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The Gaines Center thanks the National Endowment for the Humanities for its support. The following are supported by an NEH Challenge Grant: The John R. Gaines Chair in the Humanities, The Bale Boone Symposium in the Humanities, and the Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs or by the John R. Gaines Chair do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Jury Projects
The focus of a Gaines Fellow's Jury Project is local and immediate: the conception and presentation of a project that might enhance the civic culture of Lexington or the Fellow's hometown, if it is nearby.
The project could be a memorial or ceremonial space located in downtown Lexington or on UK's campus. It could be a proposal for a museum or commemorative space honoring a person, group, or tradition here in Lexington; it could be a documentary that captures those people's activities and thoughts for posterity. It could be a design to revitalize a particular portion of a neighborhood, or an interactive website dedicated to a community concern. In each case, the object is to conceive and design the project, not necessarily to build it. Some of the projects have been so compelling that they have resulted in real, positive change within the community.
Our jury project is based on an idea borrowed from the College of Design where presentations before a panel of jurors are a regular part of the curriculum. The jury advises the Fellow during the research and planning stages of his or her project and then participates in its evaluation. Juries consist of one UK juror (a faculty or staff member), one community member not formally affiliated with UK, and the Junior Fellow's senior mentor. The Gaines Center director or associate director also serves as a juror.
Junior Fellows work on their Jury Projects for several months, making final proposals in the middle of spring semester.
Detailed Jury Project Guidelines may be found here (.doc)
Sample evaluation forms may be found here (.doc)
Some past Jury Projects are listed below:
2008 |
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| Catherine Bozio and Stacey Doran | Ovarian Cancer Screening Program website design |
| Bri Buchanan | Lil' Sis Mentoring Program & plan for 501c3 |
| Clint Davis | UK Symphony Orchestra Broadcasts via WRFL 88.1 |
| Wes Holbrook | "Bluebacks" Alternative Currency Proposal |
| Corrine Keel and Travis Watters | Creative Writing and Kids- Living Learning Community |
| Linsen Li | Teaching English as Second Language Tutoriing/ Volunteering Program at Henry Clay High School |
| Caroline Quinio | SEEDS (Students Educating and Empowering to Develop Safety) Bus Stop Architechtural Study |
| Bill Santen | "A Christmas Story" short film about suburban sprawl in Central Kentucky |
| Sarah Willenbrink | The Lexington Birch- a Russian-language newsletter |
2007 |
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Carrie Bass |
"An Absence of Creative Consciousness" Proposal for Arts Co-op |
Dan Bernitt |
Proposal for Next Step Performing Arts Festival in downtown Lexington |
Katie Braun |
Disability Resource Advising Website for Prospective University Students |
Cara Childers |
Bicycle Safety: Elementary Classroom Training Workshops |
Roger Chui |
Proposal to redesign UK campus IT website |
Andrew Crown-Weber |
Proposal to record and archive electronically campus lectures |
Emily Foerster |
Proposal to develop 501c3 arts center in Louisville |
Peter Frailie and Andrew Lynch |
REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) database/search engine |
Brenton Kenkel and Andrew Klein |
Voter awareness and General Assembly information clearing house website |
Emily Parker |
Developing Jar literary magazine at state-wide level |
Will Sanders |
Promoting cultural literacy/the study of Asian and marginalized cultures in local elementary schools |
2006 |
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Tara Bonistall |
Founding of Reclaiming Off-campus Safety group |
Matt Clarke |
Oral history project and website, site analysis, participation in NELI, the North East Lexington Initiative |
Nathan Dickerson |
Podcast video interviews on views of religion and religious interpretation |
Maggie Dolan |
Website on creative writing opportunities/outlets/resources in Lexington |
Jessi Duncan and Nathan Wagner |
Guide to Lexington publication for incoming students |
Chris Garnett |
Strategic plan for FUSION '06 |
Jimmy Marcotte |
Program design for Equine Center at UK |
Harry Neack |
Proposal for improving communication among KY Democratic Party groups |
Eric Rickert |
Proposal for improving safety at Reynolds Building (including survey and website) |
Alixa Sharkey |
Welcome packet/guide to resources/proposal for tutoring program for international students at Henry Clay |
Kayla Rae Whitaker |
Poetry workshops and chapbooks for students in Mt. Sterling |
2005 |
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Andrew Bozio and Joseph Grabau |
Documentary on living with AIDS/HIV in Lexington |
Yuriy Bronshteyn |
The Colonel —satire newspaper |
Mallory Emerson |
Proposal to market Lexington Farmers' Market to UK students, faculty, and staff more effectively and to promote healthy eating of local foods on campus |
Mandy Gatewood |
Gaines Center Garden and proposal for Sustainable Living and Learning Community |
Aimee Lynne Hirschowitz |
Photography project (proposed art installment) |
Jason Richards and Raabia Wazir |
Mixed-income Housing Survey |
Nick Smith and Erik Tuttle |
Wind: A Journal of Writing and Community: The Hindman Issue |
Silvia Timmerding and Daniel Turner |
Promoting student involvement in UK-KY Legislature affairs, particularly fundraising issues |
2004 |
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Jess Blank and Jess Miller |
Creating and promoting sustainability initiatives: bike paths, recycling |
Ross Ewing and Emily Youatt |
Proposal for GLBT Center downtown |
Brandon Fenley |
Poverty forum: bringing together community activists to address poverty in Lexington |
Patrick Hobgood |
Proposed redesign of Thoroughbred Park with community center |
J.T. Knadler, Jordan Wood, and Patrick Thomas |
Documentary on Vietnam-era protests on campus |
Kevin Moser |
Video/photography interpretations of nature poetry and proposed as installments throughout campus |
Kim O'Donnell |
Collaboration on Gaines Center's NEH Grant application |
Last Site Update: October 31, 2011