Students enjoy a homey environment when taking classes at Humphrey House. Lectures are near a living room fireplace, and class projects often are designed at a dining room table. The College first used Humphrey House as a residence hall. It evolved into faculty housing and then its current use as a home for the English, Philosophy, Religion and Classics departments, as well as the newly launched Critical Ethnic Studies program.
Students in the English Department study fiction and nonfiction writing, literature, film and journalism across a variety of genres and cultures. Philosophy students study the fundamental questions confronting humans. Religion students benefit from traditions-based courses in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. Students in the Classics Department learn Greek and Latin along with Greek and Roman culture.