Humanities Liaison Officers

 

CALL FOR CCHA CAMPUS HUMANITIES LIAISON OFFICERS

Help Promote the Humanities and Humanities Faculty Nationally and Locally

The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA), in an attempt to better serve its members and strengthen the humanities in the nation’s community colleges, has developed a National Humanities Liaison Officer Program. Please consider taking on the important role of CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer at your college. Your help would be immensely valuable to all humanities faculty and humanities administrators on your campus, as well as to CCHA and your college, and you would receive several benefits from CCHA for your efforts.

Duties and Requirements of Being a CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer

Being an individual member of CCHA is the only requirement. Regarding duties, periodically you will receive an email from the CCHA National Humanities Liaison Officer Program Coordinator Jeff Clausen that will list various opportunities for humanists at your institution—such things as the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH ) funded summer institutes and workshops, grants supporting humanities faculty and humanities curriculum, as well as information about the annual fall national and divisional CCHA conferences. This information will come with a summary of these opportunities and activities, along with links to the relevant sites, and all you will be asked to do is forward this email (with an optional personal note from you) to humanities faculty, including adjunct faculty, and administrators at your institution. In addition, in your role as CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer at your institution, you could sponsor some sort of spring event for humanists at which you could talk about the benefits and opportunities of participating in CCHA.

Benefits of Being a CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer

You will be among the first to be informed of these various opportunities for faculty in the humanities. In addition, your will have a reduced registration fee for all national and divisional CCHA conferences. And, in an effort to keep you more informed about the various opportunities for humanists and activities of CCHA, you will be invited to the Past and Present Officers and Liaison Officers Breakfast Meeting that occurs at all the national and divisional conferences.

How to Become the CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer at Your College

You can contact the National Humanities Liaison Officer Program Coordinator Jeff Clausen and ask him to send you an appointment form. This form is filled out by your president and then sent to the CCHA national office. Jeff can also answer any other questions you might have about the Humanities Liaison Officer Program.


The Community College Humanities Association is the only national organization whose sole purpose is to strengthen the humanities in the nation's community colleges. Your efforts as the Humanities Liaison Officer for your college can help further this goal for you, your college, and your fellow humanities faculty and administrators.


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