My education consisted of the perfect blend of the sciences and humanities all provided in an intimate and encouraging environment that only Defiance College can provide. Indeed, my coursework and involvement in the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity not only bestowed me with the skills to think critically about many of society’s most challenging problems, but it also instilled a cognizance that these problems cannot be addressed without a compassionate understanding of individuals’ subjective experiences. This theme—whether it be presented in the context of questions as to individual rights verses public welfare; compassion verses rule of law; or what is subjectively proper as opposed to objectively proper—is a theme that I was consistently
