Troy High Teacher Named NEH Scholar

TROY, MI — Troy High School teacher Kate Hoin has been selected as an NEH Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 23 seminars and institutes supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Endowment is a federal agency that, each summer, supports these enrichment opportunities at colleges, universities, and cultural institutions so that teachers can study with experts in humanities disciplines.

Hoin will participate in a summer institute titled, “Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives about Identity and Binationalism.” The two-week program will be held starting July 16th at the University of Texas at El Paso. She will receive a stipend of $2,100 to cover their travel, study, and living expenses.

Topics for the 23 seminars and institutes offered for teachers this summer include American Women at War; America’s Reconstruction: The Untold Story; Existentialism; Foreign Exchanges: The U.S. and the Wider World in the Twentieth Century; and more. The approximately 512 NEH Summer Scholars who participate in these programs of study will teach almost 64,000 American students the following 2017–2018 academic year.

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