President Trump has directed that National Humanities (NEH) Chairman Shelley Lowe resigns from her role.
Spokeswoman Paula Wasley said in an email to the hill that Lowe had “leaved her position” in the president's “direction.”
In the meantime, Trump has designated Michael McDonald, who served as NEH advisor, and “we were able to serve as representative chair of the agency until the president appointed him and the Senate confirmed the new NEH chairman,” Wasley said.
Rowe was the first Native American to lead Neh, a federal agency founded in 1965 and focused on funding the humanities.
Federal agencies have provided over $6 billion in grants to universities, universities, museums, libraries, radio stations, historical sites, research institutions and related organizations across the country. According to on that website.
Neh said the grant will “help us to examine human condition, promote civic education, understand our cultural heritage, promote mutual respect for diverse beliefs and cultures, and develop media and information literacy.
2024, NEH Wins $207 million Funding.
Lowe's departure shows that since Trump took overhauls several cultural institutions since he took office in the oval office in January, he views government spending as violating non-Saesary or anti-DEI policies.
Last month, Trump announced he would remove the appointee from the Kennedy Center Committee in Washington, DC, and named him the chairman of Washington's Cultural Organization. With the change in the center, several stars have cut connections with the center.
The president signed an executive order in January, helping to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government, with cabinet members performing the orders in a variety of ways.
NEH Chair serves a four-year term.
Lowe, a member of the Navajo tribe, was nominated for former President Biden in 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate in early 2022.
