Interested in pursuing a humanities-related passion over winter break? Through the Gould Center’s Passion Project Fellowship program, students may receive funding for short-term projects connected in some way to humanistic inquiry. Passion projects may be research-oriented or experiential in nature, and they should result in a deliverable output such as academic or reflection papers, blog posts, e-zines, short films, photography exhibits, art pieces, and more. Participating students receive a fellowship award of $800 upon completion of the project. Open to CMC students of all class years. Students must be enrolled at CMC for the spring semester.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 5PM

Questions? Please contact Professor Venit-Shelton at tvenit@cmc.edu.

Information Session:

• Monday, November 4th from 12:00-1:00pm at the Gould Center in Kravis Lower Court

For application help, join Professor Venit-Shelton for open office hours at the Gould Center in Kravis Lower Court:

• Wednesday, November 13th from 2:00-3:00pm

• Thursday, November 14th from 1:30-3:00pm

• Monday, November 18th from 11:00am-12:00pm

For more information and to apply, click here!

The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies is looking to recruit three highly creative and imaginative research assistants for a special initiative during Spring 2025, The Imagination Project, supervised by Professor Kind. 

Project Description:

Philosopher José Medina has famously said that "Imagination is not a luxury or a privilege, but a necessity."  But though we take time to nurture our imagination as children, as we grow and get caught up in the hustle and bustle of work and school we often neglect imagination and relegate it to the background of our lives.  This project aims to correct this neglect.  The aims are twofold: (1) to highlight the importance of imagination and creativity to the world today; and (2) to develop a series of activities (games, puzzles, videos, etc.) with which people can engage to allow their own imaginations to flourish.  For example, one such activity will be to create an "imagination deck" that will include 52 short prompts (visual or linguistic) that get people imagining.  Other activities may involve filming interviews, creating an interactive website, and hosting imagination-focused salons.  Many of the details of the project – including what additional outputs to produce and how the outputs will be displayed and disseminated – will be collaboratively determined by the RA team.

RAs are expected to work approximately 6 hours per week. At least 2 of these hours per week must come in a shift at the Gould Center. There will also be team meetings on Thursdays at 4:15 pm in the Gould Center. RAs will be paid an hourly wage of $16.25/hour.

RAs will be expected to do some short background reading and preparation during winter break. This work, which should be between 6-8 hours in total, is preparatory for the project and is not paid time.

In addition to creativity and imaginativeness, desired skills include at least some of the following: painting, drawing, other art skills, photography, graphic design, video and photo editing, proofreading, filming, and interviewing.

Eligible students are CMC students from the class of '26, '27, and '28. RAs must be in residence at CMC for the spring semester.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 26 at 12 noon, Pacific. 

Click HERE to apply!

If you have any questions, please come to the info session on Friday, November 15 from 3:30 – 4:15 pm at the Gould Center in Kravis Lower Court. You may also contact Professor Kind at akind@cmc.edu or stop by the Gould Center in Kravis Center Lower Court from 8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm.