Our Initiatives
The Four Pillars of the Center
Healthcare is Human
Healthcare is Human is a health humanities project created by Ryan McCarthy, MD in partnership with portrait photographer Molly Humphries. This project has now expanded to a multidisciplinary documentation of the ongoing struggles of hospital workers.
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Each year, the Humanities Center highlights the diversity of Appalachia by celebrating the work of a writer of color from the region.
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The skills developed in the humanities are highly prized in workplaces. We want to help students leverage these skills to prepare for careers in a variety of industries like business, tech, or medicine.
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The Humanities Center is proud to partner with WVU's faculty to support humanities-related projects by offering four types of competitive grants.
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