Gustavus Adolphus College

The Humanities at Gustavus Adolphus College: Meeting Challenges With Excellence [gustavus Adolphus College Strives to Fulfill Its Mission to Equip Students to Lead Purposeful Lives and Act on the Great Challenges of Our Time Through an Innovative Liberal Arts Education of Recognized Excellence. Without a Strong Humanities Component to the Curriculum, Excellent Humanities Faculty, and Broad Humanities Programs We Cease to Be a Liberal Arts Institution. This Grant Would Support Humanities Faculty Positions, Curriculum, Faculty Development, Research, and Community Engagement That May Not Otherwise Be Possible in the Coming Years. the Financial Losses Associated With the Pandemic Have Been Immense and Felt College-wide. Students Enroll at Gustavus for Its Academic Excellence, Its Signature Events, Its Commitment to Diversity, and Its Vast Array of Activities in Which All Students Can Participate. We Are Ultimately a Tuition Driven Institution and Our Students and Community Deserve and Demand That Humanities Remain a Vibrant Core Part of Their Gustavus Experience.] [purpose: the Purpose of This Grant Is to Create at Least Thirteen New Positions (including Part-time Faculty Appointments, Tenure-track Positions, and Student Researchers), and to Purchase Equipment to Support Humanities Programs Across the Institution. Activities to Be Performed: the Development of the College's General Education Curriculum, Humanities Research Lab, Local and Regional History Projects With Indigenous Communities, Digital Humanities Projects, and the Stabilization of Current Course Offerings by Way of the Creation of New Positions and the Purchase of Podcasting Equipment. Expected Outcomes: the Redesign of the Senior Seminar as Part of the General Education Curriculum; Increased Undergraduate Humanities Research; Stabilization of Ongoing Institutional Work With Local Indigenous Communities; and a New Podcasting Studio. Intended Beneficiaries: College Faculty and Students. Subrecipient Activities: 'the Recipient Does Not Intend to Subaward Funds. ]