Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative

EDDI APPLICATION Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative

The Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative (EDDI) offers funding in support of diversity and inclusion activities within the school. Your department is eligible to receive up to $1500 each year towards the expenses of an on-campus visit from a guest lecturer, presenter or performer. A written follow-up summary from the department chair detailing how the department benefited from the EDDI visit, both musically and in terms of diversity and inclusion, will be requested.

Instructions:

1. Complete the application form.

2. Identify a proposed visitor and indicate the dates for your proposed visitor’s musical presentation and diversity discussion. The diversity conversation can be public or private: a school-wide talk, a Q & A with students, dinner with the Diversity Committee and/or department, or any forum with which everyone is comfortable. Briefly explain the proposed visitor’s activities.

3. Provide a CV, website link and/or biography for your proposed visitor.

4. Indicate the dates, times and places for your proposed visitor’s activities and detail the audience that will be reached.

5. Explain how the proposed visitor’s activities would benefit your faculty and students, both musically, and in terms of diversity and inclusion.

6. Include a proposed budget of expenses to illustrate how EDDI funds would support your proposed visitor.

7. Save the completed application file as a pdf (Dept. name, EDDI) and send as an e-mail attachment to Caterina Falli, Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee, at [email protected] and Katherine Ciesinski, Co-Chair, at [email protected].

8. Decisions will be sent via email. If approved, your departmental assistant should submit your request for payment to John Eaves, [email protected] or x4-1083.

9. Following the visit, department chairs must submit their written summary to the Diversity Committee co-chairs.

10. Incomplete applications will not be considered by the Committee. Be sure all required items are included.

[1] Rev. February 2015

DEPARTMENTAL APPLICATION FORM Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative (EDDI)

Name: Date of application: May 26, 2018

E-mail: Phone Number:

Department:

Name of proposed performer/visitor:

Date(s) of the proposed visit/performance:

Name or brief explanation of event (insert in text box below):

Biographical information about performer(s)/visitor(s), including web links (if applicable):

[2] Rev. February 2015 Indicate the dates, times and locations for the proposed activities and detail the audience to be reached (specific types and estimated number of faculty and students):

Explain how the proposed visitor would benefit your faculty and students, both musically, and in terms of diversity and inclusion:

[3] Rev. February 2015 VISITOR BUDGET Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative

Air fare: $0.00 Lodging: $0.00 Car Rental: $0.00 Transportation: $0.00 Mileage: $0.00 Honorarium: $0.00 Other: $0.00 Other: $0.00

Estimated expenses: $0.00

[4] Rev. February 2015