{"id":406,"date":"2018-09-07T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T20:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/notes\/?p=406"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:11:40","slug":"idea-seeds-humanities-biology-camping-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/2018\/09\/idea-seeds-humanities-biology-camping-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Idea seeds: Humanities + Biology + Camping trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, a creative team at VWCC has pulled together proposals for a competitive federal grant through the <strong>National Endowment for the Humanities<\/strong>. This program encourages the blending of humanities with other disciplines at community colleges.<\/p>\n<p>So far, we have been unsuccessful &#8230; but I thought I would share some &#8220;idea seeds&#8221; from other schools that might inspire some innovation right here at Virginia Western.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oakton Community College<\/strong> in Illinois was awarded one of these Humanities grants to develop an eight-week summer field study called &#8220;Plants, Society and Human Nature: Scientific and Ecocritical Perspectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The six-credit honors class combines biology with the humanities and is team taught by professors of biology and English. Also: The class featured a 17-day camping trip that included stops at Yellowstone and Badlands national parks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the class at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccdaily.com\/2018\/09\/using-great-outdoors-classroom\/\">the Community College Daily<\/a> &#8230;. and Oakton&#8217;s interdisciplinary Environmental Studies concentration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakton.edu\/academics\/special_programs\/environmental_studies\/concentration\/index.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What interdisciplinary projects might enhance Virginia Western&#8217;s strengths? If we&#8217;re not doing it already, how might we take advantage of the abundant natural resources in our backyard &#8212; and integrate them into curriculum? Would we even need a grant to make that happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, a creative team at VWCC has pulled together proposals for a competitive federal grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program encourages the blending of humanities with other disciplines at community colleges. 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