Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences provides all students with a broadly based liberal arts curriculum designed to empower the individual with the fundamental language and analytical skills necessary for a lifetime of learning and growth. Students are prepared, regardless of major, for future success in a rapidly changing world of globalization and specialization. The college's strength lies within its community of teaching scholars. Faculty has received numerous teaching awards and other professional honors in their distinguished careers. They distinguish themselves through a wide range of scholarly achievements, with some 68 books and more than 600 published articles, essays, poems, and short stories to their collective credit. Gifts provide resources for students to develop their own strengths.