Annual McMurry Lecture: 10/28 from Monroe CC English & Philosophy Dept.

The Monroe Community College English & Philosophy Department is pleased to announce the annual McMurry Lecture by. Lynn Sebastian Purcell, Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Cortland.

Save the Date: Oct. 28, 3:30 to 5:00, Monroe B

Livestream: McMurry Lecture 2024

Professor Purcell’s topic is The Aztec’s 5-Fold Path to A Good Life

The Aztecs had a robust philosophical tradition that, unlike what popular culture suggests, was centered on learning to live a cooperative life well. This path had five parts. First, you must recognize that each of us slips up and errs. Second, we do this because we are unbalanced. Third, the solution to this lack of balance is to grow deep roots in our communities and with our dearest friends. Fourth, this is done through exercising the virtues of prudence, humility, justice, moderation, and courage. Finally, you must engage in a series of drills–sometimes called spiritual exercises–to form the right habits of those virtues. Their view is both strikingly like Aristotle’s yet at each moment differently focused.

Livestreamed at McMurry Lecture 2024

For more information, contact Robert L. Muhlnickel at rmuhlnickel@monroecc.edu.

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National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Lauds Latest Round of NEH Grants

From the NHA:

NHA Lauds Latest Round of NEH Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Humanities Alliance released the following statement today from its Executive Director Stephen Kidd on the January announcement of $33.8 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support 260 humanities projects nationwide:

“As part of the American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will support 28 small and mid-sized cultural organizations in underserved communities in strengthening their public humanities programming through its newest grant line, Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations. Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants will help further conservation training across the country to ensure effective stewardship of humanities collections. More than 100 NEH Fellowships and Awards for Faculty will support humanities research at higher education institutions throughout the U.S. And 30 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge grants will encourage local investment as organizations work to sustain and bolster humanities infrastructure.”

“We are immensely proud of the NEH’s impact across the U.S. and will continue advocating for increased federal support for future grants in 2024 and beyond.”

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Institution/Organization	FirstName	LastName	Title	Description	Outright	Matching
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.	Kathryn	Crowther	Discovering Where We Are: Place-Based Experiential Learning on Two-Year Commuter Campuses	A three-year project to create experiential learning courses and community-based student projects at a two-year college.	$150,000	$0
De Anza Community College	Lori	Clinchard	Voices of Silicon Valley: Using Heritage Discourse to Counteract Placelessness and Build Belonging	A three-year oral history project on the history of Silicon Valley.	$150,000	$0
Delaware County Community College	Ife	Williams	Mapping Resistance of Africans and African Descendants to Colonialism and Segregation, 1945-1990	A 15-month project to create curricular materials on resistance of Africans and African descendants to segregation and colonialism in the late twentieth century.	$150,000	$0
Miami Dade College North Campus	Jose	Vazquez	Going Overtown Digital Project for Miami	Planning an immersive virtual reality experience and a website examining the history of vanished African American neighborhoods of Miami.	$30,000	$0
CUNY Research Foundation, Queensborough Community College	Agnieszka	Tuszynska	“A Damn Hard Fight”: The Life of Willard Motley	Research and writing for a critical biography of African American novelist Willard Motley (1909–1965).	$60,000	$0

Thank You, Austin! Hello, Knoxville! National Conference News and Updates

We are pleased to announce that CCHA will be partnering with Pellissippi State Community College to hold the 2024 National Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee! The specific dates are still being settled, so be on the lookout for more information.

We would also like to take a moment to thank the good people of the Austin Community College District for their hard work in putting on an incredible conference experience! Additionally, a big thank you to all of you who joined us for a great conference punctuated by some great nightlife. Thank you, Austin!

Call for Proposals Submission Deadline Extended and Acceptance on a Rolling Basis

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Proposals accepted on a rolling basis through June 15th.

Baltimore, MD. May 1, 2023 – According to conference organizers, this year’s Community College Humanities Association’s (CCHA) National Conference theme of “humanistic inquiries …[into] questions of value, power, community, identity, race, justice, healing, conflict, and transformation” is already providing a solid foundation to programming with many intriguing proposals that will surely inspire colleagues.

