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New Rochelle, New York, April 11, 2000 - Br. James T. Carroll, PhD, a professor at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, has been selected from a national applicant pool to attend one of 22 summer study opportunities supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Endowment is a federal agency that each summer supports seminars and institutes at colleges and universities enabling teachers to work in collaboration and study with experts in humanities disciplines.

Professor Carroll will participate in an institute entitled "Traversing Borders: A Southwestern Studies Faculty Institute." The four-week program will be held at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX., and will be directed by Mark Busby, director, Center for the Study of the Southwest.

The 25 professors selected to participate in the program each receive a stipend of $2,800 to cover their travel, study, and living expenses.

Topics for the 22 seminars and institutes offered for college and university professors this summer include the civil rights movement, bioethics, modern European culture and politics, the Mayan world, opera, and Southwestern studies. The approximately 400 plus professors who participate in these studies will teach over thirty thousand American students the following year.

For questions or more information please contact:
Meghan Finn
Public Relations Office
Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
tel: 914 633-2005 fax: 914 637-2711

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