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THE GRACE NIXON ENGLISH INSTITUTE
June 08 - July 03, 2008
In summer of 2007, the English
Department at the University
of
Idaho will offer stipends to cover fees for up to
twenty teachers of secondary English language arts to attend our four-week
institute. We are pleased and proud to offer these summer courses for
teachers.
Of the various programs funded by Grace Nixon's bequest, the Nixon English
Institute is probably the most successful in accomplishing the endowment’s
goal: to enhance the teaching of English in Idaho schools. Teachers may
enroll in one or two of the three courses described below. Stipends this
year are $615 for one course or $1230 for two courses.
In addition,
The Grace Nixon English Institute will provide funds for up to eighteen
teachers to reside in individual single rooms at the Palouse Inn, across the
street from the university. The motel has a pool and summertime lounging
area. Each room has microwave, refrigerator, air conditioning, television,
and wireless computer connection. A continental breakfast is provided. For
other meals, there is a large and low-budget food store one block away, and
various restaurants are within walking distance.
Return the online application form, or download and mail it, no later than
April 15, 2008. Stipends will be awarded on a first come, first-served
basis, so best to apply early. For more information contact Deb Allen,
English Department, P.O. Box 441102, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
83844-1102; call (208) 885-6157; or (preferably) email her at djallen@uidaho.edu.
GRACE VIRGINIA NIXON
 Grace Virginia Nixon, the English department's beneficent angel, was born in
Genesee, Idaho, in 1908. She graduated from
Clarkston High School in 1926, and from the University of
Idaho in 1930.
Her teaching career began in Potlatch. In 1936 she moved to Lewiston High
School and, except for a leave of absence to earn a master's degree and a
two-year stint at Spokane's Lewis and Clark High School, she taught in Lewiston until her
retirement in 1970. A world traveler in the years preceding her death in
1983, she visited Europe, Africa, Australia, the East
Indies, Central and South America,
and China.
Income from Grace
Nixon's splendid gift is currently supporting some twenty undergraduate English
majors as they prepare to become teachers. It also provides support for English
graduate students and, of course, underwrites the academic expenses of teachers
in the Grace Nixon Institute each summer.
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