Trinity College

ARTHUR VINING DAVIS SUMMER INSTITUTE IN URBAN AND

GLOBAL STUDIES

Program Description and Call for Applications, Trinity College

Milla Riggio, Director

The application process for this grant has concluded for 2008.

The overall goal of the Arthur Vining Davis Summer Institute in Urban and Global Studies is to further integrate the Trinity College emphasis on urban and global learning with our current undergraduate curriculum, to enable students to develop skills that will serve them both in the classroom and in the broader, more experiential reach of their education, to engage them practically and conceptually in the urban environment of Hartford, to link Hartford with other global urban locations, optionally to prepare them for study abroad, and to help them integrate study abroad into their overall Trinity curriculum. This program aims to encourage students from all backgrounds to participate in our urban and global initiatives and to make study abroad more equitably available to students regardless of their economic or personal background by allowing students to use summer mentored research or outreach/internship placements as preparation for their study abroad, and/or to use the stipends they earn for the summer in lieu of summer work necessary to assist in providing funds for their academic year. Each Summer Davis Fellow will receive a stipend of $3,500, plus housing at Trinity for a ten-week period. Participation includes attending weekly lectures and panel presentations organized each Tuesday, as well as one weekly group meal coordinated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) summer program. Students may apply either as a Davis Research Fellow or a Davis Community Fellow (see guidelines below). Each Davis Fellow will have a faculty sponsor. Davis Community Fellows will in addition have a field supervisor.

DEADLINE FOR 2ND ROUND - Deadline for application submission: April 1, 2008 by 4:30 p.m.

Up to 10 Davis Fellows grants will be awarded in the 2nd round for this coming summer, 2008.

The task of clarifying how one’s proposal fits into this definition rests with the student applicant, and the quality of the proposals will be judged by a panel of faculty currently involved in urban-global work. During the Summer Institute, we expect that Research Fellows will benefit from the first-hand urban-global experiences of other students. Likewise, Community Fellows will benefit from more reflective academic perspectives. Ultimately, we believe that the Fellowship program will raise the standards of our Urban and Global initiatives as well as encourage students to become engaged in community based projects.

Summer A. V. Davis Research Fellows

Click here to access the Research Fellows application form

The A. V. Davis Summer Institute (AVDSI) will provide opportunities for students to work with faculty mentors on projects that focus on urban and/or global issues, which benefit both the faculty member and the student(s). Each Summer Scholar will have a specific faculty sponsor. Up to five students could work with one sponsor. Faculty members do not receive compensation for mentoring Summer Davis Fellows, but Davis Fellows may serve as research assistants to faculty.

Guidelines: Students may work one-on-one with a faculty member, or collaboratively with other students, supervised by one or more professors. Summer Davis Scholars can present proposals that would involve up to 2 to 3 weeks of overseas research, providing the student is willing to use the summer stipend to fund such travel. Each Davis Fellow will present a final project or a substantial product reflecting the work in progress at the end of the ten-week residency. Such projects may include collaborative work between the mentoring professor and a student serving as a research assistant, or they may be produced by mentored students alone; such projects can include photography portfolios or documentary films, when sufficiently developed and explained with supporting documents. Students will present a poster and any other final products at the fall 2008 Summer Symposium.

Summer A. V. Davis Community Fellows

Click here to access the Community Fellows application form

Students may also apply for summer support for outreach placements, or independent community-based projects. Davis Community Fellows receive a $3,500 stipend for the ten weeks of full-time commitment to their community placements or independent projects (full-time means the equivalent of 40 hours per week of time invested in the Davis Fellowship, including participation in the Tuesday presentations, meal, and collective activities). Community Fellows are required to present a final product, which will be a substantial written academic paper, portfolio, documentary film, work produced for the mentoring institution, or other final product as identified in the placement contract at the beginning of the Fellowship. In addition to a faculty sponsor, each Davis Community Fellow will have a field supervisor.

