Spring 2025 Alumni Symposium flyer

Twice a year, alumni and current CTEQ students gather on campus to discuss timeless works of art and literature.

Recent symposia include:

Marc Guerra, Ph.D.
Marc Guerra, Ph.D.

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

The seeds of a liberal education need to be cultivated over the course of a lifetime.

The aim of the CTEQ alumni symposia is twofold. We want to institutionalize a concrete venue at Assumption where students can continue to pursue the timeless goals of a Catholic liberal arts education (even after they graduate) and to show current CTEQ students that they really can place a Catholic liberal education at the center of their time at Assumption and still become a doctor or lawyer or businessperson—not just a somewhat quirky academic type.


Symposium Director

Daniel P. Maher, Ph.D
Professor of Philosophy Director of CTEQ

CTEQ Programs


Core Texts & Enduring Questions Minor

CTEQ introduces students to the dialogue between the best of ancient and modern thought as a way of providing access to the permanent questions human beings must face. As students engage directly with the great thinkers who have shaped our tradition, they sharpen their reasoning, writing, and speaking skills and develop an articulate appreciation for their own humanity. Working with and through the University’s required Foundations Program, this elite Great Books minor is compatible with every major the University offers.


CTEQ Pre-College Summer Program

This pre-college summer program is open to rising juniors and seniors in high school who want to participate in a competitive, academically oriented taste of being a college student. Students will live in a college dormitory alongside current Assumption students and meet each day with faculty members to discuss readings in philosophy, political science, art history, and theology. Participating students meet new friends, learn to address challenging ideas and questions in a mature way, and gain the confidence that they can thrive in a college setting.