The Baylor Humanities Festival Grant Proposal

The Baylor

Humanities Festival Progress to connect our communities and our world

A proposal to the Good Ole Baylor Line Grant from

Pro Artes Initiative

2014

11/17/2014

1 The Baylor Humanities Festival

Table of Contents

Executive Summary………………………………………………………..……………..2

Introduction…………………………………………………………….………………...3

The Humanities Today…………………………………………….……………………..4

Our Plan: The Baylor Humanities Festival….……………………………………………8

Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative……………………….……………………….12

Proposed Project Budget…………………………………….………………………….13

Conclusion………………………………………………….…………………………...15

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………….16


from t-shirt sales, sponsors, and silent auction.

Executive Summary

With its number of vibrant humanities programs, Baylor University holds the opportunity to

educate students on how the humanities play a vital role in their lives and within the global

community in a new and exciting way. Pro Artes Initiative proposes the development of the

Baylor Humanities Festival – a student-driven event to promote, engage, and celebrate the

humanities. The Festival (BHF) would allow for a showcase of compelling student talent,

knowledge, and research within the humanities disciplines in order to exemplify Baylor’s

strategic vision, Pro Futuris, by enhancing the Baylor experience.

The Humanities Today

The pursuit of the humanities demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge: to better

understand ourselves and the world around us. Currently residing within the information age, the

sharing of humanistic information is imperative. Growing need in the workplace for humanities’

skills, including communication, creativity, and critical thinking, calls for deliverable action of

transformational education in order to ensure a greater intellectual community.

The Plan for the Baylor Humanities Festival

BHF expands upon the concept of the arts festival by encompassing all humanities disciplines.

Therefore, previously underrepresented and largely undeliverable humanities such as history and

philosophy may be accessed. BHF will be an event comprised of student performers, artists, and

intellectuals of the humanities disciplines. The Festival’s objectives are as follows:

Highlight underrepresented disciplines within the humanities

Allow students an opportunity to lead and showcase their talents and knowledge

Showcase humanities majors to Baylor students who remain undecided

Provide an event to bring together the Baylor community

BHF would take place in Hooper-Schaefer’s three theatres, as well as on Fountain Mall. The

theatres would house student presentations similar to the famed TED talks, and performances of

music, theatre, and dance. Fountain Mall would host organizational booths and an outdoor stage.

Alumni will have the opportunity to return to Baylor to share their own humanities experiences

with current students. Distinguished alumni will be recognized and awarded for their

accomplishments within the humanities.

Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative

The Pro Artes Initiative is composed of two students committed to promoting the humanities.

Landon Swartz, a senior Professional Writing major, and Madison Dalton, a junior Professional

Writing Major and Italian minor, have long-standing commitments to the humanities disciplines

both inside and outside of Baylor University.

Proposed Project Budget

The proposed budget for the Baylor Humanities Festival follows average price estimates for

office supplies, t-shirts, printing, equipment rentals, and venue rentals. The estimate totals

$8,350; however, due to the possible annual nature of BHF, Pro Artes Initiative is asking for a

grant of $8,500. Excess will be used to help fund BHF for the next year, alongside the capital


Introduction

With 26 academic departments and 13 academic institutes within the humanities, Baylor

University is dedicated to promoting the humanities’ education. General requirements for

students include many humanities classes, and numerous student clubs and organizations for the

humanities are offered. Baylor University hosts a wide range of access points into the humanities

disciplines, yet further promotion is now available. Baylor University holds the opportunity with

its number of vibrant humanities programs to educate students on how the humanities play a vital

role in their lives and within the global community.

The purpose of this proposal is to initiate the establishment of the Baylor Humanities Festival – a

student-driven, campus-wide event to promote, engage, and celebrate the humanities. The

foundation of the Baylor Humanities Festival would allow for a showcase of compelling student

talent, knowledge, and research within the humanities disciplines. The Festival would also hold

the opportunity for alumni to join the festivities to teach, demonstrate, and be acknowledged for

their own success in the humanities. The focus of the Baylor Humanities Festival would be to

promote the humanities, connect and educate the Baylor community, and exemplify Baylor’s

strategic vision, Pro Futuris, by enhancing the Baylor experience.