Guidelines: Outreach placements may be made at government offices, including the Office of the Mayor of Hartford, the Governor’s Office, and offices of participating elected Representatives, in addition to placements at social and cultural institutions such as the West Indian Foundation or Guakia, at selected arts institutions such as the Hartford Stage Company, Real Art Ways, TheaterWorks, or the Wadsworth Atheneum, or at socially oriented business or cultural organizations. Students interested in the sciences can explore placements in local scientific or research companies or institutions where students might have access to scientific laboratories. Placements can also be identified by collaboration with the Public Policy and Law Program, Educational Studies, the Hartford Studies Project, the Community Service Office, Health Fellows, and the Human Rights Program. Students who apply should include in their applications the particular placement which they wish for the summer and the name and signature of their faculty sponsor for that placement, as well as their field supervisor. Students will present a poster and any other final products at the fall 2008 Summer Symposium.

Additional note: This Community Fellowship program was partly modeled on the Trinity Urban Leadership Program (TULP). For your information, institutions who participated in the TULP program include the following:

· Boys & Girls Club

· Citizens Research Education Network

· External Affairs Division, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch

· Connecticut Public Television and Radio

· Greater Hartford Arts Council

· Southend Community Services

· United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods

· Trinfo.Cafe

· Trinity Center for Neighborhoods

· Real Art Ways

· Cities Data Center

· Wadsworth Atheneum

Preparation for Study Abroad

See above for application forms

Students who are planning to go abroad or who have just returned from study abroad may also apply as Summer Davis Fellows. Such students will indicate which of the Trinity-owned global learning sites or Trinity approved programs they have been accepted to or attended. The summer grant must be linked to some specific aspect of that particular program – either in helping to acquire necessary language skills, developing other skills necessary for the site (laboratory skills for science students, for instance; or training in documentary photography or filming for students whose work will involve cultural documentation; human rights projects or internships for students who will have Human Rights placements while abroad), or other preparations as defined by the student. Students might also take advantage of faculty members who have taught the Mellon Urban and Global courses, as for instance a course by Professor Susan Pennybacker which provides orientation in the history, politics, culture, economics, health status, and gender issues of the environments they seek to enter. Students returning from study abroad can also apply for projects that utilize and further develop training they received in their global study experience.

Overall, the Arthur Vining Davis Summer Institute of Global and Urban Studies reinforces Trinity’s commitment to Urban and Global initiatives. The A. V. Davis grant enables us to further these goals through intense, focused summer programs, which are designed to impact the overall curriculum.

Up to 19 Davis Fellows grants will be awarded in 2008. Students may apply as either a Davis Research Fellow or a Davis Community Fellow. At the time of submission, all Davis Fellows must each have a confirmed faculty sponsor; while each Davis Community Fellow must also have a confirmed field supervisor.

All questions regarding the program should be directed to Professor Milla Riggio via email at Milla.Riggio@trincoll.edu or via phone at x2467. Requests for applications should be directed to Luiselle Rivera (Luiselle.Rivera@trincoll.edu, x5175).

Kathryn Wasserman Davis

100 PROJECTS FOR PEACE

Request for Proposals from Trinity College Students

The application and selection process for this grant has concluded for 2008.

BACKGROUND:

What do you mean by “100 Projects for Peace”?
100 Projects for Peace is an initiative for students at select schools to design their own grassroots projects for peace that they themselves will implement anywhere in the world during the summer of 2008. Through a competition on 85 campuses, 100 projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.

Who is funding this and why?
100 Projects for Peace is being funded by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, a lifelong internationalist and philanthropist (who earned a B.A. from Wellesley, an M.A. from Columbia, and a Ph.D. from the University of Geneva) who is now in her 100th year of life. She is the mother of Shelby M.C. Davis who funds the Davis United World College Scholars Program currently involving 85 American colleges and universities, including Trinity. Mrs. Davis feels some urgency to spark initiatives for building prospects for peace in the world and so is committing $1 million to fund one hundred $10,000 projects for peace. She believes that today’s youth – tomorrow’s leaders – ought to be challenged to formulate and test their own ideas.

