Vision

Texas State University-San Marcos, through collaborations among its collections and programs and other regional entities, serves as a national center for education, research, public outreach, and preservation of Southwest history, culture, and ecology.

Mission

The Southwest Regional Humanities Center promotes the exchange of knowledge about regional humanities issues across the four-state region of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada and encourages students, teachers, and the general public to understand the power of place to build identity, honor diversity, strengthen community, and celebrate the human spirit.

Goals & Objectives

The Southwest Regional Humanities Center, as designated by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2001, has the following objectives:

• Regional Collaboration and Coordination: Build collaborative relationships among organizations that focus on regional humanities topics; create interactive web site that links regional programs.
• Education: Collaborate with K-12 teachers and school systems to create curricula, provide summer institutes, offer in-service training programs, and promote museum and archival experiences for students; help develop undergraduate and graduate programs that provide focus to interdisciplinary studies of the Southwest.
• Public Outreach: Design and support programming for public audiences; help develop resources for cultural heritage tourism.
• Research: Encourage research on regional humanities topics; facilitate the use of academic and archival resources; promote awareness of recognized Southwest collections and programs located throughout the region.
• Preservation: Support preservation of regional history and cultural resources.