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Judd Family Endowed Fund
The Judd Family Endowed Fund award was established in 2008 by the Judd family to provide Oakland University and the College of Arts and Sciences with the opportunity to sponsor programs in the humanities and arts, a passion of the Judd Family.
2018-19 Judd Family Endowed Fund Awarded programs include:
- “Marche Funèbre.” Reviving a Lost Ballet by George Balanchine
- Exploring the Video Essay: Creative and Critical Practice
- Eula Biss Nonfiction Reading and Craft Talk
- Andy Narell – Steel Drum Pioneer. Residency and concerts
- Collaboration and “Behind the Curtain” with composer Tom Cipullo. Residency and performance
Program Requirements
- Focus upon the arts or humanities
- Highlight the University's College of Arts and Sciences' commitment to the arts and humanities
- Programs must be open to students, faculty, alumni and the community
- Programs highlighting the research or creative activity to a specific faculty member are not eligible for Humanities Awards.
Past Judd Awardees
- World Without Ice (2017-18)
- Volunteer Work in Germany: The Refugee Crisis from an American Perspective (2017-18)
- Lucille Tanazas lecture (2017-18)
- Lorna Goodison Poetry reading and craft talk (2017-18)
- Stuart Dybek reading and craft talk (2016-17)
- The Ben Wendel Quartet (2016-17)
- The Fine Art of Persuasion: Corporate Advertising Design, Nation and Empire in Modern Japan (2016-17)
- Two Cases of Surviving Racial Discrimination During WWII: A Jewish boy in Shanghai and a Japanese girl in a California concentration camp (2016-17)
- Choreographers for German Contemporary Dance (2015-16)
- Literacy: Enhancing Reading Through Community Partnership (2015-16)
- OU National Spoken Word Showcase (2015-16)
- Jazz Vibraphonist Joe Locke (2015-16)
- Ngoma: Music and Dance Uganda (2014)
- Filming Shakespeare Behind Bars (2013)
- App as Art (2013)