Mission Statement

The Humanities Institute (HI) is a team of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and volunteers dedicated to the audacious: how to revitalize liberal arts education by re-engaging students with the human experience to promote their lifelong growth, success, and joy. We help students to cultivate curiosity and creativity, find meaning in their own stories and the rich record of human ideas, and exercise sound judgment when solving problems in any sphere and of every scale. Through the humanities they discover their purpose and hone skills necessary to achieve it. They learn the shared endeavor to understand humanity is a powerful catalyst for positive action.