The Baylor Humanities Festival Grant Proposal

The Baylor
Humanities Festival
Progress to connect our communities and our world
A proposal to the Good Ole Baylor Line Grant from
Pro Artes Initiative
2014
11/17/2014

1The Baylor Humanities Festival
Table of Contents
 Executive Summary………………………………………………………..……………..2
 Introduction…………………………………………………………….………………...3
 The Humanities Today…………………………………………….……………………..4
 Our Plan: The Baylor Humanities Festival….……………………………………………8
 Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative……………………….……………………….12
 Proposed Project Budget…………………………………….………………………….13
 Conclusion………………………………………………….…………………………...15
 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………….16

from t-shirt sales, sponsors, and silent auction.
Executive Summary
With its number of vibrant humanities programs, Baylor University holds the opportunity to
educate students on how the humanities play a vital role in their lives and within the global
community in a new and exciting way. Pro Artes Initiative proposes the development of the
Baylor Humanities Festival – a student-driven event to promote, engage, and celebrate the
humanities. The Festival (BHF) would allow for a showcase of compelling student talent,
knowledge, and research within the humanities disciplines in order to exemplify Baylor’s
strategic vision, Pro Futuris, by enhancing the Baylor experience.
The Humanities Today
The pursuit of the humanities demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge: to better
understand ourselves and the world around us. Currently residing within the information age, the
sharing of humanistic information is imperative. Growing need in the workplace for humanities’
skills, including communication, creativity, and critical thinking, calls for deliverable action of
transformational education in order to ensure a greater intellectual community.
The Plan for the Baylor Humanities Festival
BHF expands upon the concept of the arts festival by encompassing all humanities disciplines.
Therefore, previously underrepresented and largely undeliverable humanities such as history and
philosophy may be accessed. BHF will be an event comprised of student performers, artists, and
intellectuals of the humanities disciplines. The Festival’s objectives are as follows:
 Highlight underrepresented disciplines within the humanities
 Allow students an opportunity to lead and showcase their talents and knowledge
 Showcase humanities majors to Baylor students who remain undecided
 Provide an event to bring together the Baylor community
BHF would take place in Hooper-Schaefer’s three theatres, as well as on Fountain Mall. The
theatres would house student presentations similar to the famed TED talks, and performances of
music, theatre, and dance. Fountain Mall would host organizational booths and an outdoor stage.
Alumni will have the opportunity to return to Baylor to share their own humanities experiences
with current students. Distinguished alumni will be recognized and awarded for their
accomplishments within the humanities.
Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative
The Pro Artes Initiative is composed of two students committed to promoting the humanities.
Landon Swartz, a senior Professional Writing major, and Madison Dalton, a junior Professional
Writing Major and Italian minor, have long-standing commitments to the humanities disciplines
both inside and outside of Baylor University.
Proposed Project Budget
The proposed budget for the Baylor Humanities Festival follows average price estimates for
office supplies, t-shirts, printing, equipment rentals, and venue rentals. The estimate totals
$8,350; however, due to the possible annual nature of BHF, Pro Artes Initiative is asking for a
grant of $8,500. Excess will be used to help fund BHF for the next year, alongside the capital