Pursuing the humanities for education and connection relies on the idea that the humanities

should be pursued in the first place. Baylor University certainly realizes the humanities’

importance, and now holds the opportunity through the Baylor Humanities Festival to access a

larger, wider audience and demonstrate this importance. The pursuit of the humanities demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge. The humanities show us what it is to be

human – to better understand ourselves and the world around us.

Although in recent years the humanities have seen a national decline in response to the growth of

the STEM and business disciplines, the humanities remain an imperative curriculum. The

humanities are necessary for students’ education and career preparation in a complex world

characterized by the sharing of information. The humanities teach creativity in the workplace,

and promote the indispensable job skills of communicating well. Combined with the benefits of

contributing to the workforce, the humanities provide the means to achieving a greater

intellectual community through their transformational education.

In this proposal, we will first discuss the humanities of the information age and their impacts on

our modern world. Second, we will offer a plan for the establishment of the Baylor Humanities

Festival, which addresses the opportunity of an outlet for these modern humanities. Third, we

will evaluate our qualifications at Pro Artes Initiative for the initiation of this project. Finally, we

will explain the costs and benefits of implementing the Baylor Humanities Festival. Our goal is

to demonstrate how the Baylor Humanities Festival would enrich students’ Baylor experience by

celebrating and accessing Baylor’s vibrant humanities programs in a new and exciting way.


The Humanities Today

The pursuit of the humanities demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge. The humanities

show us what it is to be human– to better understand ourselves and the world around us.

Residing within the information age, the humanities act as a beacon for its center: the human

condition. With its number of vibrant humanities programs, Baylor University holds the

opportunity to educate students on how the humanities play a vital role in their lives and within

the global community.

The Humanities’ Current Situation Although imperatively valuable, the humanities do not typically receive immediate praise. The

humanities have been set against the rising STEM (science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics) and business disciplines, and as a result are often subjugated in importance.

Nationally, many humanities programs are tossed to the wayside or even cut completely within

educational establishments in favor of the STEM disciplines.11 Some institutes of higher education “cut out [the humanities departments]” because its majors “make students

unemployable.”4 Following this mode of thought, higher education’s only purpose is training

students for jobs. The danger of viewing the humanities as superfluous is the public’s being

driven “[towards] a narrow concept of education focused on short-term payoffs” instead of

emphasizing enduring knowledge.11 Though not all institutions enact this policy, the overall threat exists.

The arts and humanities receive federal funding of about $250 million a year, whereas the

National Science Foundation receives about $5 billion.7 Investments to the national intellectual

life are generally organized by contributions to three justifications: to the gross domestic product,

national defense, or increase to the life-span of human beings.6 In order to be justified, these contributions must show effects. The effects of the listed three would include the distribution of

profits, understanding cultures involved with foreign policy, and bio-medical advancements.

These contributions’ underlying, yet largely unacknowledged, factor is the pursuit of carving out

a better life for humans. Don M. Randel explains that “when we invest in someone’s lifespan, it

ought to address why one would want to be a human being in the first place.”6 Our national

situation acknowledges the value in being human, yet the studies of such, the humanities, are

side-stepped. Therefore, in order to preserve our very nature, we need to start making a stronger

case for the humanities.

