Claflin University receives Mellon Foundation grant for Humanities Hub

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Claflin University was awarded a grant to help the school establish a Humanities Hub, said university officials.

The University received more than $1.4 Million from the Mellon Foundation’s “Humanities for All Times” Initiative.

University officials said the school’s Humanities Hub will promote race/gender equity, environmental justice, and community well-being.

Claflin was one of 10 liberal arts colleges/universities that received grants totaling more than $14 million as part of the initiative.

“The Claflin University Humanities Hub (The CU Hub) is our investment in this legacy,” said Dr. Alison Gise Johnson, associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Claflin University.

The humanities-based education initiative supports newly developed curriculum that both instruct future visionaries and the next generation of social justice leaders in
methods of humanities practice and demonstrate those methods’ relevance to broader social justice pursuits, said foundation officials.

Initially launched in 2021 as a $16 million initiative, “Humanities for All Times” awarded grants to its first cohort of twelve liberal arts colleges across the U.S. that same year.