FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2016
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Glenville State College
Public Relations Department
(304) 462-4115
GLENVILLE, WV - Glenville State College archivist and reference librarian Jason Gum has been elected to the program committee for the West Virginia Humanities Council. Gum and the other new members will serve a three-year term beginning June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2019.
The Humanities Council budgets more than $600,000 for grants and programs annually. A variety of grants are offered to nonprofit organizations that support educational programming. The program committee recommends funding decisions to the Humanities Council board of directors. The 22-member committee includes 11 members drawn from the Council board and 11 citizen members who represent education and the general public.
GSC Archivist and Reference Librarian Jason Gum
âIt is an honor to be able to serve on the program committee of the WV Humanities Council. The work of the council has been of the utmost importance in acknowledging and advancing the study of WVâs people, their culture, and history. I look forward to providing input on how to best utilize a few of our public resources that are available to support the development of our stateâs many, beneficial, non-profit entities,â said Gum.
Gum, who is a 2005 GSC alumnus, received a âHistory Heroâ award from the WV Division of Culture and History based on a nomination from the Gilmer County Historical Society earlier in 2016. He also was an integral part of the âWV Veterans Legacy Projectâ at GSC and has spent significant time digitally archiving college yearbooks, campus newspapers, and several old 8- and 16-mm films.
The Humanities Council is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and serves West Virginia through grants and direct programs in the humanities.
For more information about archives or other services offered at Glenville State Collegeâs Robert F. Kidd Library, contact Gum at (304) 462-6163.