In order to take action, the public must be convinced of the humanities’ worth. William Carlos

Williams is quoted: “It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day

for lack of what is found there.” The humanities’ worth is not found within the ‘how’ we live our

lives, but within the ‘why.’ Unfortunately, many levels of higher education view this ‘why’ as superfluous because the humanities do not lead to outside jobs; they are restricted to their own

field. This is especially true considering a large number of humanities students are targeted for

graduate school. Cathy N. Davidson elaborates by saying that “producing PhDs trained to

produce PhDs is, like all inbreeding, a way to guarantee decline and eventual extinction.”5

Therefore, the humanities of the information age must “[engage] with the world [and] other

disciplines collaboratively to evolve new kinds of cross-disciplinary inquiry.”1 By extending the humanities’ reach to other intellectual pursuits, their value to the public can also be extended.


Art Classics Communication English

Humanities Institutes at Baylor University

History Journalism, Public

Relations, and New Media

Modern Languages and

Cultures

Museum Studies

Philosophy Political Science Religion Sociology Theatre Arts

The Humanities in the Workplace We are already seeing positive effects of the humanities’ hold in the information age. A 2012

survey showed that out of 652 CEOs and Heads of Product Engineering, 60 percent had degrees

in the humanities.10 The humanities teach “critical thinking, historical perspective, languages and linguistics, and other components of cross-cultural literacy,” which are necessary attributes for

working in a modern, complex world.5 Similarly, those who are good readers and writers hold

indispensable job skills most coveted by employers.5 The humanities promote essential creativity for the workplace, and in today’s workforce, “workers need more than just skills and knowledge

to be productive and innovative.”12 Currently, 51 percent of employers endorse the concept of a

liberal education as very important, and 74 percent would fully recommend it to their own child

or a young person they know.11 The humanities are not to be closed-off within themselves; they are to be an integral component of career preparation and performance. Combined with the

benefits of contributing to the workforce, the humanities provide the means to achieving a

greater intellectual community.

The Humanities at Baylor University With a solid foundation in the humanities, Baylor University currently offers 26 academic

departments and 13 academic institutes for the field (see Figure 1.1).2 Baylor also promotes the

humanities through many of its general requirements and opportunities through student

organizations. However, the current national situation of the decrease in humanities calls for a

strengthening of these programs’ reach. Martine W. Brownley explains that “it is crucial for the

humanities not only to speak with many voices, as they currently do through departments, but

also to make broader appeals in [a] unified voice.”3 The humanities are accessible through Baylor’s academic departments and student clubs, yet they remain relatively isolated from one

another. The humanities must be made accessible to a larger audience in order to increase

Baylor’s own intellectual community.

Figure 1.1


Baylor’s student community would be improved by the humanities’ promotion because of the

general, well-rounded, and integral knowledge that the disciplines provide to the enhancement of

the student experience. Increasing awareness of Baylor’s humanities would also help attract

majors. It is nationally estimated that 77 percent of freshmen and sophomores are deciding on a

major, and the humanities can provide a viable avenue to pursue. 9 The humanities educate on exploration of the self and the surrounding world, which are the influences that dictate

university-level education. However, even if students do not pursue humanities’ majors,

increased awareness would open up the opportunity for students to become involved in one of

the many humanities clubs and organizations here at Baylor.

The Humanities’ Deliverance In order to achieve an increase in the humanities’ awareness and influence, tangible deliverables

must be made for a largely intangible field. Whereas the STEM disciplines thrive in data, the

humanities thrive in ideas. Therefore, the humanities of the information age must be directly

accessible and addressed to diverse audiences. The “intellectual tradition” of the humanities must

be brought “into focus and concentrated…on individuals by bringing persons of intellectual

talent and disposition into contact…to benefit from each other’s stimulating and disciplining

presence.”3 As the information age facilitates the sharing of ideas, intellectual communities

generate “other lively, curious and actually and potentially productive minds.”3 By sharing humanistic ideas, we find out “what we think is important about life, what human beings aspire

to, and how we can make the life of the mind richer for everybody.”6 Community and the sharing

of ideas prove imperative in bringing the intangible humanities to light and in discovering what

lies at the heart of our life’s pursuits and ideals.

