Reynolds Awarded $100,000 National Endowment For The Humanities Grant

Reynolds Community College faculty, staff in addition to guests gathered at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant kick-off  event June 28^th.   The lawsuit was held inwards celebration of Reynolds receiving the Transforming Community College Humanities through Local Engagement grant.  Reynolds was chosen equally i of 12 U.S. community colleges to hold out awarded the 3 twelvemonth $100,000 grant from the NEH.    

MD Jane Rosecrans, Professor of English, volition serve equally Project Director in addition to MD Stephen Brandon, Professor of English, volition serve equally Co-director.  According to Rosecrans, the grant volition laissez passer Reynolds the powerfulness to educate courses inwards the humanities/liberal arts in addition to aid to furnish back upward for humanities faculty.  

“The humanities direct keep been nether assault inwards the U.S. of late equally colleges in addition to universities focus on STEM programs in addition to business,” said Rosecrans.  “The back upward this grant volition furnish our humanities courses is a huge boost.  In addition, nosotros are hoping that past times developing our humanities courses past times working amongst academic in addition to independent scholars in addition to local historical, cultural, arts, in addition to religious institutions, nosotros volition equally good brand these courses to a greater extent than engaging for students.” 

In add-on to Rosecrans in addition to Brandon, ten faculty members volition serve equally Faculty Fellows inwards history, literature, art, music, humanities, philosophy, in addition to religious belief inwards back upward of strengthening those aspects of the college to meliorate serve faculty, staff, students in addition to the community.  Numerous seminars in addition to symposiums direct keep been scheduled inwards the coming months to laissez passer the community an chance to portion inwards learning near history in addition to the arts from globe renowned experts

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For Rosecrans, the NEH Grant kick-off served equally a platform to present upcoming plans for the grant.  Attendees learned near the ways inwards which the projection volition deed forwards amongst plans for a website in addition to hereafter expansion.  

  

“We conception to communicate amongst the college equally nosotros cash inwards one's chips along over the adjacent 3 years thus that everyone at the college powerfulness portion inwards our success,” Rosecrans added.  “We equally good promise that this projection at Reynolds serves equally a purpose model for other community colleges who may equally good direct keep wages of resources inwards their communities in addition to nosotros conception to portion what nosotros larn at New Horizons in addition to the conferences equally business office of the Community College Humanities Association.  Finally, nosotros promise to practise long-term relationships amongst academic scholars at four-year institutions in addition to our projection partners.”