What’s the Point of College? Why the Liberal Arts Matter

Event Details

Come enjoy free pizza and a chance to meet Jed Atkins, the new director and dean of the school of Civic Life and Leadership at UNC. Dr. Atkins will be speaking about the importance of seeing education as an opportunity to grow as a whole person.

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Speaker Bio

Jed Atkins is the director and dean of the school of Civic Life and Leadership at UNC. Prior to this role, he spent 15 years at Duke University, where he was on faculty in the classics department and also served as the director of the Civil Discourse Project. Jed completed his doctoral work at the prestigious University of Cambridge and his scholarly research has focused mainly on Greek and Roman political thought and ethics.