Ako má vyzerať katolícka univerzita v dnešnej dobe nástupu sociálnych médii, digitálneho sveta a AI? Ako odovzdávať tradíciu v čoraz viac sekulárnom svete? Inšpiratívnou odpoveďou je americká univerzita Wyoming Catholic College, ktorá spája vyučovanie a štúdium s intenzívnym kontaktom s prírodou a divočinou. Jej rektor ponúkne jej úspešný príbeh s cieľom inšpirovať katolícke vzdelávanie na Slovensku. Prečo je práve skúsenosť Wyoming college dôležitá pre Slovenské školstvo a Cirkev?
Kyle Washut is a professor and director of Wyoming Catholic College. Growing up in Casper, Wyoming, he worked in nuclear missile silos and coal mines during his teenage years, receiving an AA in Political Science and a second in Spanish from Casper College in 2003. He graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in 2007 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, and returned to Wyoming as Wyoming Catholic College’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Student Life. In Fall of 2009, he went on to pursue a graduate degree in Sacred Theology from Austria’s International Theological Institute (ITI). Since then, Washut has taught across Wyoming Catholic College’s curriculum, including theology, philosophy, Trivium, and Humanities courses. After serving as Academic Dean for several years, he was named President in August 2023.
