Stroll through St. Augustine via digital FORUM magazine Our nation's oldest city-St. Augustine-celebrates its 450th anniversary this year. Enjoy our multimedia magazine about how this small, fascinating city deals with six million tourists annually while digging up history, sorting tall (from short) tales, and trying to cope with modern problems.
Access FORUM here.
Humanities camps offered
for high school students
We invite rising juniors and seniors to apply for dynamic, fun, weeklong cultural explorations on four Florida campuses this summer: Eckerd College, Florida Atlantic University, the University of Florida, and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Details.
Give Day-May 5
Support Veterans Documentary
Save the date! On May 5-the National Day of Giving-we'll ask for your help to fund a compelling public-television documentary featuring six Florida veterans and one spouse who describe what they've gone through and how they have transitioned back home. The documentary tells the stories of the veterans involved in our recent dramatic stage presentations, "Telling: Tampa Bay."
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Bring the Smithsonian to your hometown
The application deadline is July 3 to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibit, "Water: Resource for Life" during its 2016-2017 tour of Florida. Selected sites receive $6,000 to implement public programs related to the exhibit.
Details.
Congrats to these outstanding educators!
We awarded nine top Florida K-12 teachers scholarships to attend the recent conference of the National Council for History Education, held in St. Augustine. They included Tommie Bodenstein, Madison County; Mary Love, Polk County; Katie McCarthy, Pasco County; Ashley McIntosh, Pinellas County; Angeline Nicolas, Miami-Dade County; Kimberly Patterson, Broward County; Brad Surrency and Deborah Williamson, Gilchrist County; and Jon Wall, Dixie County.
