By Thomas Hulse On the first day of class, a professor asks her students: “Who is here to get a degree so that they can get a good job?”...
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Will Randolph ('22) What is the point of a college education? This is a question that I have unceasingly asked myself over the past...
Jeremy Ball Class of 2017 This semester I’ve had the amazing opportunity to intern with the Kentucky General Assembly. My time in Frank...
By Arsh Haque, Class of 2015 A liberal education breeds a peculiar habit of connecting separate topics. It is not uncommon to use a Pla...
Aaron Vance By Aaron Vance , Class of 2017 Following my final lecture and seminar over Democracy in America at the McConnell Center...
Taryn Mahanes By Taryn Mahanes, Class of 2013 Every year, the new freshman class at the McConnell Center is asked to participate in a ...
Natalie Smith By Natalie Smith , Class of 2016 Earlier this week, freshmen McConnell Scholars attended a seminar on liberal education ...
Travis Wilson Dear Potential McConnell Scholar, You are probably carefully researching the McConnell Center by reading ...
By Danielle Robinette , Class of 2015 So the parable goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and y...
Meeting CIA Director David Petraeus By Jaymar Bonet , Class of 2014 The McConnell Center has honestly changed my life. This may soun...
Jonathan Michael By Jonathan Michael , Class of 2013 As we start this new school year, I have to take a moment to admit that not o...
