Committee for
Cultural and Intellectual
Community
(CCIC)
Programming Theme for 2002-03
The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community (CCIC) is pleased to announce the theme for the next year. The theme is Pluralism and the Open Society. As you may remember, last fall the committee issued a call for suggestions to develop a theme. We are grateful for the many excellent suggestions we received. The theme Pluralism and the Open Society encompasses essential points from each concept offered.
This theme will give the campus community the opportunity to investigate the changes our local and global communities have undergone since the terrorist attacks last September and the war that has followed. We hope this theme engenders other points for inquiry such as civil liberties; definitions of patriotism; government and corporate control; immigration policies; and the impact of technology on privacy and secrecy such as genetic testing. We also hope that our students will be particularly interested in related issues such as the concept of in loco parentis (i.e. to what extent are college students treated as adults?); personal freedom on campus; the ability of the local community to design laws specifically to control the behavior of college students, and the need for student involvement in campus decision making.
The theme will be the basis for Community Learning Day scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, 2002. It will also drive the Summer Reading program for first year students and several academic and cultural programs offered by faculty, student, and staff organizations throughout the 2002-2003 academic year. It has been developed to both support programming that is already planned as well as encourage the development of new programs. As in years past, partial funding for such programs will be available from the CCIC.
At this time, we would like to invite individual community members as well as the various departments and campus groups to develop programming related to this theme. Several explicit opportunities will be available to you. They include working to develop Community Learning Day as well as submitting proposals for funding for programs related to the annual theme.
Moreover, for this upcoming year we are considering a new initiative, the creation of a Suggested Reading List - suggestions from the campus community of books, articles, films, websites, etc. that pertain to the theme. To this end, the committee is asking you to think of those works which provide a voice and perspective to the theme of Pluralism and the Open Society.
Please feel free to submit your ideas or volunteer to serve on the CCIC or Community Learning Day Committee by contacting Gem Perkins in the Dean of Student Life Office at ext. 3112 or perkinsg@tcnj.edu.
Please consider joining our efforts to support intellectual and cultural growth on our campus by taking advantage of these opportunities.
For more information about the theme, please contact Ellen Friedman at ext. 2539 or friedman@tcnj.edu or Mary-Elaine Perry at ext. 2201 or mperry@tcnj.edu.
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The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community
The College of New Jersey
Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community
Program Funding Proposal
Name of Person submitting request: ____________________________________
Contact information: phone____________________e-mail__________________
Department/Group represented: _______________________________________
Name of Program:_________________________________________________________
Anticipated date(s): _____________________
Location:
_____________________
PLEASE ATTACH YOUR PROPOSAL ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING:
1. Description of the Program: Include information on speakers or presenters and
their credentials.
2. How does this program relate to the theme of Pluralism and the Open Society?
3. How will you ensure student involvement in the program?
4. Are you making any efforts to engage the outside community? If yes, what
efforts?
Program Expenses:
1. Please include total for: Speaker fees and accommodations, Advertising and
Room/media.
2. Secured Funding from other sources:
3. Amount requested from CICC
Applications for Spring 2003 programs are requested by Friday, February 7,
2003. Applications received after that date will be considered if funds are
available. Applications should be returned to Gem Perkins, Dean of Student Life
Office, 214 Brower Student Center or via e-mail at perkinsg@tcnj.edu.