As an educational institute which understands and exercises the importance of the humanities,

Baylor University is able to take hold of the opportunity to strengthen the humanities disciplines

during a very pivotal time. Attention and resources are increasingly directed to the STEM and

business disciplines; therefore, as the center of our information age, humanities’ importance and

awareness must be increased. The humanities are proven imperative to our lives, yet we have not

taken all the steps available in demonstrating this. Stanley Katz asks, “If, for instance, we

actually believe that college students should receive a ‘liberal’ education, what do we have to do

to ensure that they are receiving it?”8 Baylor University is capable of taking further steps in order to ensure this education and improve the intellectual community. By celebrating the humanities

through promotion and engagement, Baylor University can improve the lives of their

communities while creating an effective campaign for the humanities.

1 Barnett, Ronald. "Imagining the humanities - Amid the inhuman." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 13.42 (2014): n. pag. Print.

2 Baylor College of Arts & Sciences. Baylor University, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. <http://www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences/index.php?id=57499>.

3 Brownley, Martine W. "Academic specialization and contemporary university humanities centers." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 11.224 (2012): n. pag. Print.

4 Cohan, Peter. "To Boost Post-College Prospects, Cut Humanities Departments." Forbes 29 May 2012: n.

pag. Print.


5 Davidson, Cathy N. "Strangers on a Train." Academe 97.5 (2011): n. pag. Rpt. in Academe. Comp. American Association of University Professors. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.

6 Don M. Randel - The Importance of the Humanities and Knowledge. Prod. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. American Academy of Arts & Sciences, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. <http://www.amacad.org/events/Induction2011/VP/Briefing_Randel.aspx>.

7 "11 Facts About Arts in Education." DoSomething.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. <https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-arts-education>.

8 Katz, Stanley. "The 'Best-Educated' Country." The Chronicle of Higher Education (2010): n. pag. Print. 9 McDaniels, Robert M., et al. "Undecided/Undeclared: Working with 'Deciding' Students." Journal of Career

Development: n. pag. Print. 10 Terras, M., et al. "The Humanities Matter!" Infographic. 4Humanities. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.

<http://4humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/humanitiesmatter300.pdf>. 11 United States. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Heart of the Matter: The Humanities and Social

Sciences. Washington: GPO, 2013. Print. 12 - - -. President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning

America's Furutre through Creative Schools. Washington: GPO, 2011. Print.


Our Plan: The Baylor Humanities Festival

Project Objectives An effective campaign for the humanities calls for a plan of action. The purpose of this proposal

is to outline a plan of action for the Baylor Humanities Festival. This festival will directly

address Baylor University's abundance of student talent and depth of ability within the

humanities by establishing an accessible, creative output for those interested. Participants will

be able to express their talents and capabilities within their area of the humanities through any

approved artistic means or through a ten-minute presentation.

The project’s objectives are as follows:

Highlight underrepresented disciplines within the humanities

Allow students an opportunity to lead and showcase their talents and knowledge

Showcase humanities majors to Baylor students who remain undecided

Provide an event to bring together the Baylor community

Project Implementation and Management Plan

A. The Baylor Humanities Festival

Student Involvement

The Baylor Humanities Festival will be an event comprised of student performers, artists, and

intellectuals within the various humanities disciplines. It will last for an entire Saturday to allow

for maximum attendance. Students with multiple talents will be encouraged to combine them in

new and interesting ways, while students from various disciplines will be encouraged to

collaborate with other students to produce works of art or new intellectual concepts; for example,

a history student might collaborate with a playwriting student to develop a historically accurate

play or scene to be performed during the festival, or a philosophy student might collaborate with

a visual arts student to create artwork regarding a philosophical concept.

Students who wish to showcase their knowledge, expertise, or field of study will be able to

develop ten-minute "talks." Similar to the famed TED talks, these will be designed by students

to inspire their fellow students and positively impact the Baylor community while informing and

educating on their studies. These talks are especially useful to showcase the largely

underrepresented and undeliverable humanities, such as history and philosophy. Through student

talks, these humanities become reachable and accessible to a larger audience.

