Undergraduate Education

To the Class of 2020

There is nothing the world can now throw at you that you are unprepared to handle. You have harnessed the great power of a liberal arts education...

Christopher LongMay 7, 2020

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Dean Education

To the Class of 2022: MSU is an Open Door

Welcome to the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University! As you embark on your educational journey here at MSU, I invite you to consider the doors that are opening for you all…

Christopher LongAugust 28, 2018

Dean The Liberal Arts The Undergraduate Experience

To the Class of 2021: Be Resilient, Like a Tree

Dear College of Arts & Letters Class of 2021, Welcome to Michigan State University! As you embark on the adventure of discovery and growth that is a liberal arts education in the College of Arts…

Christopher LongAugust 25, 2017

Dean Education The Administrative Life The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

Finding Your Place, Leaving a Mark

Dear College of Arts & Letters Class of 2020, Welcome to Michigan State University! As you begin your journey in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, let me tell you a…

Christopher LongAugust 31, 2016

Education The Liberal Arts The Long Road

A Liberal Arts Response to #Ferguson

The liberal arts have always given us powerful ways to study and understand the world we inhabit. The events in Ferguson call for a liberal arts approach because they are multidimensional. They require us to…

Christopher LongMarch 29, 2015

The Liberal Arts The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

Ike Advocates for #PSUGenEd at Penn State Centennial Commencement

Fifty-nine years ago today, on June 9, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower addressed the centennial graduating class of Penn State, where his brother, Milton, was president of the university. Two things were on the President's mind…

Christopher LongJune 9, 2014

The Administrative Life The Liberal Arts The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

General Education Reform at Penn State

The Information Technology unit at Penn State holds IT Matters breakfasts a few times a year. This semester I joined colleagues on stage to talk about my work and how it intersects with IT at…

Christopher LongApril 15, 2014

The Administrative Life The Liberal Arts The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

#PSUGenEd and the Research Endeavor

We at Penn State are engaged in an intense, ongoing and, in my view, very healthy dialogue about General Education reform. In order to integrate the research endeavor into the undergraduate experience, we ought to…

Christopher LongApril 10, 2014

Education The Liberal Arts The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

Beginning Again with the Liberal Arts

The rhythm of the academic year returns us again to the beginning. State College is charged with energy as parents drop off their children, some for the first time, and students turn and return to…

Christopher LongAugust 24, 2013

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Grants, Fellowships, Awards The Administrative Life Vita

ALP at Penn State: A Vision of the New Research University

University budgeting and strategic planning was the focus of the final Academic Leadership Program (ALP) sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) held at Penn State, April 12-14, 2012. No two topics have more…

Christopher LongApril 22, 2012

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Collaborative Research in Philosophy

Today in the Foster Auditorium of the Pattee/Paterno Library, my undergraduate research assistant, Lisa Lotito, and I gave a presentation about the workflow we use in doing philosophical research. I have written in some detail…

Christopher LongJuly 21, 2011

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 39: World in Conversation

On Digital Dialogue episode 39, I am joined by the co-directors of the World in Conversation Project, Sam Richards and Laurie Mulvey. Their work explores the multifaceted relationship between people from different cultural and ancestral…

Christopher LongAugust 10, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 38: Cooperative Education

Cole Camplese is the Director of Education Technology Services, Allan Gyorke, Assistant Director of Education Technology Services, and Sam Richards, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice and co-director of World in Conversation…

Christopher LongJuly 27, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 22: Transformative Dialogue

A group of students from my Philosophy 200, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course join me for episode 22 of the Digital Dialogue. Drew Bullard, Jordan Sanford, Cody Yashinsky, Anthony Zirpoli, Tony Arnold, Pam Doran and Joni…

Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 20: Sophocles in Utah

Michael Shaw, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at Utah Valley University, and Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College join me for episode 20 of the Digital Dialogue.…

Christopher LongDecember 1, 2009

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