Support the New Form of Education

The Lyceum Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, doesn't just teach classes; we cultivate the virtue of studiousness—an integral good of human living—through an environment of serious intellectual inquiry. Donate today to our Columbanus Fellowship Fund, granting a small group of deserving students immersion in this intellectually-enriching environment. Through their studies in this rigorous program, our Columbanus Fellows will demonstrate the viability of the new educational paradigm the Lyceum Institute is helping to establish.

What is Studiousness?

The word “studious” conjures images of high school and college students attending to their books and preparing for examinations, rather than going to parties or playing games. We rarely use the word to describe persons outside formal education. Calling someone “studious” implies the self-discipline which begets career success. But is that all it means?

By contrast, to describe someone as “curious” suggests inquisitiveness, pursuing desires of discovery with a thirst for knowledge and experience.

In truth, to be “curious” means being snared by any passing object. In our day of constant distraction from distraction by distraction, we see many people are curious—and this is seldom if ever truly rewarding. To be pulled by the latest news, the newest trend, the “moment” or “event” of popular appeal: this is to be pulled away from the things that matter, namely, the truths that endure.

Studiousness is more than mere discipline; it is concentration of the whole person on discovery of true meaning. In a world filled with distractions, we need more than ever a virtuous habit of such focused attention.

Columbanus Fellowship

Your support will provide funding for the newly-established Columbanus Fellowship: two-years of intense study for a group of dedicated students in the classical Trivium, Latin and/or Greek, basics of philosophical inquiry, and the right manner of resolving a difficult question (the Quaestiones Disputatae). Beyond their academic growth, these students will develop a habit of avoiding fleeting distractions and pursuing true understanding.

We hope to gain $20,000 from public donations over the next two years to help support the Faculty teaching the Columbanus Fellows. Please donate today!

Meet the Fellows

Lance H. Gracy (Profile)

Joshua A. Streeter (Profile)

Bea Cuasay (Profile)

Estanislao Saenz

Nicola Robertson

Sneha Jain

Keegan Meerholz

Anabel Kemei

João Carlos Ortega Amaral

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Columbanus Fellowship

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