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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Dec3The exhibition "Circles Around the Sun" by Jennifer Caine explores the fluid and ephemeral nature of time, drawing attention to its fleeting presence and the challenge of fully inhabiting the moment. Inspired by natural optical phenomena such as halos and rainbows, the exhibition invites viewers to engage with the present through paintings that emphasize the subtle interplay of light and shadow.Jennifer Caine received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MFA in Painting from Boston University. ...
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Dec37 p.m. - 7 p.m., The culmination of our students' hard work is presented in the form of a showcase performance open to the public at the end of each semester. Come join us and share our students' enthusiasm and excitement as they present their work.
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Dec38 p.m. - 9 p.m.