NIU political scientist Gary Glenn has been nominated by President Bush to serve on the National Council for the Humanities.

During his career at NIU, Glenn received several awards, including the Presidential Teaching Professorship award, which recognizes excellence in the classroom.

Glenn is a DeKalb resident and currently teaches a political science honors seminar at NIU. He remains grateful for the nomination.

“I didn’t seek it; it came seeking me, but it’s an honor to be nominated,” Glenn said in an NIU press release.

The council serves the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), according to the press release. NEH educates Americans in both humanities and history and also provides funding for various humanities projects.

Christopher Jones, NIU’s chair of the Department of Political Science, says that Glenn is an excellent candidate for NEH.

“Gary Glenn devoted his professional career to defending and promoting liberal education and studying American political thought with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution,” Jones said in the release. “These issues are central to the NEH.”

Council members assist in NEH policy decisions and meet in Washington, D.C., quarterly.