What do you mean by “projects for peace”?
Intentionally, no clear definition is offered so as not to limit the imagination. Mrs. Davis has left it up to the students to define what a “project for peace” might be to encourage creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The overall program (all 100 projects) is to be worldwide in scope and impact, but specific projects may be undertaken anywhere and as grassroots as desired, including in the U.S. Visit www.kwd100projectsforpeace.org/projects.php for information on projects funded in 2007.

Who is eligible to design a “project for peace”?
Undergraduate students at invited schools (including seniors who would complete their projects after graduation) are eligible. Groups of students from the same campus, as well as individual students, may submit proposals.

How does a student (or group of students) make a proposal?

To be considered, a student (or group of students) must submit:

1. Trinity College Projects for Peace proposal cover sheet. Click here to access the cover sheet.

2. A written statement which describes the project (who, what, where, how) and notes expected outcomes and prospects for future impact (not to exceed two pages).

3. Project budget (one page).

Click here to access the Trinity College Projects for Peace Application.

Proposals must include pre-approval of all parties and organizations involved in the project.

The proposal should be submitted electronically to the Center for Urban and Global Studies either in person or by email to Luiselle.Rivera@trincoll.edu prior to January 25, 2008. Students with questions may direct them to Dean Xiangming Chen via email at Xiangming.Chen@trincoll.edu or via phone at x5170. Communication between students writing proposals and the Davis UWC Scholars office is prohibited and will result in the proposal being disqualified.

How are these proposals judged?

A selection committee headed by Dean Xiangming Chen of the Center for Urban and Global Studies will use the following criteria in evaluating the proposals prior to submitting finalists to UWC. The review committee at Trinity consists of Amy Brough (Director of the Office of Institutional Support), Xiangming Chen (Dean of Urban and Global Studies), Jane Decatur (Associate Director of the Office of International Programs), Michael Lestz (Associate Professor of History), and Jason Rojas (Director of Community Relations). Applicants have:

1. Thoughtfully conceived a project that is likely to succeed

2. Included a budget that is comprehensive and realistic

3. Established relationships with any partner organizations

4. Thought out and included a plan for sharing lessons learned with the College community upon completion of the project (this can take place any number of ways)

One proposal for funding and one or two additional proposals as alternates that might be funded will be submitted to United World College by the selection committee.

Final review and approval of all recommended proposals from individual campuses rests solely with the office of the Davis United World College Scholars Program which will then forward the appropriate grant funds to Trinity with notification of winning project(s).

Grants are made upon assurance that the project proposed will, in fact, be undertaken during the summer of 2008.

FINAL REPORT

For each funded project, the responsible student(s) must prepare and submit a final report by September 8, 2008, submitted electronically to the CUGS at Luiselle.Rivera@trincoll.edu, which will then forward to the Davis UWC Scholars office.

The final report is to be limited to two pages of narrative with an accounting of the funds expended and one page of digital photographs of the project. The narrative should include a brief restatement of the project’s purpose/plans, actual work completed, outcomes/achievements/failures, and long-term prospects of the initiative. Reports will be posted on the program’s website for all to see and learn from. A complete set of reports will be compiled for Mrs. Davis and her family as a way of thanking her for her faith and investment in young and motivated peacemakers.

Timeline

Date

Action

December 2007

Call for Proposals

January 25, 2007

Proposals submitted to Selection Committee at Trinity

February 15, 2008

Finalist(s) submitted by TC Selection Committee to Davis UWC Scholars Office

March 15, 2008

Final decisions rendered by Davis UWC Scholars Office and communicated to Trinity

March 30, 2008

Grant payment request letters signed by Trinity and student recipients due

April 2008

Any needed alternates selected

Summer of 2008

Projects completed

September 8, 2008

Final reports due to CUGS, which will forward to the Davis UWS Scholars Office

KENNETH S. GROSSMAN ’78 GLOBAL STUDIES FUND

Request for Proposals from Trinity College Students

The Kenneth S. Grossman ’78 Global Studies Fund, established in honor of Professor Eugene E. Leach, supports student investigations of global issues that will confront humankind collectively in the 21^st century. Examples of such issues include, but are not limited to, human rights, peacekeeping, the preservation of the ecosphere, migrations and diasporas, international health standards, and the consequences of revolutionary advances in information technology and bioengineering.

