Our Shared Humanities Wendy Sternberg Dean of Academic
Our Shared Humanities Wendy Sternberg Dean of Academic Departments and Programs Union College
Union College and the Mellon Foundation • • • Mission-driven institutions Advancing the liberal arts Forward thinking, innovative Open to interdisciplinary approaches Higher education grant-making (https: //mellon. org/programs/highereducation-and-scholarship-humanities/)
Steinmetz on the Liberal Arts and Engineering
Mellon Funding • Mellon Presidential Discretionary Grant (2006) • Mellon Grant for Environmental Science, Policy, and Engineering (2009) Post-docs Faculty support Student research support Green Grants Seminar series
Mellon Funding • Mid-career grant: Mellon Presidential Project for Global Learning (2015)
A culture of cross-disciplinary collaboration
Our Shared Humanities—Planning Grant Humanities Consultant Interdisciplinary Faculty Working Groups Mixer
Our Shared Humanities--2015 • Planning grant led to OSH--$800, 000 award • Integration of the Arts and Humanities across disciplines – Postdoctoral Fellow – Mini-grants to faculty – Maker Activities • Faculty Development activities focused on innovative, interdisciplinary instructional design
What has OSH funded? • Mini-grants – Collaborative courses – Colloquia and workshops • Faculty Development Activities • Maker activities
Our Shared Humanities
Acknowledgements • Mellon Foundation • Our Shared Humanities Steering Committee • Blair Raymond, Nicole Marshall, Denise Snyder, Christine Henseler • Amanda Ervin, Palma Catravas, Carol Weisse
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