Introduction
With 26 academic departments and 13 academic institutes within the humanities, Baylor
University is dedicated to promoting the humanities’ education. General requirements for
students include many humanities classes, and numerous student clubs and organizations for the
humanities are offered. Baylor University hosts a wide range of access points into the humanities
disciplines, yet further promotion is now available. Baylor University holds the opportunity with
its number of vibrant humanities programs to educate students on how the humanities play a vital
role in their lives and within the global community.
The purpose of this proposal is to initiate the establishment of the Baylor Humanities Festival – a
student-driven, campus-wide event to promote, engage, and celebrate the humanities. The
foundation of the Baylor Humanities Festival would allow for a showcase of compelling student
talent, knowledge, and research within the humanities disciplines. The Festival would also hold
the opportunity for alumni to join the festivities to teach, demonstrate, and be acknowledged for
their own success in the humanities. The focus of the Baylor Humanities Festival would be to
promote the humanities, connect and educate the Baylor community, and exemplify Baylor’s
strategic vision, Pro Futuris, by enhancing the Baylor experience.
Pursuing the humanities for education and connection relies on the idea that the humanities
should be pursued in the first place. Baylor University certainly realizes the humanities’
importance, and now holds the opportunity through the Baylor Humanities Festival to access a
larger, wider audience and demonstrate this importance. The pursuit of the humanities
demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge. The humanities show us what it is to be
human – to better understand ourselves and the world around us.
Although in recent years the humanities have seen a national decline in response to the growth of
the STEM and business disciplines, the humanities remain an imperative curriculum. The
humanities are necessary for students’ education and career preparation in a complex world
characterized by the sharing of information. The humanities teach creativity in the workplace,
and promote the indispensable job skills of communicating well. Combined with the benefits of
contributing to the workforce, the humanities provide the means to achieving a greater
intellectual community through their transformational education.
In this proposal, we will first discuss the humanities of the information age and their impacts on
our modern world. Second, we will offer a plan for the establishment of the Baylor Humanities
Festival, which addresses the opportunity of an outlet for these modern humanities. Third, we
will evaluate our qualifications at Pro Artes Initiative for the initiation of this project. Finally, we
will explain the costs and benefits of implementing the Baylor Humanities Festival. Our goal is
to demonstrate how the Baylor Humanities Festival would enrich students’ Baylor experience by
celebrating and accessing Baylor’s vibrant humanities programs in a new and exciting way.

The Humanities Today
The pursuit of the humanities demonstrates humanity’s most integral knowledge. The humanities
show us what it is to be human– to better understand ourselves and the world around us.
Residing within the information age, the humanities act as a beacon for its center: the human
condition. With its number of vibrant humanities programs, Baylor University holds the
opportunity to educate students on how the humanities play a vital role in their lives and within
the global community.
The Humanities’ Current Situation
Although imperatively valuable, the humanities do not typically receive immediate praise. The
humanities have been set against the rising STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) and business disciplines, and as a result are often subjugated in importance.
Nationally, many humanities programs are tossed to the wayside or even cut completely within
educational establishments in favor of the STEM disciplines.11
Some institutes of higher
education “cut out [the humanities departments]” because its majors “make students
unemployable.”4
Following this mode of thought, higher education’s only purpose is training
students for jobs. The danger of viewing the humanities as superfluous is the public’s being
driven “[towards] a narrow concept of education focused on short-term payoffs” instead of
emphasizing enduring knowledge.11
Though not all institutions enact this policy, the overall
threat exists.
The arts and humanities receive federal funding of about $250 million a year, whereas the
National Science Foundation receives about $5 billion.7
Investments to the national intellectual
life are generally organized by contributions to three justifications: to the gross domestic product,
national defense, or increase to the life-span of human beings.6
In order to be justified, these
contributions must show effects. The effects of the listed three would include the distribution of
profits, understanding cultures involved with foreign policy, and bio-medical advancements.
These contributions’ underlying, yet largely unacknowledged, factor is the pursuit of carving out
a better life for humans. Don M. Randel explains that “when we invest in someone’s lifespan, it
ought to address why one would want to be a human being in the first place.”6
Our national
situation acknowledges the value in being human, yet the studies of such, the humanities, are
side-stepped. Therefore, in order to preserve our very nature, we need to start making a stronger
case for the humanities.
In order to take action, the public must be convinced of the humanities’ worth. William Carlos
Williams is quoted: “It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day
for lack of what is found there.” The humanities’ worth is not found within the ‘how’ we live our
lives, but within the ‘why.’ Unfortunately, many levels of higher education view this ‘why’ as
superfluous because the humanities do not lead to outside jobs; they are restricted to their own
field. This is especially true considering a large number of humanities students are targeted for
graduate school. Cathy N. Davidson elaborates by saying that “producing PhDs trained to
produce PhDs is, like all inbreeding, a way to guarantee decline and eventual extinction.”5
Therefore, the humanities of the information age must “[engage] with the world [and] other
disciplines collaboratively to evolve new kinds of cross-disciplinary inquiry.”1
By extending the
humanities’ reach to other intellectual pursuits, their value to the public can also be extended.

