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14 March 2007
Oregon’s Poet Laureate Lawson Inada spent the first year of his two-year term... More
14 March 2007
Oregon teachers have the opportunity to continue the learning process throughout... More
14 March 2007
While most of their peers spend the summer watching movies or going to camp, 12... More
News releases from March 2007
14 March 2007
Oregon’s Poet Laureate Lawson Inada spent the first year of his two-year term making more than 70 public appearances. His travels have taken him to special events, libraries and schools across the state; to Salem where he addressed the Joint Session of the House in January; and even to Idaho where he spoke at an internment camp reunion.
Inada’s appearances have been organized and administered by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) through a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, an innovative, statewide private-public program raising significant new funds to support and protect Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage. The Trust recently awarded an additional $20,000—$10,000 for Inada’s annual honorarium and $10,000 to... More
14 March 2007
Oregon teachers have the opportunity to continue the learning process throughout the summer by enrolling in two free institutes hosted by the Oregon Council of Humanities (OCH).
Twenty-first Century Citizen: The Transformation of American Public Life will be held at Reed College June 29-July 1, 2007 and is open to all Oregon secondary school teachers. Crossroads of Knowledge: Science and the Human Experience will be held August 6-10 at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande and is offered to teachers in all science and humanities subject areas, with preference given to full-time eastern Oregon secondary school teachers.
Enrollment for both programs is limited. Registration forms are available online at http://www.oregonhum.org... More
14 March 2007
While most of their peers spend the summer watching movies or going to camp, 12 Oregon teenagers will have the opportunity to work on a humanities project like exploring the heady Northwest grunge era or creating a documentary film about immigration.
For the sixth year in a row, the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) will award $2,000 Young Scholars grants to 12 Oregon sophomores. These grants will allow students to complete humanities research projects of their own design. Interested students can download application forms from the OCH website (http://www.oregonhum.org) or call (503) 241-0543 / (800) 735-0543 to receive a copy by mail. Applications are due April 20, 2007.
“It was hard, it was painful, it was time... More
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