Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest
2011 - 2012
Congratulations to Jennifer Redmond, the winner of the 6th
annual Liberal Arts Essay Contest! The contest offers students the
chance to reflect on the value of a liberal arts education. The
prompt for the 2011-12 Contest was . . .
Mediating the Disconnect: Liberal Arts as
Inspiration for Activism
Virtually all news and media outlets frequently and urgently
remind us that we are at a historic crossroads and that local and
global societies and economies are facing extraordinary if not
totally unprecedented challenges. Yet many of us tend to feel
disconnected from these challenges, watching them as if they were a
show that we are free to observe or ignore or as a set of problems
others are responsible for solving, preferably without our
involvement.
In what ways has your experience at Butler moved you to and
prepared you for a higher level of engagement with or response to
these challenges? How has your liberal arts education encouraged or
supported this change
Read Jennifer's winning essay,"Mediating
Disconnected Communities with a Liberal Arts Education."