Proposals for Fall 2014 Art & Culture Freshman Seminars: November 1 |
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October 8, 2013, Volume 60, No. 8 |
Penn’s Art and Culture freshman seminars are small discussion-based classes designed to introduce incoming first-year students to the wealth of exciting art and culture opportunities available both in the city of Philadelphia and through Penn’s academic programs and cultural centers. The College of Arts and Sciences will roster five of these seminars, and each course will receive up to $3,000 to cover the cost of tickets, admissions, transportation and class speakers. This funding may not be used to purchase basic course materials or to cover the cost of instructors. Students who enroll in Art and Culture freshman seminars will automatically receive a Campus Philly Cultural Passport, giving them discounted access to a variety of city-wide cultural opportunities all year. All freshman seminars also fulfill College General Education Requirements.
Please submit a one-page proposal for the seminar, including a budget and a list of the venues that will be visited and the ways in which students will become involved with them. Preference will be given to those applications that engage students in one or more of Penn’s Art and Culture centers (see http://provost.upenn.edu/initiatives/arts/centers) in addition to the wider resources of the city. Applications must include an email from the applicant’s department chair confirming that the proposed course does not conflict with the department’s rostering plans. Please email proposals as a single PDF to Brooke Sietinsons at sietinso@sas.upenn.edu no later than November 1, 2013.
Faculty interested in developing such a course should feel free to reach out to the following representatives of Penn’s Art and Culture centers:
• ICA: Eliza Coviello, ecovi@ica.upenn.edu
• Penn Museum: Steve Tinney, stinney@upenn.edu
• Annenberg Center: Michael Rose, mjrose@ac.upenn.edu
• Kelly Writers House:
Al Filreis, afilreis@writing.upenn.edu
Gregory Djanikian, djanikia@writing.upenn.edu
• Penn Libraries: Martha Brogan, brogan@pobox.upenn.edu
• Arthur Ross Gallery:
Lynn D. Marsden-Atlass (for academic purposes), lmatlass@upenn.edu
Sara Stewart (events), sabrady@upenn.edu
• Morris Arboretum: Miriam P. Von Essen, miriamv@upenn.edu
• WXPN: Roger LaMay, roger@xpn.org
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