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Highland Heights Native Chosen for Fellowship

Brian Tracz will go into teaching

Highland Heights native and Boston College graduate Brian Tracz has been chosen for the Lilly Graduate Fellowship Program, which supports young men and women interested in becoming teacher-scholars at church-related colleges and universities in the United States.

From a Boston College press release:

Tracz, a native of Highland Heights, Ohio, attended BC through the Presidential Scholars Program — an integrated honors educational experience — and graduated summa cum laude. He has enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of California-San Diego, where he plans to study philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and phenomenology.

"Contrary to general opinion, I think that philosophy helps us to think less theoretically and more concretely about ourselves and our world — conceptual thinking need not be nebulous thinking,” said Tracz. “Philosophy gives us the opportunity to unearth insights that are buried below mere cultural norms, sterile traditions, and unexamined prejudices. With my Lilly colleagues, I look forward to discussing how to reach such insights in the context of the Christian intellectual tradition."

Read the press release in the PDF above for more information.

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