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14 March 2007
Oregon’s Poet Laureate Lawson Inada spent the first year of his two-year term making... More
14 March 2007
Oregon teachers have the opportunity to continue the learning process throughout the... More
14 March 2007
While most of their peers spend the summer watching movies or going to camp, 12... More
01 March 2007
In his 17 years of writing about art, architecture, and planning for the Oregonian... More
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News releases from March 2007
Lawson Inada begins second year as state's poet laureate
Oregon Council for the Humanities will continue to oversee Oregon's recently revived poet laureate program.
14 March 2007
Oregon’s Poet Laureate Lawson Inada spent the first year of his two-year term making more than 70 public appearances. His travels have taken him to special events, libraries and schools across the state; to Salem where he addressed the Joint Session of the House in January; and even to Idaho where he spoke at an internment camp reunion.
Inada’s appearances have been organized and administered by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) through a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, an innovative, statewide private-public program raising significant new funds to support and protect Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage. The Trust recently awarded an additional $20,000—$10,000 for Inada’s annual honorarium and $10,000 to... More
Free summer institutes for Oregon teachers
Oregon Council for the Humanities offers opportunities for teachers to explore science and citizenship
14 March 2007
Oregon teachers have the opportunity to continue the learning process throughout the summer by enrolling in two free institutes hosted by the Oregon Council of Humanities (OCH).
Twenty-first Century Citizen: The Transformation of American Public Life will be held at Reed College June 29-July 1, 2007 and is open to all Oregon secondary school teachers. Crossroads of Knowledge: Science and the Human Experience will be held August 6-10 at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande and is offered to teachers in all science and humanities subject areas, with preference given to full-time eastern Oregon secondary school teachers.
Enrollment for both programs is limited. Registration forms are available online at http://www.oregonhum.org... More
$2,000 humanities grants offered to Oregon high school sophomores
Oregon students have the chance to apply for 12 summer grants awarded by the Oregon Council of Humanities' Young Scholars program.
14 March 2007
While most of their peers spend the summer watching movies or going to camp, 12 Oregon teenagers will have the opportunity to work on a humanities project like exploring the heady Northwest grunge era or creating a documentary film about immigration.
For the sixth year in a row, the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) will award $2,000 Young Scholars grants to 12 Oregon sophomores. These grants will allow students to complete humanities research projects of their own design. Interested students can download application forms from the OCH website (http://www.oregonhum.org) or call (503) 241-0543 / (800) 735-0543 to receive a copy by mail. Applications are due April 20, 2007.
“It was hard, it was painful, it was time... More
Critic calls for new direction in Oregon's architecture and land-use planning
Randy Gragg, architecture critic for the Oregonian, delivers Commonplace Lecture, "Against Nostalgia," at historic Temple Beth Israel in Portland
01 March 2007
In his 17 years of writing about art, architecture, and planning for the Oregonian newspaper, Randy Gragg says he is struck by how many of the state’s conflicts in these arenas are rooted in efforts to merely preserve the past rather than build on it.
“Preservation is an easy argument,” he says. “Articulating a theory of change is much harder. By holding on so hard to the past, I believe we, as a region, risk becoming victims of the future.”
Gragg, the Oregonian’s architecture critic, will deliver a free public lecture, “Against Nostalgia: The roots of a new direction for architecture and planning in Oregon,” at Temple Beth Israel, 1931 NW Flanders St., Portland, on Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 5 p.m. with a reception to... More
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