Art Classics Communication English
Humanities Institutes at Baylor University
History
Journalism, Public
Relations, and
New Media
Modern
Languages and
Cultures
Museum
Studies
Philosophy Political Science Religion Sociology Theatre Arts
The Humanities in the Workplace
We are already seeing positive effects of the humanities’ hold in the information age. A 2012
survey showed that out of 652 CEOs and Heads of Product Engineering, 60 percent had degrees
in the humanities.10
The humanities teach “critical thinking, historical perspective, languages and
linguistics, and other components of cross-cultural literacy,” which are necessary attributes for
working in a modern, complex world.5
Similarly, those who are good readers and writers hold
indispensable job skills most coveted by employers.5
The humanities promote essential creativity
for the workplace, and in today’s workforce, “workers need more than just skills and knowledge
to be productive and innovative.”12
Currently, 51 percent of employers endorse the concept of a
liberal education as very important, and 74 percent would fully recommend it to their own child
or a young person they know.11
The humanities are not to be closed-off within themselves; they
are to be an integral component of career preparation and performance. Combined with the
benefits of contributing to the workforce, the humanities provide the means to achieving a
greater intellectual community.
The Humanities at Baylor University
With a solid foundation in the humanities, Baylor University currently offers 26 academic
departments and 13 academic institutes for the field (see Figure 1.1).2
Baylor also promotes the
humanities through many of its general requirements and opportunities through student
organizations. However, the current national situation of the decrease in humanities calls for a
strengthening of these programs’ reach. Martine W. Brownley explains that “it is crucial for the
humanities not only to speak with many voices, as they currently do through departments, but
also to make broader appeals in [a] unified voice.”3
The humanities are accessible through
Baylor’s academic departments and student clubs, yet they remain relatively isolated from one
another. The humanities must be made accessible to a larger audience in order to increase
Baylor’s own intellectual community.
Figure 1.1

Baylor’s student community would be improved by the humanities’ promotion because of the
general, well-rounded, and integral knowledge that the disciplines provide to the enhancement of
the student experience. Increasing awareness of Baylor’s humanities would also help attract
majors. It is nationally estimated that 77 percent of freshmen and sophomores are deciding on a
major, and the humanities can provide a viable avenue to pursue. 9
The humanities educate on
exploration of the self and the surrounding world, which are the influences that dictate
university-level education. However, even if students do not pursue humanities’ majors,
increased awareness would open up the opportunity for students to become involved in one of
the many humanities clubs and organizations here at Baylor.
The Humanities’ Deliverance
In order to achieve an increase in the humanities’ awareness and influence, tangible deliverables
must be made for a largely intangible field. Whereas the STEM disciplines thrive in data, the
humanities thrive in ideas. Therefore, the humanities of the information age must be directly
accessible and addressed to diverse audiences. The “intellectual tradition” of the humanities must
be brought “into focus and concentrated…on individuals by bringing persons of intellectual
talent and disposition into contact…to benefit from each other’s stimulating and disciplining
presence.”3
As the information age facilitates the sharing of ideas, intellectual communities
generate “other lively, curious and actually and potentially productive minds.”3
By sharing
humanistic ideas, we find out “what we think is important about life, what human beings aspire
to, and how we can make the life of the mind richer for everybody.”6
Community and the sharing
of ideas prove imperative in bringing the intangible humanities to light and in discovering what
lies at the heart of our life’s pursuits and ideals.
As an educational institute which understands and exercises the importance of the humanities,
Baylor University is able to take hold of the opportunity to strengthen the humanities disciplines
during a very pivotal time. Attention and resources are increasingly directed to the STEM and
business disciplines; therefore, as the center of our information age, humanities’ importance and
awareness must be increased. The humanities are proven imperative to our lives, yet we have not
taken all the steps available in demonstrating this. Stanley Katz asks, “If, for instance, we
actually believe that college students should receive a ‘liberal’ education, what do we have to do
to ensure that they are receiving it?”8
Baylor University is capable of taking further steps in order
to ensure this education and improve the intellectual community. By celebrating the humanities
through promotion and engagement, Baylor University can improve the lives of their
communities while creating an effective campaign for the humanities.
1
Barnett, Ronald. "Imagining the humanities - Amid the inhuman." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
13.42 (2014): n. pag. Print.
2
Baylor College of Arts & Sciences. Baylor University, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences/index.php?id=57499>.
3
Brownley, Martine W. "Academic specialization and contemporary university humanities centers." Arts
and Humanities in Higher Education 11.224 (2012): n. pag. Print.
4
Cohan, Peter. "To Boost Post-College Prospects, Cut Humanities Departments." Forbes 29 May 2012: n.
pag. Print.

