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President Brown to receive Governor's Award
in Humanities
Dr. Frank Brown, President of Columbus State University, has been selected to receive a Governor’s Award in the Humanities for vital support of liberal arts education during his career. Governor Roy Barnes will present the awards at the Georgia Humanities Council Luncheon on February 24 in Atlanta.
Brown’s support has been key to the development of humanities programming at the college as well as in the surrounding community. He helped establish the Festival of Southeastern Indian cultures, which taught and informed local residents about Georgia’s native cultures. His fundraising has been key to enlarging the university’s archives and endowing a chair in the history department for international education. This commitment to international education has led to increased opportunities for CSU students to study abroad.
The Governor’s Awards recognize individuals who have displayed an ongoing commitment to humanities education in their respective communities. The humanities comprise our individual stories and the stories of our lives in community. We tell these stories through history, literature, philosophy, ethics, our religious traditions, and our system of laws.
“The humanities are vital to the prosperity of our civilization because they create strong bonds of mutual respect, impart wisdom and virtue, and inspire our minds,” said Jamil Zainaldin, President of the Georgia Humanities Council (GHC). The council, established in 1970, seeks to build community, character, and citizenship in Georgia through humanities education. Council programs seek to further personal growth, acquisition of knowledge, and the development of an engaged and informed citizenry.
The Awards Luncheon will feature a lecture by William R. Ferris who is the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Ferris founded the Center for the Study of Southern Culture while a professor at the University of Mississippi. The Center is known for its comprehensive southern studies curriculum. He is also the author of numerous books on Southern culture and an editor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. In 1985, Chairman Ferris served as a consultant on the sets of the movies The Color Purple and Crossroads.
The lecture will be held at 10:30 AM at The Old Georgia Railroad Freight Depot. Lunch will begin at noon with the Governor’s presentations of awards at 12:15 PM.
More than 400 attendees are expected for the luncheon. Tickets are $20.
For more information call Laura McCarty of the Georgia Humanities Council at (404) 523 - 6220.
Other award recipients this year include Professor John Robert Brewer of Ailey; Mrs. Mozelle Dailey Clemmons of Savannah; Dr. Tim Crimmins, Associate Provost for Academic Programs at Georgia State University; Mrs. Joy Jinks of Colquitt; Dr. Patricia Marks, Professor of English at Valdosta State University; Mr. James P. Marshall, Jr. of Eatonton; and Dr. Edward Weldon, Director of the Division of Archives in the Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia.
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