Friends of the Hall Center

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The mission of the Friends of the Hall Center is to complement the work of the Center and its Advisory Board by developing a broad base of support through individual and community involvement and contributions.

Friends Council:

The Friends Council is elected by the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Hall Center. Its role is to meet three times a year to discuss recruitment of Friends, organize membership renewal, and to take decisions about expenditures in support of Hall Center Programs.

Current Members:

Chair, Edwyna Condon Gilbert
Marianna Beach
Beverly Benso
Alexander Burden
William J. Crowe
David Bergeron
G. Charles Loveland
John Pierce
Barbara Schowen
Delbert Shankel
Carolyn Shelton
Geraldine Smith

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Benefits of Becoming a Friend:

• Attend private sessions with visiting speakers.
• Enjoy invitational music recitals by KU faculty and students.
• Volunteer at the Hall Center.
• Be recognized as a member.
• Help to enrich the humanities programming in the university and community.

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What will your support make possible?

• The Humanities Lecture Series, which attracts the very best public intellectuals in America-historians, poets, filmmakers and novelists-and provides opportunities for the campus and community to interact with them.
• The Public Outreach Symposium, which take KU faculty to Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, to explore the most crucial social, philosophical and cultural themes.
• The Ongoing Faculty Seminars, ranging in subject from Globalization(s) to Philosophy & Literature, from Gender to Andean & Amazonian Worlds.
• The Annual Celebration of Books Published by Humanities Faculty, enhances the recognition of research in the humanities, and includes a book display and faculty authors reading from their books.
• Receptions for KU faculty and students performing recitals at the Center.

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Annual Giving Levels

• Athena Lifetime Friend
• Apollo $5,000-$25,000
• Hercules $2,500-$4,999
• Orpheus $1,000-$2,499
• Dionysus $500-$999
• Demeter $250-$499
• Clio $125-$249
• Hermes $75-$124
• Stoic $15-$74 (student membership)

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Become a Friend

If you would like to become a Friend of the Hall Center, please click the following link to view a printable form: Friend of the Hall Center Membership Form

For more information, email us at hallcenter@ku.edu or call 785-864-4798.