5
Davidson, Cathy N. "Strangers on a Train." Academe 97.5 (2011): n. pag. Rpt. in Academe. Comp.
American Association of University Professors. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
6
Don M. Randel - The Importance of the Humanities and Knowledge. Prod. The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. American Academy of Arts & Sciences, n.d. Web. 6
Nov. 2014. <http://www.amacad.org/events/Induction2011/VP/Briefing_Randel.aspx>.
7
"11 Facts About Arts in Education." DoSomething.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
<https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-arts-education>.
8
Katz, Stanley. "The 'Best-Educated' Country." The Chronicle of Higher Education (2010): n. pag. Print.
9
McDaniels, Robert M., et al. "Undecided/Undeclared: Working with 'Deciding' Students." Journal of Career
Development: n. pag. Print.
10
Terras, M., et al. "The Humanities Matter!" Infographic. 4Humanities. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
<http://4humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/humanitiesmatter300.pdf>.
11
United States. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Heart of the Matter: The Humanities and Social
Sciences. Washington: GPO, 2013. Print.
12
- - -. President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning
America's Furutre through Creative Schools. Washington: GPO, 2011. Print.

Our Plan: The Baylor Humanities Festival
Project Objectives
An effective campaign for the humanities calls for a plan of action. The purpose of this proposal
is to outline a plan of action for the Baylor Humanities Festival. This festival will directly
address Baylor University's abundance of student talent and depth of ability within the
humanities by establishing an accessible, creative output for those interested. Participants will
be able to express their talents and capabilities within their area of the humanities through any
approved artistic means or through a ten-minute presentation.
The project’s objectives are as follows:
 Highlight underrepresented disciplines within the humanities
 Allow students an opportunity to lead and showcase their talents and knowledge
 Showcase humanities majors to Baylor students who remain undecided
 Provide an event to bring together the Baylor community
Project Implementation and Management Plan
A. The Baylor Humanities Festival
Student Involvement
The Baylor Humanities Festival will be an event comprised of student performers, artists, and
intellectuals within the various humanities disciplines. It will last for an entire Saturday to allow
for maximum attendance. Students with multiple talents will be encouraged to combine them in
new and interesting ways, while students from various disciplines will be encouraged to
collaborate with other students to produce works of art or new intellectual concepts; for example,
a history student might collaborate with a playwriting student to develop a historically accurate
play or scene to be performed during the festival, or a philosophy student might collaborate with
a visual arts student to create artwork regarding a philosophical concept.
Students who wish to showcase their knowledge, expertise, or field of study will be able to
develop ten-minute "talks." Similar to the famed TED talks, these will be designed by students
to inspire their fellow students and positively impact the Baylor community while informing and
educating on their studies. These talks are especially useful to showcase the largely
underrepresented and undeliverable humanities, such as history and philosophy. Through student
talks, these humanities become reachable and accessible to a larger audience.
Alumni and Faculty Involvement
Baylor alumni will be invited back to participate in the Baylor Humanities Festival. Along with
faculty, alumni will be able to demonstrate their own wisdom and expertise within the
humanities disciplines through a series of talks. Alumni and faculty will serve as role models for
current students by demonstrating the value of the humanities within their own lives. The
Festival will award distinguished alumni and faculty with respective awards, honoring
achievement within the humanities.

