
Akers Announces Retirement
After 37 years of service, Executive Director Randy Akers has announced his retirement from South Carolina Humanities effective June 30, 2025. Statewide Impact As the
After 37 years of service, Executive Director Randy Akers has announced his retirement from South Carolina Humanities effective June 30, 2025. Statewide Impact As the
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that thirteen new speakers will join the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program in 2025. Offering a variety of
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Gaffney at the Gaffney Visitors Center and Art Gallery on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The exhibition explores
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2025 Board Members who will begin their terms on November 1, 2024: Gina G. Bennett of Hartsville and Melissa
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Aiken at the Aiken Train Museum on Saturday, November 9, 2024. The exhibition explores the unique combination
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the Chair’s Disaster Recovery Grants for Humanities Collections program to help humanities organizations that steward collections
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that we have launched our new Online Grants Portal, managed by Foundant. The new system will help streamline the
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded a total amount of $80,570 in grants to 7 cultural organizations after a September 27, 2024 Board Meeting in
National History Day, Coastal Carolina University, and South Carolina Humanities will offer two free Teacher Development Workshops to explore high-impact, inquiry-based learning in middle and
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Bennettsville at the Marlboro County Museum’s Murchison School Building on Saturday, September 21, 2024. The exhibition explores
SC Humanities is pleased to announce an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students who are majoring in or pursuing a masters degree in a humanities discipline.
SC Humanities is issuing a call for speakers to join our Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program roster. The Speakers Bureau is one of the oldest programs of SC
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize. Established in 1991, the Governor’s
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that the maximum award amount for Fast Track Literary Grants will be raised, effective on the September 2, 2024 quarterly
Fifty-three South Carolina students whose entries had won first or second place at the South Carolina History Day Contest traveled to Maryland in June to
The 29th Annual SC Humanities Festival will take place in North Augusta on Thursday, September 12 – Saturday, September 14, 2024. The 2024 festival will highlight
In 2024, South Carolina Humanities awarded scholarships to two graduate students who are enrolled in advanced degree programs in the humanities. After careful consideration, the Board
The 2024 South Carolina History Day competition was held Saturday, April 27 in Sumter. Fifty-three students will advance to the National History Day Contest, which
South Carolina Humanities is accepting nominations to become a member of our Board of Directors. New members will begin three-year terms in November 2024. Board members initiate
South Carolina Humanities (SCH) is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to welcome two new gubernatorial board members Brendon Barber of Georgetown and Tom Gottshall of Columbia. “I am very pleased
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded a total amount of $128,000 in grants to 11 cultural organizations after a February 23, 2024 Board Meeting in
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce that nominations for the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize are now being accepted through Saturday,
South Carolina Humanities has launched a new statewide Request for Proposals (RFP) titled “Innovation and the Humanities: Shining a Cultural Light on Technology and Change.”
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the launch of a new category of grant available to nonprofit organizations and public institutions in South Carolina. The
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2024 Board of Directors who will begin their terms on November 1, 2023: Bill Comer of Lexington, Charles McDonald
The 28th Annual SC Humanities Festival will take place in Orangeburg County on October 19 – 22, 2023. The 2023 festival will highlight the rich cultural history
SC Humanities is pleased to announce an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students who are majoring in or pursuing a masters degree in a humanities discipline.
Randy Akers, executive director of South Carolina Humanities, has been selected to receive the 2023 Frances Mims-Paul Talmadge Literary Advocacy Award. Given biennially by the
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize. Established in 1991, the Governor’s