Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community
(CCIC)

Programming Theme 2001-02

The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community, which includes faculty, staff and students, has developed a process by which faculty may access some funding available from our budget for programs which support the committee's annual theme.

The 2001-2002 theme is Communities and the Earth: The Challenge of Sustainability. Sustainability of Earth's ecosystems and of human communities are linked in complex ways that may be understood only with an interdisciplinary perspective. We face a deep challenge in understanding these links, yet the ability to act upon that understanding may be essential to our future on Earth.  The campus program will begin with Community Learning Day on Wednesday, October 17. 

Relevant issues may include:

· The sustainability of plant, animal and human communities in the next millennium
· The economics and politics of sustainability
· Sustainability issues in business and government
· Local issues of sustainability (Trenton, TCNJ, New Jersey)
· Engineering a sustainable community and world
· Sustainability and the energy crisis (California, USA, the world)

In addition, a number of related programs are in the works such as this year's Multicultural Lectures, Lech Walesa, former President of Poland on November 7, 2001, and Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Human Rights Activist on March 6, 2002.

A major goal for our committee is to encourage faculty and department support and programming around this theme. Some funds will be available to support new initiatives that link with the theme and theme programs. We consider these to be "matching funds", the little extra you need to supplement what you have from departments, grants and co-sponsorships. We are most interested in programs that will be attractive to students in content, approach and scheduling. 

In reviewing requests the committee will be looking at relevance to the theme, efforts made to engage students in the program, and the quality of the presentation - including the credentials of the speaker(s). Funding will be limited to speakers/presenters, any required materials and some on-campus advertising. We expect to be able to fund several programs each at the $500 - 2,000 level.

The committee will begin reviewing applications for Fall, 2001(see form below) as of Monday, September 10, 2001. Any requests received after those dates will be considered if funds are available. Applications for funding should be submitted to Gem Perkins, Dean of Student Life Office, 214 Brower Student Center.

Whether or not we are able to provide funding for all program requests, we will gladly include all events in a calendar of theme programs. Please contact Janet Morrison in Biology or Mary-Elaine Perry in Student Life if you have any questions. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

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