Alumni and Faculty Involvement

Baylor alumni will be invited back to participate in the Baylor Humanities Festival. Along with

faculty, alumni will be able to demonstrate their own wisdom and expertise within the

humanities disciplines through a series of talks. Alumni and faculty will serve as role models for

current students by demonstrating the value of the humanities within their own lives. The

Festival will award distinguished alumni and faculty with respective awards, honoring

achievement within the humanities.


Location

Part of the Festival will be housed within the three theatres of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts

Building. While student presentations are underway in Baylor's Mabee Theatre, an exhibition of

humanities-inspired performances (music, theatre, dance) will take place in the Jones Theatre.

Furthermore, in Theatre 11, student artwork will be displayed, and a silent auction held to fund

the Baylor Humanities Council during the following year of operation.

The second part of the Festival will be housed on Fountain Mall, where humanities

organizations’ booths will be set-up, accompanied by an outdoor stage to accommodate for other

performances. Student booths will be able to showcase different humanities organizations, and

ultimately entice other students into becoming involved in the humanities here at Baylor. The

advantage of having part of the Festival occur outside is that it holds wide accessibility to a

larger audience, and it is more recognizable; therefore, the Festival should gain higher

attendance.

Audience and Continuance

With the help of the GOBL grant, this event will be free and open to both the public and Baylor

students. If the festival is well-received, a measurement to be based on a voluntary survey, then

outside sponsorships from local businesses will be sought to allow it to continue; furthermore, t-

shirt sales and the proceeds of a silent auction will assist in funding the following year's festival.

The silent auction will be comprised of artwork and items donated by students, who will receive

an 80 percent return of the proceeds from that specific item.

B. Work Plan

1. Contact and support will be established with each department chair within the following:

School of Arts & Sciences

School of Music

School of Education

School of Social Work

a. Each department chair will be sent a letter detailing the goals of the Festival and asked

for feedback.

b. Should there be any concerns, they will be addressed at this time.

2. A Baylor Humanities Council will be established as a student organization to oversee the

Baylor Humanities Festival in the Spring of 2015.

a. This will be a student-led organization and will be responsible for the student

participation of the festival based upon the recommendations contained herein.

b. Should the Baylor Humanities Festival continue, the Baylor Humanities Council will

gain full authority over future festivals.

c. This organization will be based upon a basic charter, outlining the organization's

commitment to Baylor, the humanities, and increasing public awareness of the humanities.

3. Advertisement and marketing will be utilized during the Fall of 2015 to increase student

involvement within the Baylor Humanities Council and the Baylor Humanities Festival.

a. Members of the Baylor Humanities Council will be encouraged to provide suggestions

for the Baylor Humanities Festival.


b. Interested individuals, whether members or non-members, will be encouraged to consider

ways in which they might participate.

c. Humanities-centered student organizations will be contacted for inquiry regarding their

interest in being represented at the festival.

4. Extensive planning will begin for the Baylor Humanities Festival in early Spring of 2016.

a. A speaker list will be tentatively established and details of performance execution will be

finalized.

b. A list of booths will be finalized space allotted.

c. Marketing plans will finalize at this point.

5. Final preparations will be executed three weeks before the event in mid-Spring of 2016.

a. A media blitz will take place through multiple platforms, and the event's presence will be

heightened through signage and fliers on campus.

b. The speaker list will be finalized and announced at this time.

c. Volunteers, drawn from the non-performing or participating members of the Baylor

Humanities Council and other general individuals, will be assigned specific tasks and

implementation will be prepared.

6. The Baylor Arts Festival will occur on an event-free Saturday, to be determined, in mid-

Spring of 2016.

