Willamette University

Sustaining and Expanding Humanities Education at the Northwest's Premier Liberal Arts Institution Post-pandemic [an Neh American Rescue Plan Grant Would Enable Willamette University to Hire New Humanities Faculty in High-need Areas, Equip Classrooms With Technology That Will Support Intercampus Instruction, Reinvigorate Our Archival Internship Program, and Inventory Our New Museum of Contemporary Craft Collection.] [purpose: Willamette University (WU) Would Use the Grant Funds to Restore Its Humanities Faculty, to Re-open Its Hallie Ford Museum of Art and Restart an Archival Internship Program for Students, and to Hire New Humanities Faculty in High-need Areas. Activities to Be Performed: Funds Would Support the Addition Of visiting Professors in Native American and Indigenous Studies and in Environmental Humanities and Communication, the Conversion of One Part-time english position To a full-time visiting Position, And the Hiring of Adjunct Faculty for Five Courses. the Museum Would Restart Its Archival Internship Program for Students, and a Part-time Museum Registrar Would Be Employed To inventory and manage Proper Storage Of the newly Acquired museum of Contemporary Craft Collection. Wu Would also Convert Three Classrooms To hyflex platforms for Inter-university Course Collaborations.  Intended Beneficiaries: students and Faculty of Willamette University Would Benefit From the Grant. Subrecipient Activities:'the Recipient Does Not Intend to Subaward Funds.]