Liberal Arts Engagement Hub

The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub (The Hub) in the College of Liberal Arts is an outgrowth of the College’s Roadmap and is a vehicle to deepen our culture of engagement with the community. It is housed in a newly renovated Pillsbury Hall on the east bank of the Twin Cities campus.

The Hub manifests the College’s commitment to engaging humanistic scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences in a reciprocal partnership with the community to respond to important social problems. We envisioned it as a dynamic space where members of the University will become the students of the public, educated by and partnering with external community members around critical topics of shared interest.

The Hub is used to bring crucially important visibility to the engagement work that is already being done in the College of Liberal Arts, and it serves as a catalyst for activities including classes, workshops, training sessions, listening sessions, exhibitions, and lectures. In addition to the specific projects and events hosted and developed in The Hub, the space creates a welcoming environment for community members that supports trusting and reciprocal relationships between the College and communities.