C. Implementing Agent and Management of Project

The Pro Artes Initiative will manage the majority of the financial, organizational, and technical

aspects of the Baylor Humanities Festival for the first year. Our organization will also actively

participate as members of the Baylor Humanities Council during this first year, allowing the

Council time to establish itself and learn from the first festival. All deadlines to be set will fall

upon the responsibility of the Pro Artes Initiative actors. Student participation and individual

contributions to the Baylor Humanities Festival will be the responsibility of the students

themselves; however, encouragement of student participation and facilitation of the Baylor

Humanities Council will be Pro Artes Initiative's responsibility

D. Justification of Solution

The Baylor Humanities Festival is based upon other universities’ arts festivals, such as those at

Boston College, New York University, Harvard University, Brandeis University, University of

Chicago, and Eastern Illinois University. The uniqueness that Baylor University will bring,

however, is the utilization of the full range of the humanities disciplines. Exploring more than

the arts subjects, the Baylor Humanities Festival will engage and educate the Baylor community

on every aspect of the humanities.

Most similarly, the Baylor Humanities Festival loosely follows the example of San Jose State

University's "H&A Student Showcase." A one-day event, the SJSU showcase brings together the

humanities in one location to display their depth of ability. Although the Baylor Humanities

Festival is similar in structure to this event, it differs in scope; Baylor offers three locations


within one building and a student organization to promote the event. This approach gives the

festival the ability to naturally grow and change according to the student population and their

interests.

While there are many options for the promotion of the humanities, none are quite as meaningful

or impactful as an event held by students, for students. A simple showcase for majors is a valid

option to answer the issue of students who remain undecided regarding their majors, but it fails

to address the depth of aptitude and accomplishment achieved by the humanities at Baylor.

Therefore, the Baylor Humanities Festival will be undertaken by the Pro Artes Initiative, an

organization by students, for students, in order to enhance the Baylor experience through

promotion of the humanities.


Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative

The Pro Artes Initiative is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the humanities by increasing

accessibility and awareness for students at Baylor University. Being composed of two students

deeply invested in the humanities, our organization understands the importance of education

within the humanities disciplines, and we see the opportunity to further this education through

Baylor University’s resources of humanities programs.

Our organization intends to utilize the wonderful abundance of student talent which Baylor

offers in order to implement the Baylor Humanities Festival. As a two-member team, the Pro

Artes Initiative works closely together to achieve a direct, intended result. Networking and

communication is exact and personal, enabling our organization to get to know and understand

the members that will be participating in the Baylor Humanities Festival.

Members of the Pro Artes Initiative

Landon Swartz:

Project manager Landon Swartz is a senior Professional Writing major. Swartz is a

former member of the Baylor A Capella and Chamber choirs, as well as the Quidditch

Association. He was also involved in Baylor’s Department of Theatre Arts, and currently

works at Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theatre.

Madison Dalton:

Madison Dalton is a junior Professional Writing major and Italian minor. While formerly a member of the Baylor Swing Dance Society and Quidditch Association, Dalton is

currently involved with Bayor’s Italian Club. Outside of Baylor, Dalton remains an avid

writer, saxophonist, artist, and traveler.

Sights for the Future

The Pro Artes Initiative is committed to Baylor’s strategic vision, Pro Futuris, in order to enrich

students’ Baylor experience. Our organization believes that the Baylor Humanities Festival holds

the potential to become an enduring tradition at Baylor which will continue to educate students

on the basis of the humanities.

The Baylor Humanities Council

The formation of the Baylor Humanities Council allows for the Festival to continue on after the

first year in our organization’s care. The benefits of setting up an organization to handle future

festivals are the involvement of students in leadership and team roles, the opportunity to define a

Baylor tradition, and the continued promotion of the humanities.

Designed with room for growth, the Baylor Humanities Festival is able to carry on after the Pro

Artes Initiative’s founding of the program. Therefore, students may gain experience and

education from the humanities through this new and exciting venue over an extended period of

time.


Proposed Project Budget

The proposed budget for the Baylor Humanities Festival follows average price estimates for

office supplies, t-shirts, printing, equipment rentals, and venue rentals.

