{"id":28,"date":"2022-09-07T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2022-10-26T23:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T23:58:54","slug":"main-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-1024x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\" width=\"1182\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-1024x358.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-1536x538.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1-600x210.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider_1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid aligncenter wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/events\/35th-anniversary-celebration\/\">35th Anniversary Celebration<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">You and your guests are cordially invited to the 35th Anniversary Celebration of Friends of the Humanities Spring Luncheon\/Annual Meeting Friday, May 3, 2024 11:00-1:00 The Petroleum Club of Lafayette. Click for more&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Recent News<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid aligncenter wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A circle of hands on a purple background\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/alexander-grey-fkFNBCQ6kQA-unsplash-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/news\/a-letter-of-thanks-from-our-community\/\">A letter of thanks from our community.<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Dear Friends, Friends of the Humanities had an active year of learning, touring and socializing, and, most importantly, supporting Interdisciplinary Humanities at ULL. Grants awarded for Spring&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A hand holding several credit cards\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/avery-evans-RJQE64NmC_o-unsplash-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/news\/updated-2023-membership-form-we-now-accept-cards\/\">Updated 2023 membership form (we now accept cards!)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We are happy to announce that we now accept debit and credit cards to pay membership dues! Click here to access the updated form!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-1024x973.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A person holding a stack of books\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-1024x973.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-768x729.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-1536x1459.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-2048x1945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/siora-photography-ZslFOaqzERU-unsplash-600x570.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/news\/your-contributions-have-made-a-big-impact-fall-23-awards-announced\/\">Your contributions have made a big impact: Fall &#8217;23 Awards announced<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Every semester, Friends of the Humanities provides humanities professors at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with grants. Your contributions have empowered them to give their students possibilities that would not otherwise be possible. Here&#8217;s how donations from our members have made an impact.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Who We Are<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Friends of Humanities: 30 Years of Engagement\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3XWzD4iZwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Produced by the UL Lafayette Moving Image Arts Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Over our 31-year history, the Friends of the Humanities have provided in excess of $500,000 for grants and other financial support to the Humanities programs of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. As Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette President, noted in his Fall 2019 address to faculty and staff, &#8220;UL Lafayette remains dependent on self-generated revenue following nearly a decade of state cuts to higher education funding. During the 2008-09 fiscal year, the University received 66 percent of its revenue from the State; in 2018-19, it received 27 percent.&#8221; The need to support the Friends&#8217; chosen academic field, the Humanities, is greater today than it has ever been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humanities comprise almost 50% of the core requirements for all UL Lafayette students including those studying engineering, business and technology. Dean Jordan Kellman stresses that &#8220;Humanities education offers the best preparation for personal and professional success in a complex and rapidly changing world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a member of the Friends of the Humanities, you will enjoy a variety of perks, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/membership.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/membership.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/membership-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/membership-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/membership-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Member-exclusive courses in the humanities<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Events-e1666070482751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Events-e1666070482751.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Events-e1666070482751-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Seasonal social events<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tours-e1666070412848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tours-e1666070412848.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tours-e1666070412848-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Private exhibit tours<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to know more or apply, don&#8217;t hesitate to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthehumanities.com\/home\/membership\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Membership page<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events Recent News Who We Are Over our 31-year history, the Friends of the Humanities have provided in excess of $500,000 for grants and other financial support to the Humanities programs of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 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