Oregon Humanities

Twelve Oregon High School Sophomores Receive $2,000 Humanities Grants

Oregon Council for the Humanities awards summer research grants to high school students from Beaverton, Corvallis, Central Point, Pleasant Hill, Portland, and Troutdale.

03 June 2007

Twelve Oregon high school sophomores have received Young Scholars Grants from the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH). Each will receive $2,000 to spend the sunny days of summer researching various humanities topics, including the rise of jazz music in Portland, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the effects of Japanese, Korean, and American TV shows on teenagers from each culture.
OCH board and staff selected 12 scholars from an applicant pool of 26. This is the sixth year that OCH has awarded Young Scholar Grants, which provide a unique opportunity for teens to design their own humanities research project and to contribute to the cultural life of their community. Grant recipients work independently throughout the... More