{"id":18,"date":"2026-03-17T20:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-multisite.webgod\/campaign\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:19:04","slug":"five-pillars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/five-pillars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Pillars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"pillars\" class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0000_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0000_1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0000_1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0000_1-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0000_1-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pillar 1: Living and Learning Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will modernize our campus to match the caliber of our students. By developing a premier Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering building and reimagining our student centric spaces, we are creating the launchpads for the next generation of breakthroughs and supportive environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/campaign\/pillar-1\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"45\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0001_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0001_2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0001_2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0001_2-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0001_2-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pillar 2: Academic Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will empower master scholar mentors. By creating endowed professorships and directorships we can ensure that our outstanding faculty members remain national leaders in STEM pedagogy and high impact faculty student research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/campaign\/pillar-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"88\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0002_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0002_3.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0002_3-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0002_3-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0002_3-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pillar 3: Access and Opportunity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will secure exceptional intellectual drive by opening access and opportunity to outstanding future STEM leaders. By eliminating loans, expanding scholarships, and building our pipeline, we will ensure that our students \u2019 trajectory is determined by their talent and ambition rather than their financial background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/campaign\/pillar-3\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"90\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0003_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0003_4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0003_4-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0003_4-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0003_4-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pillar 4: Innovation Accelerator (IA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will build and sustain a dedicated platform for launching bold new ideas. The IA fuels our faculty-led laboratories in STEM education and transformative partnerships, which allows Harvey Mudd to develop new and novel frameworks to guide these fields \u2014from data science and AI to health technologies and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/campaign\/pillar-4\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"92\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0004_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0004_5.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0004_5-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0004_5-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/03\/landscape-campaign-pillar_0004_5-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pillar 5: Experiential Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will move education beyond the classroom. 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