College of Liberal Arts
SOCIAL SCIENCES • HUMANITIES • FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS • EDUCATION
Bring your imagination to life at the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) at the University of New Hampshire. Explore your passions and create your very own path from dozens of majors, minors and graduate programs in the social sciences, humanities, fine and performing arts and education. Immerse yourself in an engaged, innovative community of academic excellence with some of the world’s best faculty leading the way.
Think it sounds amazing? It is.
Find your Future in the College of Liberal Arts
In COLA, you will learn deeply and explore boldly within a collaborative, caring community of thinkers, creators and doers. You’ll connect the dots and put things into a larger context while developing skills that employers want — like critical thinking, complex problem solving and communication. You’ll learn to be creative, nimble and ready to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
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Oct2312:00pm - 12:15pm, Every year, Carsey students pack their bags for an intensive week-long trip to Washington, DC, for a chance to step into rooms with policy leaders where decisions are being made about issues you care about.Students often describe it as a bridge between the classroom and the national policy arena. Alumni have made career connections, discovered new policy areas, and even landed job interviews thanks to introductions that started in DC.Join our 15-minute live Q&A to lear...
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3:40pm - 5:00pm, Location: MCC 220.Featured Speaker: Dr. Kelly Lambert, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond.Topic: Brain Sculpting: Optimizing neural functions with experience-based neuroplasticitySee some of her research featured on Last Week Tonight with John OliverTeams: Join the meeting now Reception to follow in MCC 456.