Humanities Educator News Today

WILLIAMSBURG– Alynn Parham, Jamestown High School social studies teacher, was honored as a 2024 Virginia Humanities Educator Fellow.

First Community Bank in Batesville today announced the hiring of Gene Crawford as senior vice president, director of non-interest services. With nearly forty years of lending experience, he will be responsible for overseeing the management of First Community Bank’s mortgage and trust departments, as well as, Community Insurance Professionals and First Community Financial Services. “I am excited to become a member of the First Community Bank team. First Community is a leader in innovation fo...

Itawamba Community College’s Nathan Ward of Mooreville and Jessi Stevenson of Fulton will be among statewide recipients of Mississippi Humanities Teacher Awards, which will be presented virtually, Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. Ward, who is the 2021 recipient, has been an English instructor at ICC since 2007. Stevenson, the 2020 recipient, has been employed with ICC since 2006 and is currently instructor of Fine Arts. The awards will be presented virtually and will stream over the Mississippi Humanitie...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and others will be honored with Mississippi Humanities Council awards, with a ceremony being held online this year