Opportunities for Students
David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities seeks to support any student—undergraduate or graduate—who seeks to pursue introductory or advanced experiences in the arts and humanities and how those disciplines engage and work with the public. In the near future, look for opportunities to meet and network with faculty and to learn how to do work with not only academic but also public meaning.
Publicly Engaged Fellows (PEF) Program
For graduate students, the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities sponsors with the WSU Graduate School’s Publicly Engaged Fellows (PEF) program. Created with the assistant of a National Endowment for the Humanities NextGen grant, the PEF helps students (and faculty) re-imagine doctoral education at a land-grant research university. In particular, it trains students in the mindset and skills necessary to work equitably with community partners, and then offers those students opportunities to develop an independent, funded summer project of engaged scholarship.
Learn more about the NextGen grant and PEF program
Arts and Humanities Scholarships
The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities offers several arts and humanities scholarships through the College of Arts and Sciences each year. The scholarships support full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the arts and humanities disciplines whose interests and activities (such as coursework or extracurricular volunteering) demonstrate a clear commitment to the arts and humanities. There is a preference for applicants with an interdisciplinary focus that spans one or more areas of the arts and humanities. Students should complete the WSU General Scholarship Application to be considered. For more information, please visit CAS Scholarships.
David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities Graduate Workshop
Dr. Lawrence Hatter, one of our current Faculty Fellows and Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies from the Department of History, has organized David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities Graduate Workshop Series for Fall 2022-Spring 2023 academic year. Dr. Hatter says that “the workshops will allow graduate students to present their research and creative activities as part of an ongoing interdisciplinary conversation with faculty and graduate students.”
The inaugural workshop took place on Wednesday, October 19 at 5 pm in Wilson-Short 333. Samantha Edgerton, who is a PhD Candidate in History, offered up her dissertation chapter “The Creation of the Problematic Mexican Family” for discussion. The inaugural workshop took place on Tuesday, November 15 at 5 pm in Kimbrough Hall 101. The students from School of Music presented their research performance at that workshop. Brian Rosenwald, co-founder and senior editor of The Washington Post’s “Made by History” conducted the third workshop on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. In that workshop, Rosenwald covered everything from the benefits of writing for general audiences to how to write various types of op-eds, how to pitch ideas to editors, and how to publicize your work both within and outside of the academy. You can watch the recording of his lecture here: https://events.zoom.us/e/recording?eventId=T6o2T_-JSFq2xR0Ap7_tvA&videoId=Y8S4CiRXRSurfsI72dHDbg
The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities Graduate Workshop is looking for students to offer their scholarship or creative works for sessions in February, March, and April 2023. If a student, or group of students, is interested in participating in Spring 2023, please contact Dr. Lawrence Hatter – lawrence.hatter@wsu.edu to discuss times and locations.
David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities Spring Seminar Series for First-Gen Graduate Students
Nazua Idris, Graduate Assistant of the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities, has organized a seminar series to support first-generation graduate students at WSU. The objective of this series is to provide first-gen grad students with a space where they can share the challenges that they are facing in graduate school. In addition, these meetings will help the first-gen students from various departments at WSU build a community across disciplines.
The inaugural session of this Seminar Series was held on Friday, January 27. Our guest speakers for the inaugural session were Dr. Laura Lavine (Professor and Chair, Dept. of Entomology) and Jessie Padilla (PhD Student, Dept. of English). CAH director Dr. Trevor Bond and Associate Director Dr. Chris Dickey were also present at the session.
Below is the full schedule for our Spring Seminar Series for First-Gen Graduate Students. The seminars are held in person and take place in the Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall. Please share this with your students. If a first-gen graduate student is interested in participating in any or all of these seminars, please contact arts.humanities@wsu.edu. Since we provide dinner for our participants, we will appreciate it if interested students inform us by 12:00 pm on Thursday of the week they would like to participate.
| Date | Topics | Grad Student Speakers | Faculty and Staff Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, Feb 3 4:00-6:00 PM | Writing Resources | Jessie Padilla PhD Student Deprt of English | Elizabeth Siler Scholarly Assistant Professor Dept of English Dr. Jacqueline Wilson Assistant Professor of Music and Theory, Bassoon School of Music Amy Whitcomb Graduate Writing Center, WSU |
| Friday, Feb 10 4:00-6:00 PM | Managing Finances | Jessie Padilla PhD Student Dept of English Christina Gerard MA Student Dept of English | Dr. Donna Potts Professor and Chair Dept of English |
| Friday, Feb 17 4:00-6:00 PM | Professionalization | Samantha Edgerton PhD Candidate Dept of History GPSA President | Dr. Lawrence Hatter Associate Professor Dept of History |
| Friday, Feb 24 4:00-6:00 PM | Student Involvements | Samantha Edgerton PhD Candidate Dept of History GPSA President | Dr. Amir Gilmore Assistant Professor Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education Dr. Becky James Research Development Manager CAS Grant and Fellowship Support |
| Friday, March 3 4:00-6:00 PM | Professionalization | Rachael Wolney PhD Student Dept of English | Dr. Dahn Pham Associate Professor School of Music Dr. Ashley Boyd Associate Professor Dept of English |