Denison University’s 183rd Commencement celebrates the achievements of the Class of 2024. The event includes keynote speaker Philip A. Glotzbach, remarks by Denison President Adam Weinberg, Priyanshi Kanoria ’24, and more!
Prof. Jeff Kurtz opines on need for self-government
November 30, 2021
In a recent op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch, Communication Professor Jeff Kurtz shared his views on “Compassionate capitalism.”
Government cannot be a passive undertaking. We must be accountable to the practices that authentic self-government demands: We need government, as Lincoln knew, to do what we cannot do for ourselves, things we can accomplish when we work toward ideals greater than ourselves.
Instead of stakeholders, we need citizens. Instead of socially conscious corporations, we need to double down on self-government and reclaim public trust.
Langston Hughes understood it well: America can be America again. Not because of compassionate capital, but because we believe in each other.
Lucy Carlisle '20 launched her own business after graduating. She started years earlier with three internships and a opportunity-packed college career.
Alina Panek '20 is one of more than 2,300 Denison students who cut short their campus experience in the Spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mentorship was so pivotal to Emily Schultz’s Denison experience she based her master’s at Oxford on the subject & leads a mentorship program at Google.