The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with its thirty-five year record of support for regional projects and programs, has initiated an ambitious campaign to establish ten Regional Humanities Centers throughout the United States. The centers will become significant cultural and educational institutions devoted to exploring America's regional experience and how a "sense of place" infuses and enriches American history, culture, and traditions. The centers will also advance broad public participation in the humanities, encourage a wide-ranging exchange of ideas, and contribute both intellectually and economically in their regions.

The NEH awarded San Francisco State University and UC Davis with regional center planning grants for the Pacific West region (Alaska, American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawai'i, the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington). Over the past 18 months, the Pacific West Center has taken shape from the input of advisors from throughout our region.

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