Master of Liberal Arts

A Commuter’s Tale: My Path to a Master of Liberal Arts

October 8, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in People, Master of Liberal Arts

In May of 2002, I completed an undergraduate degree in business administration from a small suburban liberal arts college. This was a major accomplishment for me since I was 47, and I had worked many years to complete my degree while holding a full-time job and raising a family. I believed job advancement opportunities would begin to drop into my lap, but as the months passed, I realized that not only would I need an advanced degree to get ahead, I’d need more experience and a broader perspective to be considered seriously for a move into a higher-level position.

2011 College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Photos

June 2, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Graduation, LPS, Photos, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Master of Environmental Studies, Program News, Master of Liberal Arts, Master of Medical Physics, Master of Science in Applied Geosciences

Who are all these happy people? They're the newest crop of LPS graduates. The 210 degrees earned in 2011 ranged from the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts to Master's degrees in Applied Positive Psychology, Applied Geosciences, Environmental Studies, Medical Physics, and Liberal Arts. Enjoy the memories!

Seeing Piero's Egg through Federigo's Eye: Vision, Linear Perspective, Real Space and Religious Experience

May 2, 2011 by Christopher Pastore in Art History, Master of Liberal Arts

In the early 1470s, the Duke of Urbino, Federigo de Montefeltro, commissioned Piero della Francesca to paint a sacra conversazione for the church of the Osservanti di San Donato in Urbino. The remarkable composition exhibits Piero’s trademark fascination with the correct reproduction of the pictorial illusion of three-dimensional space as well as his increasingly sophisticated understanding of the latest neo-classical architecture of contemporaries such as Leon Battista Alberti.

Oprah, One More Thing Before You Go

April 12, 2011 by J.B. Good in Features, Master of Liberal Arts

Could you please stop talking about God? Please.

I do respect what Oprah has achieved, but I admit that I am not a fan of her show. I have been laid-up with a pinched nerve, hence the delay in posting a column. I took this opportunity to try, again, to watch an entire program. I failed. In spite of my infrequent viewing, I still catch god-speak peppered throughout her shows.

Savage or Savant? America’s Image in Early Modern Italy

March 1, 2011 by Christopher Pastore in Art History, Columns, Master of Liberal Arts

When we think of allegorical figures, we probably envision a female in a bizarre costume clutching strange items and flanked by monstrosities, fanciful animals, or implements that support their connection to the subject they represent. Since personifications became part of visual culture, places such as cities, nations, and so forth are almost exclusively women, enthroned or otherwise. So, what are we to think about an almost unique male personification of America that was painted in a villa mural cycle around 1580?