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<h2>Overview</h2>
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<p>The College of Arts and Letters is firmly committed to engagement
and outreach as both a scholarly enterprise and as an important way to
link up with the community.</p>
<p>Karin Wurst, Dean, College of Arts and Letters</p>
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<p>Michigan State University?s humanities faculty, students, and
community partners have a long history of serious commitment to civic
engagement and the land grant tradition of educational opportunity and
equity, social responsibility, and the public impacts of scholarship.
Recent programmatic efforts and innovations reflect the enduring goals
of that tradition. View the <a title="View the Scholars and Projects page" href="../../../scholars.php">Scholars and Projects</a> page.</p>
<p>However, these programs often operate in isolation from one
another. The size and complexity of a major research university make
it difficult for far-flung faculty to participate in or benefit from
common endeavors in public work. Civic agency in the arts and
humanities is, as John Dewey said of democracy itself, ?primarily a
mode of associated learning, of conjoint communicated experience? which
can break down separation, silence, and niche competition.</p>
<p>The Public Humanities Collaborative (PHC) offers a new center of
gravity to better align these programs. First convened by a small
group of faculty in spring 2005, the PHC has since grown to over 200
faculty, students, academic and student services staff, and outreach
professionals committed to engaged teaching, research, and professional
service with public impacts. </p>
<p>The PHC provides a gathering place, a ?commons,? where MSU faculty,
students, and outreach professionals from the arts, humanities, and
design disciplines can collaborate with community groups, build strong
campus-community partnerships, enhance public understanding of liberal
arts for democracy, and engage in cultural work that serves the public
interest. View <a title="View information about PHC programs" href="../../../programs.php">PHC programs</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">To achieve these goals, the PHC will:</span></p>
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<li>PROMOTE existing instances of effective scholarship, civic learning, and community outreach as models to build upon</li>
<li>DEVELOP synergies among the community, community institutions, and humanities scholarship</li>
<li>FACILITATE humanities faculty efforts to engage in public work</li>
<li>MAINTAIN
support within the college and university that will assure continuation
of civic engagement in humanities teaching, research, and professional
service</li>
<li>COLLABORATE broadly, effectively, and respectfully in the continuing spirit of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon?s <a title="Information about MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon's Boldness by Design strategic imperatives" target="_blank" href="http://boldnessbydesign.msu.edu/">Boldness by Design</a>
strategic imperatives (these five imperatives guide the University in
becoming recognized worldwide as the leading land-grant research
university for the 21st century)</li>
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<h2>Mission</h2>
<p>The Public Humanities Collaborative provides an intellectual
commons, an organizational base where civic/public initiatives in the
cultural disciplines are coordinated, institutionally affirmed,
critically examined, supported, rewarded, and systematically fostered
throughout the University.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Learn more about the PHC and Public Humanities: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="What are Public Humanities?" href="../../../aboutwhatare.php">What are Public Humanities?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://phc.msu.edu/aboutmsu.php">Public Humanities at MSU</a></li>
<li><a title="Information about Affiliated People and Groups" href="../../../aboutaffiliated.php">Affiliated People and Groups</a></li>
<li><a title="Information about the Executive Advisory Group" href="../../../aboutexecutive.php">Executive Advisory Group</a></li>
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Overview
The College of Arts and Letters is firmly committed to engagement
and outreach as both a scholarly enterprise and as an important way to
link up with the community.
Karin Wurst, Dean, College of Arts and Letters
Michigan State University’s humanities faculty, students, and
community partners have a long history of serious commitment to civic
engagement and the land grant tradition of educational opportunity and
equity, social responsibility, and the public impacts of scholarship.
Recent programmatic efforts and innovations reflect the enduring goals
of that tradition. View the Scholars and Projects page.
However, these programs often operate in isolation from one
another. The size and complexity of a major research university make
it difficult for far-flung faculty to participate in or benefit from
common endeavors in public work. Civic agency in the arts and
humanities is, as John Dewey said of democracy itself, “primarily a
mode of associated learning, of conjoint communicated experience” which
can break down separation, silence, and niche competition.
The Public Humanities Collaborative (PHC) offers a new center of
gravity to better align these programs. First convened by a small
group of faculty in spring 2005, the PHC has since grown to over 200
faculty, students, academic and student services staff, and outreach
professionals committed to engaged teaching, research, and professional
service with public impacts.
The PHC provides a gathering place, a ‘commons,’ where MSU faculty,
students, and outreach professionals from the arts, humanities, and
design disciplines can collaborate with community groups, build strong
campus-community partnerships, enhance public understanding of liberal
arts for democracy, and engage in cultural work that serves the public
interest. View PHC programs.
To achieve these goals, the PHC will:
- PROMOTE existing instances of effective scholarship, civic learning, and community outreach as models to build upon
- DEVELOP synergies among the community, community institutions, and humanities scholarship
- FACILITATE humanities faculty efforts to engage in public work
- MAINTAIN
support within the college and university that will assure continuation
of civic engagement in humanities teaching, research, and professional
service
- COLLABORATE broadly, effectively, and respectfully in the continuing spirit of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s Boldness by Design
strategic imperatives (these five imperatives guide the University in
becoming recognized worldwide as the leading land-grant research
university for the 21st century)
Mission
The Public Humanities Collaborative provides an intellectual
commons, an organizational base where civic/public initiatives in the
cultural disciplines are coordinated, institutionally affirmed,
critically examined, supported, rewarded, and systematically fostered
throughout the University.
Learn more about the PHC and Public Humanities:
