College of Humanities
Welcome to Humanities
As education becomes ever more focused on professional degrees and vocational training, employers increasingly report that what they seek is not necessarily more specialized degrees but rather people who can think, who can synthesize, who can analyze, and who can apply a broad base of thought to a wide variety of areas.
The College of Humanities teaches students to read, write and think. Our graduates are prepared for a 21st-century workforce that advances those who have the power not just to achieve and innovate but to communicate their ideas to an audience beyond their applied field.
Featured News
Cheryl Spector Receives Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award
June 14, 2013
Cheryl Spector (English Department ; Director, Academic First Year Experiences) has received the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (2013). Read more
Denise Sandoval Wins IPPY Award
May 30, 2013
Chicana/o Studies professor Denise M. Sandoval and her co-editor Luis J. Rodriguez, won an IPPY Award bronze medal in the Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult category for Rushing Water, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community, (Tia Chucha Press). Read more
2013 Commencement
May 30, 2013
View the video of the ceremony and a selection of images from the 2013 Commencement. Read more