Location
Part of the Festival will be housed within the three theatres of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts
Building. While student presentations are underway in Baylor's Mabee Theatre, an exhibition of
humanities-inspired performances (music, theatre, dance) will take place in the Jones Theatre.
Furthermore, in Theatre 11, student artwork will be displayed, and a silent auction held to fund
the Baylor Humanities Council during the following year of operation.
The second part of the Festival will be housed on Fountain Mall, where humanities
organizations’ booths will be set-up, accompanied by an outdoor stage to accommodate for other
performances. Student booths will be able to showcase different humanities organizations, and
ultimately entice other students into becoming involved in the humanities here at Baylor. The
advantage of having part of the Festival occur outside is that it holds wide accessibility to a
larger audience, and it is more recognizable; therefore, the Festival should gain higher
attendance.
Audience and Continuance
With the help of the GOBL grant, this event will be free and open to both the public and Baylor
students. If the festival is well-received, a measurement to be based on a voluntary survey, then
outside sponsorships from local businesses will be sought to allow it to continue; furthermore, t-
shirt sales and the proceeds of a silent auction will assist in funding the following year's festival.
The silent auction will be comprised of artwork and items donated by students, who will receive
an 80 percent return of the proceeds from that specific item.
B. Work Plan
1. Contact and support will be established with each department chair within the following:
 School of Arts & Sciences
 School of Music
 School of Education
 School of Social Work
a. Each department chair will be sent a letter detailing the goals of the Festival and asked
for feedback.
b. Should there be any concerns, they will be addressed at this time.
2. A Baylor Humanities Council will be established as a student organization to oversee the
Baylor Humanities Festival in the Spring of 2015.
a. This will be a student-led organization and will be responsible for the student
participation of the festival based upon the recommendations contained herein.
b. Should the Baylor Humanities Festival continue, the Baylor Humanities Council will
gain full authority over future festivals.
c. This organization will be based upon a basic charter, outlining the organization's
commitment to Baylor, the humanities, and increasing public awareness of the humanities.
3. Advertisement and marketing will be utilized during the Fall of 2015 to increase student
involvement within the Baylor Humanities Council and the Baylor Humanities Festival.
a. Members of the Baylor Humanities Council will be encouraged to provide suggestions
for the Baylor Humanities Festival.

b. Interested individuals, whether members or non-members, will be encouraged to consider
ways in which they might participate.
c. Humanities-centered student organizations will be contacted for inquiry regarding their
interest in being represented at the festival.
4. Extensive planning will begin for the Baylor Humanities Festival in early Spring of 2016.
a. A speaker list will be tentatively established and details of performance execution will be
finalized.
b. A list of booths will be finalized space allotted.
c. Marketing plans will finalize at this point.
5. Final preparations will be executed three weeks before the event in mid-Spring of 2016.
a. A media blitz will take place through multiple platforms, and the event's presence will be
heightened through signage and fliers on campus.
b. The speaker list will be finalized and announced at this time.
c. Volunteers, drawn from the non-performing or participating members of the Baylor
Humanities Council and other general individuals, will be assigned specific tasks and
implementation will be prepared.
6. The Baylor Arts Festival will occur on an event-free Saturday, to be determined, in mid-
Spring of 2016.
C. Implementing Agent and Management of Project
The Pro Artes Initiative will manage the majority of the financial, organizational, and technical
aspects of the Baylor Humanities Festival for the first year. Our organization will also actively
participate as members of the Baylor Humanities Council during this first year, allowing the
Council time to establish itself and learn from the first festival. All deadlines to be set will fall
upon the responsibility of the Pro Artes Initiative actors. Student participation and individual
contributions to the Baylor Humanities Festival will be the responsibility of the students
themselves; however, encouragement of student participation and facilitation of the Baylor
Humanities Council will be Pro Artes Initiative's responsibility
D. Justification of Solution
The Baylor Humanities Festival is based upon other universities’ arts festivals, such as those at
Boston College, New York University, Harvard University, Brandeis University, University of
Chicago, and Eastern Illinois University. The uniqueness that Baylor University will bring,
however, is the utilization of the full range of the humanities disciplines. Exploring more than
the arts subjects, the Baylor Humanities Festival will engage and educate the Baylor community
on every aspect of the humanities.
Most similarly, the Baylor Humanities Festival loosely follows the example of San Jose State
University's "H&A Student Showcase." A one-day event, the SJSU showcase brings together the
humanities in one location to display their depth of ability. Although the Baylor Humanities
Festival is similar in structure to this event, it differs in scope; Baylor offers three locations

