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Byrne-Reed House As Classroom
UT preservation student Casey Gallagher presents her research.
A graduate historic preservation studio at The University of Texas at Austin selected Humanities Texas’s Byrne-Reed House as a major semester project this fall. Led by professors Michael Holleran and Wayne Bell, students Casey Gallagher, Tenaya Hills, Shonda Mace, Namrata Venkatraman, and Robyn Williams Heeks conducted historical and architectural research about the Byrne-Reed House and the surrounding neighborhood.
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From the Executive Director
Michael L. Gillette
Continuity emerged as the theme of a remarkable forum of former board members held on October 13. During their combined three decades of service on the humanities council, panelists Wright Lassiter, Sam Moore, Betty Sue Flowers, Robert Patten, and longtime executive director Jim Veninga pursued a vision that still guides Humanities Texas’s course today. We balance large statewide endeavors with small community projects; council-directed programs with regrants for local initiatives. While the number of worthwhile ideas and opportunities still exceeds our limited financial resources, making the humanities accessible to all Texans remains our objective.
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Board of Director News
Humanities Texas board members Juliet V. García, William Livingston, and Adair Margo have recently made local and, in Margo’s case, international news.
El Paso native Margo received the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico’s highest award for non-citizens. Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, presented the award during a ceremony at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Livingston, who retired in August after 58 years of service at The University of Texas at Austin, was featured in a front-page story in the Austin American-Statesman on November 19 and a feature article in UT's Alcalde magazine.
García, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, was named one of six distinguished alumni of The University of Texas at Austin for 2007. A native of Brownsville, she earned a doctoral degree from UT’s College of Communication and was the first Hispanic woman to lead a college or university in the United States. Read more. . .
Upcoming Deadlines
Nominations for the Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award and the Linden Heck Howell Award for Outstanding Teaching of Texas History are due December 14.
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Developing materials or resources focused on teaching Texas history? Humanities Texas is seeking proposals for the Linden Heck Howell Texas History Initiative. Preliminary letters are due February 15, 2008.
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Humanities Events Around Texas
Each month, dozens of organizations around the state host a Humanities Texas exhibit or sponsor an exciting program with the help of a grant from our council. See our online calendar to locate an event or program in your community. |
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Board of Directors
Joseph R. Krier
Chair, San Antonio
Norma E. Cantú
Vice Chair, San Antonio
Julius Glickman
Secretary, Houston
Janie Strauss McGarr
Treasurer, Dallas
Jo Anne M. Christian
Past Chair, Austin
Gary M. Bell
Lubbock
Leslie D. Blanton
Houston
Albert S. Broussard
College Station
Jackson V. Curlin
El Paso
Maceo C. Dailey Jr.
El Paso
Virginia Dudley
Comanche
Juliet V. García
Brownsville
Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth
Austin
Robert J. Kruckemeyer
Houston
William S. Livingston
Austin
Nancy Cain Marcus
Dallas
Adair Margo
El Paso
Thomas R. Mitchell
Laredo
Kit T. Moncrief
Fort Worth
Bettye Nowlin
Austin
Tessa Martinez Pollack
San Antonio
Bill Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Linda A. Valdez
Rockport
Abraham Verghese
San Antonio
Mary L. Volcansek
Fort Worth
George C. Wright
Prairie View
Board Alumni Co-chairs
J. Sam Moore Jr.
El Paso
Ellen C. Temple
Lufkin
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