Now, in collaboration with organizers at the Austin Community College District which opened up more space, CCHA has a new opportunity to expand this year’s conference forum and celebrate a broad range of unique proposals that extend to every reach of the humanities in community colleges. So, please consider submitting a proposal and joining us for the conference.

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Free Registrations and Travel Grants for 2022 in Cleveland!

We are pleased to announce that the first 50 people to register for the conference will be reimbursed their fees–thanks to a generous grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. (Funds will be distributed at the conclusion of the conference.) What’s more, during the conference we will be awarding as many as 50 additional travel grants of up to $800 each to cover attendees’ travel expenses. Be on the lookout for further communications from CCHA on this opportunity!

Save the Date CCHA National Conference 2022 eCard

CFP Deadline Extended to 8/31

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO 8/31!

As we have all had difficulties teaching during the pandemic, we are extending the CFP deadline through the summer to allow folks ample time to relax and put their proposals together. The deadline for submissions is now Wednesday, August 31st! We hope to see all of our friends and colleagues in Cleveland, Ohio, for the conference this October 13-15 hosted by Cuyahoga Community College. The theme for this year’s conference is Truth, Justice, and the Humanities Way. More information concerning conference registration and hotel arrangements is currently available on the CCHA website, here.

Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that the first 50 people to register for the conference will be reimbursed their fees–thanks to a generous grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. (Funds will be distributed at the conclusion of the conference.) What’s more, during the conference we will be awarding as many as 50 additional travel grants of up to $800 each to cover attendees’ travel expenses. Be on the lookout for further communications from CCHA on this opportunity.

Proposals can be submitted at the following link or by clicking on the image below: www.tri-c.edu/CCHAproposals

The session tracks for the conference are The Arts; Civic Engagement and Democracy; Critical Thinking; Culture & Diversity; Digital Humanities; Environmental Issues; Evaluating Media & Informational Literacy; Social Justice; STEMM/STEAM; and the Traditional Humanities.

CCBC and JHU awarded $3.88 million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

CCBC and JHU awarded $3.88 million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

to support the schools’ Humanities for All 2.0 initiative

Collaborative efforts between the two schools help enrich students’ experience

Baltimore County, Md. – (Jan. 7, 2020), The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a combined $3.88 million to the Community College of Baltimore County and Johns Hopkins University to support collaborations between the two institutions on Humanities curriculum and pedagogy.

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New Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Data Project

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is undergoing a new data project to gather “quantitative and qualitative information about the status of architectural history as a field in higher education”. You are invited to take part in their upcoming survey, which will be available on the main SAH Data Project Page, HERE. In addition, be sure to check out the blog post “Four Questions for a Community College Architectural History Instructor” while you’re there. This Mellon-supported project is scheduled to be completed in December of 2020. More information will be forthcoming as the project progresses.

Should you have any questions or be interested in further information, you can feel free to contact the project’s researcher, Sarah M. Dreller, at sdreller@sah.org.

CCHA Deans’ Committee: “Innovative Practices in the Humanities” MCCIH

Innovative Practices in the Humanities

In the first of an ongoing series highlighting innovative practices in the humanities, the CCHA Deans’ Committee would like to highlight the work of Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, NY.
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CCHA Awarded Teagle Planning Grant for High School Outreach

We are pleased to announce that CCHA has been awarded funding to begin planning a project aimed at outreach to high school students. The project, “What Does It Mean to be Human Today?”, will see a series of two-week seminars held at five colleges across the country. The five colleges are the Community College of Baltimore County in Baltimore, Maryland; Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York; Collin Community College in McKinney, Texas; San Diego Mesa College in San Diego, California; and Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan.

The Teagle grant funds the planning of the seminars, which will take place in October of 2019. More information on the seminars will be posted as we have it. For now, we would like to congratulate those involved in the planning process and the five schools that will be participating in the project.