Bassett Fund
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About the Fund
The John Spencer Bassett Fund Committee consists of the Vice Chair for the Bassett Fund Committee and at least five members elected each year by the Board and approved by the Pub-board Chair. The purpose of the John Spencer Bassett Memorial Fund is to:
- Elicit intellectual curiosity.
- Benefit the Duke community.
- Demonstrate managerial and organizational strength.
Primarily we fulfill this mandate by:
- Financing public lectures, special projects, and/or experimental undertakings in the humanities, especially the communication arts.
- Defraying the honoraria, travel, and other expenses relating to the Blackburn Literary Festival.
- Supplementing the expenses of any new undertakings of undergraduate publications.
We see ourselves as having a broad goal of attempting to ensure student exposure to fine arts, sciences, politics, and any interesting and improving endeavors. The reason any favor is shown to fine arts is because they often are overlooked by other campus groups; however, the committee must show no negative bias toward any group or event because of an ideological conflict. Hence, the funds are available to any group, sponsored by Duke or not, as long as the event is on the Duke campus is open to the entire student body and benefits the students.
Applicants to the Fund must complete the application form, satisfactorily answer all the questions, provide any additional materials, and indicate how their activity or event addresses the criteria of the Fund. The organization or group responsible for the event or the activity must sign a contract stating that the group will submit financial documents to the committee after the events take place, and they will acknowledge the John Spencer Bassett Memorial Fund as a sponsor on advertisements, flyers, posters, programs, and other promotional literature.
Contact Samson Mesele (email: szm@duke.edu) if you have any questions about the Bassett Fund, its purpose, or the application process.
Learn more About John Spencer Bassett - http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/history/j_s_bassett.html
