Fairmont State University will use a $10,000 grant to hire a civic fellow for the spring 2027 semester and revise introductory courses to teach civic skills, according to a university press release.
The funding comes through the Institute for Citizens & Scholars’ Campuswide Immersion grant program.
The fellow will prepare a written report for leaders of the university’s Civics Institute identifying where students learn and practice evaluating credible information, in classes and in activities outside them. The institute will use the findings to plan future programs.
“Before we can strengthen how students learn to find and evaluate credible information, we need an honest picture of where that learning is already happening,” Dr. Samantha Godbey, director of the Fairmont State University Civics Institute, said in the release.
The course revisions will introduce students to civil discourse, evaluating credible information and solving problems collaboratively early in their college studies.
In May, My Buckhannon reported that the institute had given the university $2,300 to encourage students to answer a campus civic survey.
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