2015 Message from the Director

Sept. 3, 2015

Our two newest hires, Andrea Kowalchuk and Paul Diduch , have just completed their first year—and they did a terrific job. In them, Herbst has found two excellent teachers, generous colleagues and strong supporters of the Great Books tradition. In the spring of 2016, Paul and Andi will be hosting...

Remembering Athanasios Moulakis, 1945-2015

Sept. 3, 2015

Anyone who did their Herbst coursework in the first decade of the program will remember Dr. Athanasios Moulakis, the founding director of the program who turned Linda and Clancy Herbst’s dream into a reality. Thanasi, as he was known to us all, passed away in July 2015. Thanasi was an...

Alumni updates: Cory Oldweiler and Lucky Vidmar

Sept. 3, 2015

What happens to Herbsters once they leave the College of Engineering and Applied Science? Where are they now, and how did they get there? We asked two alumni for updates. Cory Oldweiler When I was a CU engineering student, there was always an answer, one a finite effort would delineate...