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Montana Committee for the Humanities March, 2004, E-Newsletter

Welcome to the Montana Committee for the Humanities monthly e-newsletter. Here you will find links to MCH, Montana Center for the Book, and Montana Festival of the Book news, grant guidelines and deadlines, calendar of events, and much more. Please send queries, address corrections, changes, subscription and unsubscription requests, etc., to Mark Sherouse [email protected] .

2004 One Book Montana Announced

MCH and the Montana Center for the Book have announced that James Welch’s novel Fools Crow will be the 2004 One Book Montana selection. Read more from the media release http://www.montanabook.org/onebook.htm .

Help Plan the Future of Public Humanities in Montana

2004 is MCH’s quintennial planning year and will include a Self-Study and visit from NEH in September. You can help us understand Montana’s needs, review and assess our programs, and chart MCH’s future course by completing the 2004 MCH Public Questionnaire. Copies of the questionnaire http://www.humanities-mt.org/questionnaire.htm are available on the website and also appear in the next issue of the MCH magazine Rendezvous: The Humanities in Montana.

2004 Grant Monies Gone

MCH has now obligated its FY2004 grant funds, through October 31st. Funds remain for Speakers Bureau programs, book festivals (2), and Open Book programs. Further information is at the grants page http://www.humanities-mt.org/grants.htm .

Committee to Meet in Kalispell

The Montana Committee for the Humanities will hold its spring quarterly meeting in Kalispell, April 16th-18th. The preliminary meeting agenda appears on the meeting announcements page of the MCH website http://www.humanities-mt.org/meetingannouncements.htm .

MCH Receives Grants for Lewis and Clark Speakers Bureau Programs

MCH has received grants of $15,000 and $10,000 respectively from the Montana Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission and the National Park Service Lewis and Clark Challenge Cost Share Program. Our thanks to these important grantors for funds that will support our Speakers Bureau programs in the Bicentennial years.

Leadership Montana

Leadership Montana is a cooperative venture of Montana business, government, and higher education communities, seeking to provide leadership and civic education to emerging state leaders. MCH executive director Mark Sherouse is a member of the organizing committee. Recruitment for Leadership Montana’s first class, for 2004-2005, is now underway, with a March 29th deadline. Further information, including the application form, is at the Leadership Montana site http://www.leadershipmontana.org/ .

Calendar of MCH and Montana Center for the Book Events http://www.humanities-mt.org/calendar.htm

Looking for a Speakers Bureau program, an OpenBook session, or other MCH event nearby? Check the regularly updated MCH calendar of events.

For More Information…

The Montana Committee for the Humanities is Montana’s independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Much more information on MCH, the Montana Center for the Book, the Montana Festival of the Book, and our many other programs and services, is available on our websites, http://www.humanities-mt.org, http://www.montanabook.org, http://www.bookfest-mt.org, and http://www.civicmontana.org. Write us at 311 Brantly, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, or at , or call us at 406-243-6022, toll-free in Montana, 800-624-6001.

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