Residential liberal arts colleges have a unique opportunity to offer an alternative to the fractured society surrounding us and, as a result, help heal our society. Because our students learn and live together, bringing with them a diversity of experiences and attitudes, they have the opportunity to apply what they learn immediately. It's often messy and uncomfortable, but I believe we can create more engaged citizens and better neighbors as a result of deep commitment to nurturing the whole person.

- Karen Petersen
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Activation Plan

Below is an overview of some campus activities:

  • Hendrix is an ALL IN campus again this year. We earned a Bronze Award from ALL IN for voter participation in the 2016 election.
  • The university is a member of Project Pericles and will apply for a Rapid Response Mini-Grant to host discussions of themes likely aligning with the civic engagement work of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute in Little Rock.
  • Faculty in Politics and in Philosophy have courses scheduled on major themes such as development, philosophical underpinnings of democracy, and analytical approaches to understanding the political process.
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Karen Petersen
President, Hendrix College

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Karen Petersen
President, Hendrix College
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Below is an overview of some campus activities:

  • Hendrix is an ALL IN campus again this year. We earned a Bronze Award from ALL IN for voter participation in the 2016 election.
  • The university is a member of Project Pericles and will apply for a Rapid Response Mini-Grant to host discussions of themes likely aligning with the civic engagement work of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute in Little Rock.
  • Faculty in Politics and in Philosophy have courses scheduled on major themes such as development, philosophical underpinnings of democracy, and analytical approaches to understanding the political process.

Residential liberal arts colleges have a unique opportunity to offer an alternative to the fractured society surrounding us and, as a result, help heal our society. Because our students learn and live together, bringing with them a diversity of experiences and attitudes, they have the opportunity to apply what they learn immediately. It's often messy and uncomfortable, but I believe we can create more engaged citizens and better neighbors as a result of deep commitment to nurturing the whole person.

- Karen Petersen