within one building and a student organization to promote the event. This approach gives the
festival the ability to naturally grow and change according to the student population and their
interests.
While there are many options for the promotion of the humanities, none are quite as meaningful
or impactful as an event held by students, for students. A simple showcase for majors is a valid
option to answer the issue of students who remain undecided regarding their majors, but it fails
to address the depth of aptitude and accomplishment achieved by the humanities at Baylor.
Therefore, the Baylor Humanities Festival will be undertaken by the Pro Artes Initiative, an
organization by students, for students, in order to enhance the Baylor experience through
promotion of the humanities.

Qualifications of the Pro Artes Initiative
The Pro Artes Initiative is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the humanities by increasing
accessibility and awareness for students at Baylor University. Being composed of two students
deeply invested in the humanities, our organization understands the importance of education
within the humanities disciplines, and we see the opportunity to further this education through
Baylor University’s resources of humanities programs.
Our organization intends to utilize the wonderful abundance of student talent which Baylor
offers in order to implement the Baylor Humanities Festival. As a two-member team, the Pro
Artes Initiative works closely together to achieve a direct, intended result. Networking and
communication is exact and personal, enabling our organization to get to know and understand
the members that will be participating in the Baylor Humanities Festival.
Members of the Pro Artes Initiative
Landon Swartz:
Project manager Landon Swartz is a senior Professional Writing major. Swartz is a
former member of the Baylor A Capella and Chamber choirs, as well as the Quidditch
Association. He was also involved in Baylor’s Department of Theatre Arts, and currently
works at Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theatre.
Madison Dalton:
Madison Dalton is a junior Professional Writing major and Italian minor. While formerly
a member of the Baylor Swing Dance Society and Quidditch Association, Dalton is
currently involved with Bayor’s Italian Club. Outside of Baylor, Dalton remains an avid
writer, saxophonist, artist, and traveler.
Sights for the Future
The Pro Artes Initiative is committed to Baylor’s strategic vision, Pro Futuris, in order to enrich
students’ Baylor experience. Our organization believes that the Baylor Humanities Festival holds
the potential to become an enduring tradition at Baylor which will continue to educate students
on the basis of the humanities.
The Baylor Humanities Council
The formation of the Baylor Humanities Council allows for the Festival to continue on after the
first year in our organization’s care. The benefits of setting up an organization to handle future
festivals are the involvement of students in leadership and team roles, the opportunity to define a
Baylor tradition, and the continued promotion of the humanities.
Designed with room for growth, the Baylor Humanities Festival is able to carry on after the Pro
Artes Initiative’s founding of the program. Therefore, students may gain experience and
education from the humanities through this new and exciting venue over an extended period of
time.

