- LILLY FELLOWS PROGRAM IN HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS
Since 1991, Valparaiso University’s Christ College has been home to the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts (LFP), a nationally prominent initiative that has played a major role in revitalizing Christian higher education in the United States. The Lilly Fellows Program was developed through the leadership of former CC Dean Mark Schwehn, who continues to serve as LFP Project Director.
Among many LFP programs, Christ College is most directly related to the Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship. Each year three scholar-teachers with newly completed doctorates receive two-year appointments as faculty members in Christ College. As part of their preparation for potential careers at church-related colleges or universities in the United States, the Lilly Fellows teach courses in both Christ College and the College of Arts and Sciences at Valparaiso.
With their high energy and fresh perspectives, the Lilly Fellows have proven very popular with Christ College students. Besides teaching in existing CC courses, including the Freshman Program, they have often offered exciting interdisciplinary courses such as “Land and Environment in the American West” (a travel seminar), “Marriage and Monstrosity in British Women’s Literature,” and “The Sacred Book: Bibles Through the Ages.”
For more information on the Lilly Fellows Program, including its National Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities and its new Graduate Fellows Program for recent college graduates, visit the LFP web site: www.lillyfellows.org