Grossman Research Grants for Global Studies

All students undertaking investigations in global issues for a Trinity course or under the supervision of a Trinity faculty member are eligible to apply for grants from the Grossman Fund to attend conferences, visit libraries, conduct fieldwork, or offset other research-related expenses. A faculty committee will meet once a year in the early fall to evaluate applications (see form below) and to determine the amount of grants, which ordinarily will not exceed $500.

The deadline for 2008-2009 grant applications is October 10, 2008.

Click here for the Grossman Research Grant application form.

The Grossman Senior Research Prize for Global Studies

The Grossman Fund also supports an annual prize competition for theses or senior research projects dealing with global issues. Eligible work includes theses or other projects based on original research undertaken for a Trinity course or under the supervision of a Trinity faculty member in a student’s senior year. Submissions must be accompanied by a letter of nomination from the supervising faculty member or the instructor of the course for which the research was completed. First prize will carry a cash award of $400, and second prize an award of $100. The two prizes and certificates will be awarded on the Honors Day on May 2, 2008.

The deadline for the 2007-2008 (seniors graduating in May 2008) Grossman Prize competition is April 4, 2008. The selection for the prize has concluded for the class of 2008.

All questions regarding Grossman Research Grants or the Grossman Prize competition should be directed to Professor Zayde Antrim via email at Zayde.Antrim@trincoll.edu or via phone at x2230.

The review committee for both the research grant and senior research prize is chaired by Professor Zayde Antrim and includes Professors Andrea Dyrness, Scott Tang, James Trostle, and Dean Xiangming Chen.

All grant applications and prize entries should be submitted to Luiselle Rivera at the Center for Urban and Global Studies (Luiselle.Rivera@trincoll.edu, x5175).

STEVEN D. LEVY ’72 FUND FOR URBAN CURRICULAR PROGRAMS

Request for Proposals from Trinity College Students

The Steven D. Levy ’72 Fund for Urban Curricular Programs supports student investigations of broad range of key urban issues confronting humankind in the 21^st century. Of special interest are projects that highlight the urban realities of the city of Hartford. Examples of such issues include, but are by no means limited to, diasporic communities, educational and health policy, residential segregation, environmental problems, urban art/culture, human rights, and the creation and maintenance of public spaces (both physical and social).

Levy Research Grants for Urban Studies

All students undertaking investigations of urban issues for a Trinity course, or who are during similar work under the direct supervision of a Trinity faculty member, are eligible to apply for grants from the Levy Fund to attend conferences, visit libraries, conduct fieldwork, or offset other research-related expenses. A faculty committee will meet twice a year in the early fall and the late spring to evaluate applications (see form below) and to determine the amount of grants, which ordinarily will not exceed $500.

The deadline for Spring 2009 grant applications is November 1, 2008. The deadline for Fall 2009 grant applications is March 15, 2009.

Click here for the Levy Research Grant application form.

The Levy Senior Research Prize for Urban Studies

The Levy Fund also supports an annual prize competition for theses or senior research projects dealing with urban issues. Eligible work includes theses or other projects based on original research undertaken for a Trinity course or under the supervision of a Trinity faculty member during a student’s senior year. Submissions must be accompanied by a letter of nomination from the supervising faculty member or the instructor of the course for which the research was completed. First prize will carry a cash award of $400, and second prize an award of $100. The two prizes and certificates will be awarded on the Honors Day on May 2, 2008.

