2007 Governor's Humanities Awards
The Missouri Humanities Council each year honors outstanding teachers, historians, museum professionals, and writes for the annual Governor's Humanities Awards. These awards for excellence recognize a few individuals who have made important contributions to their schools, or their community's cultural life.
The awards recognize a variety of achievements. A Community Heritage Award recognizes a person who has made a special contribution to a community's understanding of its heritage. The Excellence in Humanities Education Award recognizes one or more teachers of English, history, languages or social studies, grades K-12 in public or private Missouri schools. The Book Award recognizes an individual or group whose book has increased our understanding and appreciation of Missouri's history and culture, regardless of publisher or the author's place of residence.
2007 Recipients
For Community Heritage
Gary Chilcote, St. Joseph
J. Frederick Fausz, Florissant
John O. Roberts, St. Clair
Foundation for Restoration of Sainte Genevieve
Urich Community Historical Society
Excellence in Humanities Education
Eric Langhorst, Liberty
William Luce, St. Joseph
BOOK AWARD
Daniel T. Brown, Wentzville
Latisha Koetting and The Sedalia Democrat
Missouri Winners in National History Day Activities
The Missouri Humanities Council has extended support to the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection in their leadership and coordination of student activities for the National History Day competition. In 2006, The Governor's Humanities Awards ceremony began to include recognition of the student winners at the state level, and their teachers. The partnership continued in 2007.
Kori Caswell, a 7th grader from Hannibal Middle School, placed 13th in the nation in her category with her Junior Individual Documentary, "Mark Twain's Triumphs Over Samuel Clemens' Tragedies." Kori has participated in the state and national levels for the last two years, also moving on to nationals in 2006 in the Junior Individual Performance category and winning the Jamestown Award for a Missouri student. Her teacher was Brian Baker.
Josh Souder and Eli Stubblefield, as 7th graders at Iva E. Wells Middle School in Seneca, placed 12th in the nation in the Junior Group Documentary category for their project, "San Francisco's Death, Destruction, and Rebirth." Eli and Josh also participated in the Junior Group Documentary category at the state level in 2006, along with Logan Hirsch. Their teacher was Karen Grimmett.