Tag: liberal arts

From 3,000 Miles Away: A View from a Graduate

February 24, 2020 / no comments / 1413 views

BY: STEVEN ZHOU, STAFF WRITER Before I came here to Mason for my Ph.D., I went to Pepperdine, an undergraduate college 3,000 miles away in California that was the opposite of Mason in many ways. Mason is public. Pepperdine is…

Building on the Past: History of Liberal Arts

February 24, 2020 / no comments / 1509 views

BY: ALEX MADAJIAN, STAFF WRITER The ideas behind the Mason Core curriculum do not stand alone. They stand on the shoulders of thousands of years of the liberal arts tradition. But what is this tradition? Why does it matter now?…