General support of educational programs in the humanities of the BUR OAK foundation [the BUR OAK foundation serves the academic community of the university of michigan by offering students a…

General support of educational programs in the humanities of the BUR OAK foundation [the BUR OAK foundation serves the academic community of the university of michigan by offering students a humanities-based experience designed to foster inquiry into broad questions of meaning, purpose, and human existence. By complementing the university of michigan's distinguished professional and technical training with opportunities for reflection on the human condition and engagement with enduring cultural traditions, we seek to advance the mandate of the national endowment for the humanities (NEH) to cultivate wisdom, preserve intellectual legacies, and strengthen civic life. We seek support from the NEH to sustain and expand our program of public events, small group seminars and curriculum development. Our goal is to cultivate an interdisipilinary intellectual community at the university of michigan, expand opportunities to reflect on perennial human questions, and extend the reach of the humanities to students, faculty and alumni.]