Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council
Mission: The mission of MSU’s Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council (CIEC) is to enhance and enrich the vibrancy of campus and community life.
Duties: In support of the mission, the CIEC seeks to sustain and enhance events which regularly occur to good effect, and at the same time, to subsidize new events identified through proposals from the campus community. The CIEC will issue requests for proposals, award and administer funds, assess the success of events, and make funding decisions according to an annual timeline.
Members: This institutional committee’s members include four (4) faculty members from different disciplines, one (1) student, one (1) staff member, Student Activities Director, VPAA (ex officio, non-voting), and one additional member of the CIEC Advisory Council (non-voting).
Selection of members: Faculty members will be nominated by their departments/divisions, while students and staff members will be nominated by their respective governance bodies. The VPAA will appoint members. Faculty and staff will serve three-year terms. Students will serve one-year terms. The additional member of the CIEC Advisory Council will serve on an annual rotation.
Advisory Council: Laurie Geller, VPAA; Robert Kibler; Bill Harbort; Sarah Aleshire; Charlie Young
Funding: The Vice President for Advancement, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and others will provide funding.
Please review and gather the information needed to apply before completing the online application. Late applications will not be accepted, and incomplete applications will not be funded.
Proposals be accepted twice each academic year.
- Proposals for spring semester 2025 are due November 1, 2024.
Applicants may request no more than $4000. Applicants must first seek funding from departments. Matching funding sources and amounts must be provided. No minimum match is required, but proposals should include some amount of matching funds. Funds cannot be used for gifts or for faculty/staff salaries, stipends, or travel. All requests must comply with Minot State University's policies.
If you have questions, please contact Laurie Geller in the Academic Affairs Office. Questions about budget items should be directed to Amy Armstrong, Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs or to Sheila Latham, Grants & Accounting Analyst at least one week prior to the deadline.
To help you develop your event's timeline and promotion plan, use the event planning checklist.
Grant awardees must submit a post-event summary no later than one month after the event.
This summary should include:
- The event’s attendance. How many people attended? What was the approximate number of: a) MiSU students, b) MiSU faculty and staff, and c) community members?
- A description of the media coverage for the event (e.g., newspaper, TV, radio, social media groups, newsletters, other).
- The event's impact on the campus and the community.
- A description and reflection on the event's successes and challenges. (e.g., What might you do differently? What parts of the event turned out well? Did the event meet your expectations?)
- [Optional] Photos, videos, or other information from the event. If you want to share photos or other information from the event, please include that information in a file. Photos could be included directly in a Word or pdf file, or you could provide links to individual photos, videos, or other media and information or to a folder of such items.
Submit your post-event summary HERE.
Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council 2023-2024
Faculty (4 members)
Warren Gamas
Leisa Harmon
Serena Pontenila
Samuel Stinson
CIEC advisory member
Robert Kibler (non-voting)
Staff (1 member)
Katy Allers
Student (1 member)
TBD
Student Activities Director
Aaron Hughes
VPAA (non-voting)
Laurie Geller
Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council Spring 2024 Grant Awards
|
Project |
Awardees |
Amount |
|
33rd Annual Spring Honor Dance & Powwow Educational Program |
Annette Mennem |
$3500 |
|
Plum River Native Prairie Dedication Keynote |
Dan Conn and Annette Mennem |
$3500 |
|
A Day with Diane Wilson: A Series of On-Campus Events Featuring the Award-Winning Dakota Writer and Educator |
Jane la Plante, Lizzy LeRud, and Annette Mennem |
$3500 |
|
ND Democracy Cafe and Community Engagement Project |
Jynette Larshus |
$3500 |
|
Data Science for All Summit: Relevance to diverse fields and industries |
Jennifer Sherman, Nigel George, Daren Erisman, Serena Pontenila, and Genevieve Kahrilas |
$3500 |
|
Dr. Graves Data Science Visit |
Serena Pontenila, Daren Erisman, and Jennifer Sherman |
$3000 |
Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council Fall 2024 Grant Awards
| Event | Start Date | End Date | Contact | Award |
| Exploring Diverse Culture through Sport and Physical Activity Series | 8/30/2024 | 12/13/2024 | Yung-Ju Chen, Kelsey Higginson |
$2200 |
| The Great Open: Rebecca Norris Webb & Alex Webb at Minot State University | 9/5/2024 | 9/7/2024 | Greg Vettel, Ryan Stander | $3000 |
| Crafting Connections: Exploring Aesthetics in Teaching and Learning with Dr. Bruce Uhrmacher | 9/12/2024 | 9/13/2024 | Dan Conn | $3700 |
| Rachel Kurtz: Queer Christian Concert and Q&A | 9/28/2024 | 9/28/2024 | Rachel Simonson, Kathy Hintz | $1300 |
| Informed Citizenship and American Politics: A Day in Conversation with Public Philosopher Jack Russell Weinstein | 10/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Raman Sachdev | $2200 |
| NoDAKoN | 10/16/2024 | 10/17/2024 | Kyle Bittle, Kristi Berg | $3250 |
| Songs for a New World | 10/17/2024 | 10/20/2024 | Emerson Eads | $3000 |
| MSU Keyboard Arts Festival | 10/25/2024 | 10/27/2024 | Dianna Anderson | $2826 |
