The Career Center welcomes Susan de la Vergne for a special presentation on the power and utility of a Liberal Arts education.
The skills acquired in the study of liberal arts are invaluable to businesses and organizations, demonstrated by the examples below:
A manager at one of the “big four” accounting firms was asked “What keeps people in your company from advancing?” Without a moment’s hesitation he replied, “Writing ability and presentation skills.”
A senior manager at a utility company was asked “What do you wish your company’s managers were better at?” He answered, “Dealing with ambiguity. Because business issues are complex. They require patience and clarity.”
Maybe you’ve heard that the prospects for people who major in English, History, Anthropology, languages and other liberal arts are careers of limited influence and modest incomes. But business requires abilities liberal arts majors have: writing, speaking, dealing with ambiguity, deriving clarity.
Come and hear more about how well prepared Liberal Arts majors are to be future business leaders.
