The NEH/Harry Jack Gray Teaching Enhancement Grant
Introduction
Distinguished Visiting Humanists
Distinguished Teaching Humanists
Workshops
- Spring Workshops
- Summer Workshops
- Bulletin
Board
Library
Introduction
In 1991 the University of Hartford received a grant, written
by Professor Virginia Hale, in the amount of $225,000 from the National
Endowment for the Humanities to be matched in the amount of $675,000 over
a 5 year period. Harry Jack Gray provided the entire match in a single
generous gift of $675,000 to form an endowment, the income of which is
used to fund activities designed to enhance teaching in the Humanities.
From the beginning, although there has been a focus on the humanities, many of the initiatives sponsored by the grant have encompassed teaching in all disciplines. Major continuing activities include the appointment of a Distinguished Visiting Humanist who conducts a workshop on campus in the summer and returns in the fall to reconvene its membership and to offer a public lecture. Additionally, to recognize that the University also has distinguished professors in its ranks, the grant provides for the appointment of a Distinguished Teaching Humanist on our faculty who serves for two years.