Promoting Civic Faith and Sustaining the Humanities in South Central Nebraska

FAIN: ZED-283253-22

Hastings College (Hastings, NE 68901-7690)
Robert Babcock (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2023)
Robert Amyot (Co Project Director: December 2021 to November 2023)
Catherine Biba (Co Project Director: December 2021 to November 2023)

The expansion of humanities programs and the creation of a new humanities major, along with support for five full-time humanities faculty positions and two one-year post-doctoral fellowships.

Hastings College has a strong tradition in the humanities, but financial concerns created by Covid-19 threaten the future of these distinguished programs. The proposed project helps address these concerns by accomplishing four objectives: 1) to retain an existing humanities position and to hire additional humanities positions, 2) to develop new programs and curriculum that will help sustain humanities personnel and programs over the long term, 3) to develop better strategies for recruiting and retaining humanities majors, and 4) through these efforts, to place renewed emphasis on the humanities within the educational mission of Hastings College and to elevate the role of the humanities in the intellectual life of the College and this region.