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Humanities Matter! Update: Service Learning in the Humanities

As we move into fall, my days have been filled with preparations for our upcoming Humanities Matter! conference, which will take place October 23-24 at Central Wyoming College in Riverton. There are so, so many exciting sessions!  I thought it behooved me to tell you all about them instead of keeping them to myself. So [...]

My 50 Favorite States

This week, I thought I’d highlight a few online projects/resources that explore this great nation of ours, state by state.
The 50 States Project is an online photographic tour of the country, courtesy of 50 photographers, one in each state. From their website:
Each photographer lives in one of the 50 states and during the year long [...]

Wyoming Humanities Council Announces Humanities Matter! Conference

The Wyoming Humanities Council is pleased to announce the Humanities Matter! conference, which will take place October 23-24 at Central Wyoming College in Riverton.
The Wyoming Humanities Council’s Humanities Matter! conference will bring together representatives of community organizations, museum and library personnel, interested community members, and humanities faculty from across Wyoming to explore how to work [...]

In Memoriam: Craig Arnold

It is with great sadness that we report the death of poet and University of Wyoming professor Craig Arnold. Craig has been missing since April 26 on the Japanese island of Kuchino-erabu-shima and presumed dead since May 8, when an international nonprofit search and rescue team, 1SRG, determined that he fell from a steep cliff [...]

Craig Arnold, Poet and Friend of the Council, Missing in Japan

Poet Craig Arnold, a professor at the University of Wyoming who has been involved with numerous Wyoming Humanities Council projects, has been missing on the Japanese  volcanic island of Kuchinoerabu-jima since Sunday, April 26. Craig has visited volcanoes in multiple countries as part of his research for a book he’s currently writing on world volcanoes. [...]