| Humanities Teacher Awards
October is Arts and Humanities Month, proclaimed annually by the President and Governor. The Mississippi Humanities Council celebrates the occasion by supporting Humanities Teacher Awards to one humanities faculty member at each institution of higher learning in the state. Only the president or appropriate dean can nominate the faculty member, and the nominations must be received in September. Humanities Teacher Award Nomination Form. The award recipient must agree to make a public presentation based on scholarly research or current humanities interests and to attend the Mississippi Humanities Council’s Annual Awards Banquet, usually scheduled in February. The title carries a cash award of $500. The nominating institution must match that amount in kind, typically by providing a reception following the public presentation and other promotion costs to advertise and attract a public audience. Many schools add to the cash award or make other arrangements to honor the recipient on the home campus. The program must take place during Arts and Humanities Month. The Mississippi Humanities Council encourages all colleges and universities to take advantage of this opportunity to recognize the contributions of its humanities faculty. As part of the celebration of Arts and Humanities Month in October, the Mississippi Humanities Council funded awards to thirty-one teachers. Institutions were invited to nominate outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields for the award. Those honored presented public lectures on topics in their fields for students, colleagues and the general public. The council is pleased to recognize these humanities teachers (pictured below), many of whom are present this evening. |
| 2008 Humanities Teacher Ward Recipients |
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