Venue Rentals The venue cost estimates are based upon the standard rates for renting Baylor University's three

theatres for both lecture and performance style lighting (see Table #1). Equipment costs include

the use of a projector and a screen for the duration of the festival, as well as additional lighting

costs for performances.

The outdoor stage rental for Fountain Mall is free of charge for student organizations and

departments, thanks to the Department of Student Activities.

T-shirts and Operations Costs for shirts are based upon retail estimates for single-color printing of simple logos and

designs, and also on the varying prices for shirt quantities. Similarly, operational costs are an

estimation of basic necessities for correspondence, office operations, and printing, and are based

on retail prices for materials and services. Operational costs include the operation of the Baylor

Humanities Council, in addition to the costs of establishing and operating the Baylor Humanities

Festival.

Advertising and Marketing Advertising and marketing costs are based upon standard laser printing costs for approximately two hundred fliers to be displayed across campus and downtown Waco. The banners will be

displayed outside of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center during the week leading up to the

event and during the event, itself.

Miscellaneous Festival Costs Festival costs are based on average rental costs of sound equipment, bounce houses, and tables.

The sound equipment and bounce house will be set-up outside of the event space for any families

with children who attend the event. Tables will be used for the organization booths and outside

of the event for a welcome and shirt sale table.

Capital T-shirt sales will bring an approximate return of $2,250 to be used as capital (see Table #1) for

the next year's festival, should it continue, or as money to fund the continued operation of the

Baylor Humanities Council.


Table #1

Cost Categories Items Cost

Venue Costs 1,900

Theatre Rental

Lecture Lighting

Performance Lighting

(x2)

1,400

200

600

Equipment Rental

Outdoor Stage Rental

500

Complimentary

T-Shirt Costs 1,850

Member Shirts 600

Shirts for Sale 1,250

Organization Operational Costs 1,800

Bank Charges (12 Months) 300

Office Supplies 300

Printing, misc. 1,100

Postage 100

Advertising Costs 450

Signs/Banners 300

Printing Costs 150

Festival Costs 2,500

Rented Tables/Chairs 400

Bounce House

Sound Equipment

Sustainability

350

1,500

250

Total Expenses 8,500

Total Revenue 10,750

Proposed Grant Amount 8,500

T-Shirt Sales 2,250

Capital for 2016-17 Before

Sponsors

2,250


Conclusion

To conclude, the opportunity of the Baylor Humanities Festival heralds a utilization of Baylor’s

vibrant humanities programs in order to promote the humanities disciplines and educate the

Baylor community. Baylor's continued commitment to promoting the humanities and supporting

the well-rounded education of its students has enabled it to stand above other universities as a

beacon of enlightenment. Baylor's level of commitment is the cornerstone of this proposal, and

allows for the possibility of this opportunity.

We estimate the proposed Baylor Humanities Festival to cost $8,500, which covers the costs of

the first Festival and helps to fund the next. One of the benefits of the Festival is its

sustainability, which allows for the formation of a new Baylor tradition. The Festival also

provides promotion of and education within the humanities, the connecting of the Baylor

community, and the celebration of both student and alumni excellence.

With the vision of a new and exciting tradition, the Baylor Humanities Festival both entertains

and educates in order to enhance students’ Baylor experience. The Baylor Humanities Festival

has the potential to serve the Baylor community as the crowning gem of the university's

achievements in the humanities, connecting and perpetuating Baylor's excellence down the years.

Through Baylor's continued and increased support for the humanities, the Baylor experience will

be heightened, and Baylor's impact upon the global community increased by the judicious

stewards that this university helps to shape.

Thank you for your time and consideration in allowing the Pro Artes Initiative the opportunity to invest in the Baylor experience. If you have any questions or suggestions for the proposal, please

feel free to contact Landon Swartz, the project manager. He is reachable by email at

[email protected]. We greatly appreciate your consideration for our organization’s

proposal.


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