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In recent years, Hiram College has been a front-runner in designing and implementing bold academic changes under a model aptly known as the New Liberal Arts™. The College is now taking steps to make its New Liberal Arts more accessible with a new tuition model that will reduce the published tuition and mandatory fees by 35 percent, starting in fall 2020, in addition to offering free summer courses and paid internships.

Hiram College has received an unrestricted gift of $2 million from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. An unrestricted gift of this magnitude advances projects and priorities included in Hiram’s academic redesign: The New Liberal Arts™.

A $100,000 gift recently made to Hiram College by David and Janet Dix will be used to renovate the Pendleton House, an 1800’s century home which aptly houses the history department.

A recent article by Education Dive features Hiram College and the New Liberal Arts™ as a stand out example among small liberal arts colleges across the country that are rethinking their approach to curriculum, tuition costs, and the amount of hands-on learning experiences provided to students.

The January 2019 issue of the Hiram Magazine—a magazine for alumni and friends of Hiram College—is now available!

Hiram College has launched the public phase of its $40 million dollar fundraising campaign, a boutique campaign aimed at advancing The New Liberal Arts™.

Hiram College’s national search for its chief financial officer and vice president for business and finance has confirmed that a candidate close to home is best suited for the job. President Lori Varlotta and the Board of Trustees have named Nancy Rubin, the incumbent who holds the interim post, to the permanent position.

Dr. Lori Varlotta talks about the benefits students receive from The New Liberal Arts™ at Hiram College during a segment on WKYC’s Live on Lakeside.

Here’s the question: Is eSports a club, a sport, or something else entirely? As a member of the new Video Game Club at Hiram College, Brian Barbian ’19 of Eastlake, Ohio, has given this question serious thought before his decisive answer.

Generous Hiram College contributors provided gifts totaling $9,835,743 to the College in fiscal year 2018, making this the largest fundraising year in Hiram’s 168-year history.