FERRUM PROFESSOR SELECTED FOR NEH INSTITUTE AT OXFORD

April 17, 2003

     Dr. David B. Howell, an associate professor of religion at Ferrum College, has been selected from a national applicant pool to attend a summer study institute supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Howell will participate in a five week program entitled “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom,” to be held at Oxford University’s Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in England and directed by Professor Irven M. Resnick.

     The twenty-five teachers selected to participate in the program each receive a stipend of $3,250 to help defray their travel, study, and living expenses.

     The National Endowment for the Humanities is a federal agency that each summer supports seminars and institutes at colleges and universities so that teachers can work in collaboration and study with experts in humanities disciplines.

     Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu. # # #