Thanks to a bequest from Mabel L. Campbell, the Religion Program
at Butler is in a position to offer financial support to Religion
majors and minors to facilitate off-campus opportunities for
intellectual or vocational development. Activities that might
qualify include:
- travel to academic meetings;
- travel to workshops (writers'
conferences, etc.);
- travel to pre-professional events,
such as visit days at graduate schools or theological
seminaries;
- travel related to domestic or
international service;
- conference fees and expenses
connected with an approved event, in Indianapolis or out of
town;
- support for internships related to
religion or social service (school year or summer);
- support for study-abroad venues
focused on religion;
- support for research expenses
connected with an undergraduate thesis or independent study
project;
- support for student-initiated and
student-run workshops, seminars or teach-ins on the Butler
campus.
Requests for support must be submitted in writing (typescript
required). Download an application
form to apply for the Campbell Fund.
The Religion faculty will review proposals monthly from October
1 through April 1, on or shortly after the first of each
month. Applicants will be informed of the disposition of
their application within two or three weeks.
Support from the Campbell Fund is designated for majors and
minors in Religion at Butler University. Combined majors in
Philosophy and Religion and students with a strong record of
activism in the Center for Faith and Vocation are also
eligible.
Recent Campbell Award Recipients:
- January 2010 - Quinn Clark '11, studied in
Northern India with the School of International Training (SIT).
SIT, a Vermont based organization dually functioning as a Study
Abroad program and a Masters program, focuses on immersive,
experiential learning.
- April 2010 - Betsy Shirley '11, attended the
Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing. The goal of the
festival was to bring together writers and readers to explore the
ways faith is represented in literature and its meaning in the
world today.
- May 2011 - Katie Kilgore '11, attended the
Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference which offered
beginning writers an opportunity to mix with professional writers
as well as agents and editors.
- November 2011 - Chris Jozwiak '12, traveled to
Israel/Palestine to address the question of how religious
pilgrimages to the Holy Land can affect peace building in the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for his honors thesis.
- Fall 2012 - Aaron Harrison '14, presently
studying abroad in Pune, India at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, a leading
Catholic university in India.