Ralph and Naomi Noonkester School of Arts and Letters

The Noonkester School contains the Departments of History and Social Science, Language and Literature, and Theatre and Communication. These diverse departments have a common mission, to enhance student, faculty, and public understanding of the humanities and the arts. Featured are human expressions of reading, writing, thinking, criticizing, designing, visualizing, acting, publishing, and public speaking.

Our programs specialize in interdisciplinary work, small classes, international and domestic travel for field experience programs, and an emphasis on the exchange of ideas in a collegial atmosphere. Students in the Noonkester School enjoy opportunities that include travel, internships, study abroad, undergraduate and graduate research projects, graduate study, and a range of honor societies and campus publications.