On a weekly basis people of all backgrounds and various points of view are contributing to a vibrant conversation about the Humanities and their place in our current culture. Scholars, public officials, journalists, and commentators debate whether the true benefit of the humanities resides in their inherent and intrinsic value or in their proven capacity to help people develop skills and talents that improve their professional prospects and benefit the organizations they serve.

In January of 2019, the Humanities Institute launched a new Minor in Humanities that features team-taught, interdisciplinary courses with faculty from twelve different departments. Students enrolling in HU courses will be building upon their first year Conversatio seminar experiences where they examined life’s big questions with their classmates.

In cooperation with a dozen academic departments on campus, the Grappone Humanities Institute intends to offer a Minor Humanities beginning in the spring semester of 2019.