30 a.m. This presentation has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m.

March 16, 2005: Leadership Valencia Prometheus Project Workshop, Valencia Community College/East Campus, Building 5-112, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Learn more about the face of poverty in Central Florida today and Valencia Community College's response to the underserved of our community. This workshop will include a discussion of how the humanities empower the poor to climb out of poverty and what you can do to help. This workshop will be presented by Elizabeth Eschbach, John Scolaro, David Sutton, Stephen Davis, Erlene Brinson, and Dr. Ron Habin.

March 18, 2005: Induction Speech on the Prometheus Project, Valencia Community College/Winter Park Campus, Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), 6:00 p.m.

March 31, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2:00 p.m.

April 21, 2005: Prometheus Project Dinner Buffet and Celebration of two Session 2-2005 courses in the humanities at the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Inc. and the Center for Drug Free Living, Valencia Community College, Downtown Center, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

April 28, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2 p.m.

April 19, 2005: First Student Recruitment Presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, 2 p.m. for Summer-2005 Academic Session course.

April 26, 2005: Second Student Recruitment Presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, 2 p.m. for Summer-2005 Academic Session course.

May 27, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Friday, at Valencia Community College/West Campus, Building 2-Second Floor, 10 a.m.

June-July, 2005: The Advisory Committee of the Prometheus Project will not meet.

June 2, 2005: Center for Drug Free Living Summer-2005 Academic Session course begins.

June 5, 2005: Prometheus Project presentation at University Unitarian Universalist Church, 10:30 a.m.

July 5, 2005: Fourth Project Institutionalization Committee meeting, Tuesday, Valencia Community College/East Campus, 4-133A, 2 p.m.

July 11, 2005: Prometheus Project presentation at Orlando Housing Authority's Ivey Lane Homes Resident Association Center, 4601 Edgemoor Street; Orlando, Florida, 6 p.m.

August 26, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Friday, at Denny's Diner on Kirkman Road, 12 noon.

September 8, 2005: Prometheus Project student recruitment presentation, Center for Drug Free Living, North Mercy Drive; Orlando, Florida, 2 p.m.

September 12, 2005: Prometheus Project presentation at Orlando Housing Authority's Ivey Lane Homes Resident Association Center, 4601 Edgemoor Street; Orlando, Florida, 6 p.m.

September 13, 2005: Prometheus Project student recruitment presentation, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Salon 11, International Drive; Orlando, Florida, 4 p.m.

September 27, 2005: Valencia Community College Learning Day public presentation on the Prometheus Project: Making the Poor Dangerous: Students and Civil Discourse, Doubletree Hotel/Universal Studios; Orlando, Florida. This Valencia-hosted conference includes attendees form different parts of the United States.

September 29, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Thursday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2 p.m.

October 4, 2005: Prometheus Project public presentation at Catholic Charities Forum by Dr. Ron Habin, member of the Prometheus Project's Advisory Committee; Orlando, Florida; 9:30 a.m. and a second Prometheus Project student recruitment presentation, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Salon 13, International Drive; Orlando, Florida, 4 p.m.

October 17-18, 2005: Prometheus Project public presentation at the Coalition for the Homeless Conference in Tampa, Florida by Bob Decker, Executive Director of The Ripple Effect and member of the Prometheus Project's Advisory Committee.

October 18, 2005: Prometheus Project public presentation at the Men's Center for Drug Free Living, 8301 East Colonial Avenue, Orlando, 1:30 p.m.

October 26, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2 p.m.

November 10-12, 2005: Public presentation on the Prometheus Project: Making the Poor Dangerous: Students and Civil Discourse, Saturday, November 12, Community College Humanities Association (CCHA), National Conference; Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts.

November 22, 2005: Prometheus Project public presentation at The Winter Park University Club by Dr. Ron Habin. member of the project's Advisory Committee.

November 30, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2 p.m.

December 9, 2005: Advisory Committee meeting and Prometheus Project Fall Session 1-2005 celebration and dinner buffet, Friday, at Valencia Community College's Downtown Center at 6:30 p.m. This event will celebrate those students who successfully completed the two college-level credit classes at the Rosen Centre and the Center for Drug Free Living (CFDFL) and will also function as our December Advisory Committee meeting.

January 20, 2006: Prometheus Project Public Presentation, Central Florida Theological Center, Orlando, Florida, 7 p.m.  This presentation has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 11, at 1:30 p.m.

January 20, 2006: First Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Friday, West Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, 2:30 p.m.

January 25, 2006: Advisory Committee meeting, Wednesday, at the Wells'Built Museum at 2 p.m.

February 7, 2006:Secomd Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Tuesday, East Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro., Director of the Prometheus Project, 1:00 p.m.

February 11, 2006: Prometheus Project Public Presentation, Central Florida Theological Center, Orlando, Florida, 1:30 p.m.

February 24, 2006: Third Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Friday, West Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, 2:30 p.m. Also, Nada Taha, a columnist for the Orlando Weekly, interviewed Stephen Davis, one of our project's first 'graduates' of a Clemente Course in the Humanities (now called the Prometheus Project) college-level, non-credit course, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, West Campus, 9 a.m.

March 3, 2006: Interview with Stephen Davis, one of our project's first 'graduates' of a Clemente Course in the Humanities (now called the Prometheus Project), and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, by Ms. Karen Steen, writer for the Florida Humanities Council's (FHC) Forum publication, West Campus, 9:30 a.m.

March 6, 2006: Fourth Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Monday, East Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, 2:30 p.m. This meeting will be rescheduled soon.

May 4, 2006: Fifth Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Thursday, West Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, 9:00 a.m.

May 17, 2006: Sixth Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Wednesday, East Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, Director of the Prometheus Project, 2:00 p.m.

May 24, 2006: Seventh Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Wednesday, East Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, 2:00 p.m.

June 6, 2006: Eighth Prometheus Project Sustainability Committee meeting, Tuesday, West Campus, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro, 1:30 p.m.

June 7, 2006: John Scolaro's National Public Radio (NPR) interview on the Prometheus Project with Becky Morgan of the Arts Connection at 90.7 FM/WMFE. This interview will be aired on Friday, June 16th, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, June 17th, at 12 noon. Becky's interview with Stephen Davis over a year ago will also be aired on the above days and times.