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    The New Commons

  • The New Commons is dedicated to offering opportunities for dialogue, with the aim of fostering understanding within our community. Through its work it reaffirms Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ’s commitment to learning, critique, and mutual respect.

    This site is a digital hub designed to showcase conversations, classes, and events across campus that explore complex issues, build empathy, and bridge gaps in understanding. Embracing this invitation to discourse makes us stronger as scholars, problem solvers, and citizens.

    The New Commons builds on our university’s legacy and embodies the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ community’s aspiration to create a fairer, more equitable world.

    Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is unwavering in its commitment to providing an open, safe, inclusive academic environment to a diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. For information and resources, please visit the Supporting Our Community page.

  • Events

    During the year, Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ hosts an array of lectures, conversations, forums, and other events that bring together members of our community and guests and allow them to connect with one another. Check back regularly for opportunities to participate.

  • Featured Courses

    We believe that diverse perspectives enrich our learning environment, and providing opportunities for respectful dialogue is essential to achieving our mission of preparing students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society. The discourse in which students participate in our classrooms will shape their efforts to create a better world. Listed below are a  number of our courses that address significant issues of the moment.

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Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Online Application.