Proposed Project Budget
The proposed budget for the Baylor Humanities Festival follows average price estimates for
office supplies, t-shirts, printing, equipment rentals, and venue rentals.
Venue Rentals
The venue cost estimates are based upon the standard rates for renting Baylor University's three
theatres for both lecture and performance style lighting (see Table #1). Equipment costs include
the use of a projector and a screen for the duration of the festival, as well as additional lighting
costs for performances.
The outdoor stage rental for Fountain Mall is free of charge for student organizations and
departments, thanks to the Department of Student Activities.
T-shirts and Operations
Costs for shirts are based upon retail estimates for single-color printing of simple logos and
designs, and also on the varying prices for shirt quantities. Similarly, operational costs are an
estimation of basic necessities for correspondence, office operations, and printing, and are based
on retail prices for materials and services. Operational costs include the operation of the Baylor
Humanities Council, in addition to the costs of establishing and operating the Baylor Humanities
Festival.
Advertising and Marketing
Advertising and marketing costs are based upon standard laser printing costs for approximately
two hundred fliers to be displayed across campus and downtown Waco. The banners will be
displayed outside of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center during the week leading up to the
event and during the event, itself.
Miscellaneous Festival Costs
Festival costs are based on average rental costs of sound equipment, bounce houses, and tables.
The sound equipment and bounce house will be set-up outside of the event space for any families
with children who attend the event. Tables will be used for the organization booths and outside
of the event for a welcome and shirt sale table.
Capital
T-shirt sales will bring an approximate return of $2,250 to be used as capital (see Table #1) for
the next year's festival, should it continue, or as money to fund the continued operation of the
Baylor Humanities Council.

Table #1
Cost Categories Items Cost
Venue Costs 1,900
Theatre Rental
Lecture Lighting
Performance Lighting
(x2)
1,400
200
600
Equipment Rental
Outdoor Stage Rental
500
Complimentary
T-Shirt Costs 1,850
Member Shirts 600
Shirts for Sale 1,250
Organization Operational Costs 1,800
Bank Charges (12 Months) 300
Office Supplies 300
Printing, misc. 1,100
Postage 100
Advertising Costs 450
Signs/Banners 300
Printing Costs 150
Festival Costs 2,500
Rented Tables/Chairs 400
Bounce House
Sound Equipment
Sustainability
350
1,500
250
Total Expenses 8,500
Total Revenue 10,750
Proposed Grant Amount 8,500
T-Shirt Sales 2,250
Capital for 2016-17 Before
Sponsors
2,250

Conclusion
To conclude, the opportunity of the Baylor Humanities Festival heralds a utilization of Baylor’s
vibrant humanities programs in order to promote the humanities disciplines and educate the
Baylor community. Baylor's continued commitment to promoting the humanities and supporting
the well-rounded education of its students has enabled it to stand above other universities as a
beacon of enlightenment. Baylor's level of commitment is the cornerstone of this proposal, and
allows for the possibility of this opportunity.
We estimate the proposed Baylor Humanities Festival to cost $8,500, which covers the costs of
the first Festival and helps to fund the next. One of the benefits of the Festival is its
sustainability, which allows for the formation of a new Baylor tradition. The Festival also
provides promotion of and education within the humanities, the connecting of the Baylor
community, and the celebration of both student and alumni excellence.
With the vision of a new and exciting tradition, the Baylor Humanities Festival both entertains
and educates in order to enhance students’ Baylor experience. The Baylor Humanities Festival
has the potential to serve the Baylor community as the crowning gem of the university's
achievements in the humanities, connecting and perpetuating Baylor's excellence down the years.
Through Baylor's continued and increased support for the humanities, the Baylor experience will
be heightened, and Baylor's impact upon the global community increased by the judicious
stewards that this university helps to shape.
Thank you for your time and consideration in allowing the Pro Artes Initiative the opportunity to
invest in the Baylor experience. If you have any questions or suggestions for the proposal, please
feel free to contact Landon Swartz, the project manager. He is reachable by email at
Landon_Swartz@baylor.edu. We greatly appreciate your consideration for our organization’s
proposal.

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