Be a changemaker in your local and global community.

Sharpen your cross-disciplinary learning, thinking, and communication skills as you prepare to make a meaningful, lifelong impact on your community, your nation, and the world.

Our students develop their problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and intercultural skills to provide service to their communities in areas such as law, policy, government, mediation, teaching, counseling, consulting and nonprofit work.

Fields of Study

Majors

Unique Learning Opportunities

Learning here is active, engaged, and deeply connected to the real world. You’ll explore diverse perspectives and apply what you’re learning in immersive and meaningful ways. From the award-winning competitive Mediation Team and America’s longest running student led Public Affairs Conference to study abroad, research opportunities, and hands-on internships, your education is shaped by experience – not abstraction.

You’ll collaborate with faculty who know you well, work alongside mentors who help you clarify your purpose, and grow through experiences that strengthen your voice and sharpen your thinking.

Where You'll Learn

Classrooms designed for dialogue, collaboration, and critical inquiry
International and intercultural learning settings
Local, national, and global engagement spaces

Students seated in small groups, discussing ideas during a classroom session.

Who You'll Learn With

This learning community is for students who are:

Idealists and changemakers
Authentic leaders
Curious about their communities and the world
Deeply concerned about local and world issues
Interested in making meaningful connections across cultures
Passionate about ideas, issues, connection, and service
Effective communicators, engaged thinkers, motivated researchers, strong writers