The Campus Events Fund supports individuals, partnerships or groups as they design, prepare for, and implement on-campus events. In 2004-2005, we successfully supported twenty projects through the Campus Events Fund brought to our attention by students, staff, and faculty. These events ranged from academic speakers to community activists, from arts performances to music workshops, from panel discussions to multi-day symposia, and from community forums to training workshops. We have been proud to support such transformative experiences for our campus community over the years.

Past Events: Please browse through the past events from 2004-2005 which have been supported through this fund.

Planning Tips: Access our event planning tips to help you prepare both your project and your proposal.

Applying
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Reporting Requirements
Click here to learn more about reporting requirements. After accepting an award, all grant recipients are required to write a final report.

Questions?
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Domestic Program Coordinator!

Quotes:
“The organization of this panel was a success as a learning tool for the four of us who worked so closely on its production.”
- Niloufer Siddiqui, Event: Violence Against Women Panel, February 2005

“By continuing to support the linkage of culturally based activities such as musical performance alongside presentations utilizing primarily the spoken and written word. Music and the arts are able to depict violence in a way that has authenticity and holds it up to the light of day without actually engaging in that violence, providing a moment to reflect on our common humanity before acting in an aggressive way.

Performance can enhance and inspire verbal reflection to move to a deeper level that integrates theory, practice, and culture in a way that verbal interchange alone cannot do. Cultural expression in general, and musical expression in particular, can be powerful in promoting the kind of genuine understanding between peoples, even where language is a barrier. The arts provide a peaceful means of overt self-expression for a culture, which is capable of refocusing emotions that could otherwise breed hostility toward unfamiliar culture.”
- Tom Lloyd, Event: Panel discussion: In a post 9/11 world, can violence be defended as a necessary and morally justified means toward creating a just and peaceful world?

Liliana Leitner-Laserna '06 was one of the many students who solicited funds from the Programming Fund in order to bring a homeless artist from her home congregation in Boston. In her final report she noted that the event, “opened a very important space [for students]. This space was that of our own silence – listening to ourselves hear someone speak who is usually not “supposed” to be at the Academic table.”