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  Minot State / Committees / Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council
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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, 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. 

The second round of proposals for 2026-2027 are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on October 1, 2026. 

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, faculty/staff salaries, swag for participants, 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 and promotion information on the marketing website. 

Proposal Scoring Form

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.

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council 2026-2027 Grant Awards

Voices of Our Community: A Cultural Storytelling & Dialogue Night
Rebecca Daigneault      
Behavioral Sciences and Criminal Justice: Social Work
9/1/2026 to 11/26/2026    
$1,000

Improvisation, Composition, and Electroacoustic Cello
Erik Anderson
Department of Fine and Performing Arts: Music
10/13/2026 to 10/14/2026 (tentative)     
$1,000 

NODAKON 2026
Kyle Bittle, Kristi Berg      
Math, Data, and Technolgy            
10/15/2026             
$3,000

Metaphor meets Minot: A Week-Long Residency with Chamber Percussion Duo Metaphor Percussion
Mariah Taller and Dianna Anderson  
Fine and Performing Arts: Music  
11/16/2026 to 11/20/2026             
$4,000 

Minot, Murals, and Monuments: Celebrating Community and Culture with Guido van Helten
Cole Krueger and Gregory Vettel  
Marketing, Northwest Arts Center                     
2/2/2026 to 2/6/2025       
$4,000

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council 2025-2026 Grant Awards

National Deaf Awareness Month: Meet the Deaf Ninja and Screen Deaf President Now 2024    
Holly Pedersen & Erica Bailey         
Education & Inclusive Services: Sign Language & Interpreting Programs
9/1/2025 to 9/30/2025     
$2,850

The Art of American Opera & Song: A Masterclass and Recital
Efrain Amaya
Department of Fine and Performing Arts    
9/5/2025 to 9/6/2025       
$4,000 

NODAKON 2025
Kyle Bittle, Kristi Berg      
Math, Data, and Technolgy            
10/16/2025 to 10/16/2025             
$4,000

International Peace Garden Conference 
Jynette Larshus  
Humanities, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies           
10/24/2025 to 10/25/2025             
$3,800

Possibility and the Music of JS Bach, with guest artist Yehuda Hanani
Erik Anderson     
Fine and Performing Arts   
10/24/2025 to 10/26/2025             
$4,000 

Minot State Fall Undergraduate Research Forum 
Yung-Ju Chen, Krystal St. Peter       
Science,Behavioral Sciences and Criminal Justice             
11/13/2025 to 11/13/2025             
$4,000

Steve Prince Artist Visit & Exhibition   
James Sturm, Ryan Stander, Greg Vettel      
Looyenga Leadership Center, Fine and Performing Arts, Flat Tail Press, Northwest Arts Center                     
2/2/2026 to 2/6/2025       
$4,000

Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature (NPCEBL)   
Amanda Watts   
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies              
4/9/2026 to 4/11/2026     
$4,000

36th Annual Spring Honor Dance & Powwow Celebration  
Annette Mennem             
Native American Center       
4/24/2026 to 4/25/2026   
$4,000

Comic and Fantasy Artists Tom Fleming & Dave DeVries  
Bill Harbort
Fine and Performing Arts        
427/2026 to 4/28/2026   
$1,600

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council Spring 2025 Grant Awards

Spring 2025 CIEC Awards
Event Start Date End Date Contact Award
Miyo-wîcêhtowin (pronounced Mayo-Wha-Chee- Toe- Win, which means "The Principle of Getting Along Well with Others, Good Relations, Expanding the Circle") 1/21/2025 1/28/2025 Penny Craven and Tamara Waters-Wheeler

$4000

Fostering Resilience: A Cross-Disciplinary Symposium on Trauma-Informed Care and Ethics 3/21/2025 3/21/2025 Lacey Corneliusen, Krystal St. Peter, Dylan Horner, Michael Nason, and Penny Craven $3547
Comic and Fantasy Artists Tom Fleming & Dave DeVries (CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS) 4/28/2025 4/29/2025 Bill Harbort

$1500

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council Fall 2024 Grant Awards

Fall 2024 CIEC 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

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council Spring 2024 Grant Awards

Spring 2024 CIEC 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 2025-2026

Faculty (4 members)
Ruth Chen (28)
Serena Pontenila (28)
Samuel Stinson (26)
Dylan Horner (27)

CIEC advisory member
TBD (non-voting) (26)

Staff (1 member)
Katy Allers (26)

Student (1 member)
TBD (25)

Student Activities Director
Absent

VPAA (non-voting)
Laurie Geller

Cultural and Intellectual Engagement Council 2024-2025

Faculty (4 members)
Leisa Harmon (25)
Serena Pontenila (25)
Samuel Stinson (26)
Dylan Horner (27)

CIEC advisory member
Sarah Aleshire (non-voting) (25)

Staff (1 member)
Katy Allers (26)

Student (1 member)
TBD (25)

Student Activities Director
Aaron Hughes (need a replacement)

VPAA (non-voting)
Laurie Geller

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

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