Humanities Intelligence

This NEH workshop will give attendees the opportunity to learn from senior program officer, Jennifer Serventi, about the many funding opportunities offered by the endowment.

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, or CLAC, at the University of Utah helps students apply their proficiency in a second language to courses in a variety of majors. Wilson Wosnjuk, a sophomore majoring in business and Latin American Studies, has already taken two CLAC courses in Spanish and is looking forward to taking more. He answers some questions about the courses and how they have impacted his language acquisition and overall education.

Anne Lair, professor of French, received the Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award – Post-Secondary from the American Association of Teachers of French. Lair serves as the French Bridge Curriculum Director, French Coordinator for the State of Utah and Honorary Consul of France in Utah.

The John R. Park Debate Society kicked off its 2020-2021 competitive season at the Forensics Flyover Invitational, a pair of tournaments hosted by Sterling College and Kansas Wesleyan University. Four students attended the tournaments which included 16 schools from around the country. Over the course of the weekend's two tournaments, University of Utah students earned 14 final round appearances, including a tournament championship in After-Dinner Speaking. The team will continue its season on October 16-18, 2020 in competition at the University of Central Missouri, as well as the team's first international outing of the season at the University of Toronto.