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FUTURE FORWARD
A collaborative Colloquium , international experience , a focus on cutting-edge fields--the Stein College is inspiring students to explore what ’ s possible within the landscape of the arts , humanities and beyond .
Dean Snyder also believes this merger of arts and humanities comes at a particularly important moment in our society . “ At a time when so many institutions are cutting back these programs , we ' re repositioning them , lifting them up , and resourcing them . Critical thinking and a liberal arts education prepares students to be good citizens--and in that way , it is the antidote to this time of so much division , separation , and incivility .”
This reimagining of the College ’ s role is the latest evolution for a College that has seen and adapted to countless changes in the marketplace of arts and culture . “ The theme of our 60th anniversary year is ‘ honoring the past and inspiring the future .’ We honor the past by celebrating all of the established areas of distinction , by continuing to prepare students to succeed and to make their communities better places . And the promise of the future is the promise of graduates who are even better prepared and more rigorously exposed to the full breadth of what it means to know their human condition through the humanities .”
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