The deadline for the 2007-2008 (seniors graduating in May 2008) Levy Prize competition is April 4, 2008. The selection for the prize has concluded for the class of 2008.

All questions regarding Levy Research Grants or the Levy Prize competition should be directed to Professor Thomas Harrington (Thomas.Harrington@trincoll.edu, x2380).

The review committee for both the research grant and senior research prize is chaired by Professor Harrington and includes Professors Theresa Morris, Clare Rossini, Jonathan Gourley, and Dean Xiangming Chen.

All grant applications and prize entries should be submitted to Luiselle Rivera at the Center for Urban and Global Studies (Luiselle.Rivera@trincoll.edu, x5175).

TANAKA STUDENT RESEARCH FUND

Deadline for application submission: February 29, 2008

The application and selection process for this grant

has concluded for 2008.

In 2002 Trinity was awarded a generous grant by the Tanaka Memorial Foundation establishing an endowed fund to allow students to pursue formal research projects abroad, with a special focus on Asia, during the months of July and August. In the past students have studied ethnic Lhotshampa refugees in Nepal and traveled to China to study the consequences of the One Child policy. This past summer, Sora Chung ’09 studied aspects of how orphans are treated in North and South Korea while Joseph Hern ’08 used women’s Olympic wrestling as a lens through which to examine women’s roles in Japan and China. Grants are typically $3,000 to $4,000.

Questions about the student research fund should be directed to Prof. Takunari Miyazaki at Takunari.Miyazaki@trincoll.edu. The review committee for the student research fund consists of Takunari Miyazaki (Associate Professor of Computer Science), Rieko Wagoner (Principal Lecturer in Japanese Language), and Xiangming Chen (Dean of Urban and Global Studies).

TECHNOS JAPAN TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR STUDENT

Time: duration of two weeks in early June, 2008

Projected Tour Date: 5/31-6/13 (subject to change)

Application deadline: March 3, 2008

The application and selection process for this grant

has concluded for 2008.

To the students in current freshman, sophomore classes of Trinity College:

We are pleased to announce a unique opportunity available for Trinity students, made possible by the College’s affiliation with the Tanaka Ikueikai Educational Trust of Japan. One faculty or staff member and two students are invited for a two-week trip to Japan to participate in Technos International Week held in Tokyo early June 2008.

Technos International Week is an event organized by Technos International College of Japan. Its goal is to promote international exchange and understanding between the international guests and the members of the host institution, as well as to offer the guest group the opportunity to experience and appreciate Japanese life and culture. Trinity College is one of 10 colleges and universities from around the world to participate.

This is an opportunity for those who have genuine interest in Japan but had a little or no chance to pursue it academically before, and we hope this experience would lead the candidates to take up the Japanese Studies at Trinity. There is no application form. Please submit a 1-2 page letter of application which first briefly outlines your interest in Japan and second states how you envision the experience to help you build your academic pursuit at Trinity College. Also, include a name of one person within the Trinity community, either faculty or administrator, who knows you well and can support your application, and attach your unofficial Trinity transcript along with your application letter. This can be done either electronically or by hard copy.

Selection criteria for students are as follows.

Student participants must have:

a genuine and substantial interest in Japan and commitment to take Japanese language courses at Trinity,
a personal quality appropriate to represent Trinity College and to work within a team,
an excellent academic record,
a willingness to meet people from different racial and cultural backgrounds and experience elements of Japanese culture, living conditions, and cuisine that may be foreign,
never lived in Japan,
little or no proficiency in Japanese,
a citizenship status which allows visa waiver conditions for short-term entry to Japan (If you do not know the status of your visa waiver condition, please check http://www.boston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/VISA.HTM).

The review committee for the tour program proposals consists of Rieko Wagoner (Principal Lecturer in Japanese Language), Takunari Miyazaki (Associate Professor of Computer Science), Xiangming Chen (Dean of Urban and Global Studies), and Jonathan Elukin (Associate Professor of History).