Please note the following announcement from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS):
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Our Own Suzanne McCormack talks CCHA with MacMillan
CCHA’s Own Suzanne McCormack, Vice-President of the Eastern Division, wrote a piece about the 2017 CCHA National Conference for the MacMillan Blog. Go ahead and check it out here on the MacMillan website.
Have your own news to share? Please send it our way! Contact Greg Campbell at GCampbel2@ccbcmd.edu.
The ACLS Humanities E-Book Volume III Number 4 is Now Available for You Online
Be sure to check out the latest issue of the Humanities E-Book from our friends at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
Diversity on the Rise in the Nation’s Community Colleges According to AAA&S
According to a new article from Inside Higher Ed, diversity is on the increase at the nation’s two-year colleges. The article is based on information from publicly available degree completions data.
More information from American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAA&S) survey that CCHA assisted in will be available in the future.
According to the results of the survey, “in 2015, 32.1 percent of the associate degrees in the humanities were awarded to black, Hispanic or Native American students — a 149 percent increase from 1989, when the data were first collected.” This is just some of the great news according to the data collected by AAA&S, and the rest can be found in the article at the link below.
Humanities for All: A National Survey of Public Engagement in the Humanities in Higher Ed
Humanities for All:
A National Survey of Public Engagement in the Humanities in Higher Education
CALL FOR ASSISTANCE
The National Humanities Alliance Foundation is currently conducting a national study of public engagement in the humanities at institutions of higher education.
This national study surveys the range of ways that higher ed faculty, students, and administrators have connected with diverse communities through the humanities over the past decade (short abstract available here). We are especially interested in initiatives that have involved collaboration with the wide range of organizations that are also committed to the public humanities.
We are reaching out to ask for examples of projects that connect the humanities with the broader community.
If you have been involved with or know of any projects that fit this description, we would be grateful if you could please contact Daniel Fisher, Project Director (dfisher@nhalliance.org).
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This project has received generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The National Humanities Alliance Foundation advances the humanities by conducting and supporting research on the humanities and communicating the value of the humanities to a range of audiences including elected officials and the general public.
www.nhalliance.org
Maryland Humanities: Chautauqua 2017: Voices from the Great War
Join the Maryland Humanities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into the Great War. 
CHAUTAUQUA 2017
Voices from the Great War
W.E.B. Du Bois, General John Pershing, Woodrow Wilson
GARRETT COLLEGE, 687 Mosser Road, McHenry
7:00 PM, in Garrett College Auditorium
Wednesday, July 5 General John Pershing
Thursday, July 6 W.E.B. Du Bois
Friday, July 7 Woodrow Wilson
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 800 South Rolling Road, Catonsville
7:00 PM, Center for the Arts Theatre at CCBC Catonsville
Friday, July 7 General John Pershing
Saturday, July 8 W.E.B. Du Bois
Sunday, July 9 Woodrow Wilson
CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 301 Newark Avenue, Elkton
6:00 PM, Elkton Central Library
Saturday, July 8 General John Pershing
HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air
Sponsored by HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
7 PM, Chesapeake Theater, Harford Community College
Monday, July 10 W.E.B. Du Bois
CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM, 213 N. Talbot Street, St. Michaels
7:00 PM, outside by the Steamboat Building – in case of severe weather, program will be held in the Steamboat building auditorium. Bring folding chair.
Monday, July 10 General John Pershing
Tuesday, July 11 W.E.B. Du Bois
Wednesday, July 12 Woodrow Wilson
CECIL COLLEGE ELKTON STATION, 107 Railroad Avenue, Elkton
7:00 PM, Elkton Station Performing Arts Hall
Tuesday, July 11 Woodrow Wilson
THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata
6:45 PM, outdoors– in case of severe weather, program will be held indoors in FA Building Theatre. Bring folding chair.
Tuesday, July 11 General John Pershing
Wednesday, July 12 W.E.B. Du Bois
Thursday, July 13 Woodrow Wilson
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE-GERMANTOWN, 20200 Observation Drive, Germantown
7:00 PM, Globe Hall, High Technology Building
Wednesday, July 12 General John Pershing
Thursday, July 13 W.E.B. Du Bois
Friday, July 14 Woodrow Wilson
UA CMES Resources for College Faculty (From 9/20/16)
The following opportunities are provided by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona:
As always, brief descriptors are immediately below (organized by category). Scroll down further for extended descriptions of anything that interests you. An asterisk (*) designates a University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies activity; a plus (+) is an item new to the listserv.
SHORT DESCRIPTORS:
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CCHA Member Scott Newstok has a Great Article in the Chronicle!
CCHA member Scott Newstok has this great article in the Chronicle for Higher Education: “How to Think Like Shakespeare.” Be sure to check it out and send it to your friends!
Do you have something newsworthy you would like to share with your CCHA Friends and colleagues? If so, contact us and let us know as we love to publicize the amazing work being done in our favorite field!
UA CMES Resources for College Faculty (From 9/13/16)
The following opportunities are provided by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona:
Opportunities and Resources for College Faculty – 9/13/2016
As always, brief descriptors are immediately below (organized by category). Scroll down further for extended descriptions of anything that interests you. An asterisk (*) designates a University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies activity; a plus (+) is an item new to the listserv.
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CCHA Awarded Two NEH Grants: NEH Press Release and Info
Great News!
CCHA was just awarded two NEH grants according to the following press release, linked HERE. The awards were for the following two projects:
Community College Humanities Association
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]
Project Director: Laraine Fletcher
Outright: $156,054
Project Title: On Native Grounds: Studies of Native-American Histories and the Land
Project Description: A three-week institute for college and university teachers on Native- American history, to be held at the Library of Congress.
Community College Humanities Association
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]
Project Director: Sandra Petrulionis
Outright: $129,838
Project Title: Transcendentalism and Reform in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller
Project Description: A two-week summer institute for 25 college and university faculty to study the major figures of Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller.