Southern Coastal Heritage Program

Mission

The Southern Coastal Heritage Program is a partnership of educational, research and service institutions committed to preserving and transmitting knowledge about the natural and cultural environments of coastal North Carolina.

Background

Established at North Carolina State University in 1992, with Dr. Carmine Prioli as its principal architect, the Southern Coastal Heritage Program (SCHP) is based on the twofold conviction that (1) our coastal heritage enriches the lives of all of North Carolina's citizens and (2) all of North Carolina's citizens have a responsibility as caretakers of this heritage. Now involving North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, East Carolina University, the North Carolina Sea Grant Program, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, SCHP has as its mission the partnership of educational, research, and service institutions committed to generating and transmitting knowledge about Southern coastal culture. Its goals include fostering a greater appreciation for coastal culture; establishing a forum where scientific and humanistic disciplines can intersect to achieve fuller and more balanced understandings of issues of current and future concern; increasing the base of knowledge about coastal issues by drawing upon the widest range of human experience and good will; and making that knowledge accessible to people of all ages and interests.

SCHP has met its goals through presenting summer programs for middle school teachers and others. SCHP's success was recognized in March 1995 when the program received "The Phillip E. Frandson Award for Creative and Innovative Programming" from the National University Continuing Education Association.

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For more information contact Charles Ewen

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