Shanon Brooks

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Shanon D. Brooks is the former CEO and current president of George Wythe University (GW).

Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington.cite web |url=http://www.gwc.edu/about/faculty_staff/sbrooks.php |title=Shanon D. Brooks |accessdate=2008-07-23 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=George Wythe College |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=Shanon Brooks is the CEO of George Wythe College. A native of Seattle, Washington, he has held teaching and administrative positions with the Institute of Constitutional Education, American Heritage Academy and Meadeau View Institute; a Utah based think tank. Shanon owns a seminar business teaching Liberal Arts education seminars from coast to coast and in Canada. Shanon and his wife Julia reside in Monticello, UT with their six children. ] He has been a teacher and administrator with the Institute of Constitutional Education, American Heritage Academy, and Meadeau View Institute.

Brooks wrote the school's "definitive history" — "The First Fifteen Years"cite web | last =Brooks | first =Shanon |authorlink = Shanon Brooks | year = | url = http://www.gwc.edu/pdf/gwc_history.pdf | title = The First Fifteen Years | format =PDF | work = | accessdate = 2008-06-10 ] — and was one of the original three faculty (along with Oliver DeMille and William Doughty) when it opened its doors in September 1992. He calls the college a "Great Books" school. [cite web |url=http://cincinnatusacademy.com/EndorsementsAndAssociations.html |title=Endorsements & Associations |accessdate=2008-07-23 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=I am familiar with the curriculum and studying habits promoted by Cincinnatus Academy and I believe them to be sound and very desirable for the education and intellectual development of young people. One who follows this program closely and who will adhere to the academic counsel of the mentor will find themselves very prepared to matriculate to George Wythe College or other Great Books schools. ]

Brooks holds a B.A. (Statesmanship), an M.A. (Education), and a Ph.D. (Constitutional Law) from George Wythe College. He was on the original team selling Comanity products on behalf of GW in the late 1990s.cite web |url=http://www.comanity.com/cause_referral_form.php |title=Dr. Shanon Brooks |accessdate=2008-07-23 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Comanity |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=I was one of the original team on the Comanity project over ten years ago in the early days of George Wythe College. Comanity provided over $60,000 in funding that came at a critical time. Myself and two students worked for three months and signed up 720 friends, family, businesses and supporters of George Wythe College. They saved money and Comanity provided a generous donation each month that lasted for years. Shanon D. Brooks ,Chief Executive Officer, George Wythe College ] He served as CEO beginning in 2006 until becoming president of the newly-named George Wythe University in August 2008. He hosts a weekly colloquium (book discussion group) broadcast locally in Monticello, Utah on an LPFM station owned and operated by the First Baptist Church of Monticello,cite web|url=http://fbcmu.org/kaaj/ |title=kaaj-lpfm, FBCMU |accessdate=2008-09-27] and podcast at the GWU website.

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