The Experience

• Events can be proposed by ALBRIGHT faculty and staff (people directly employed by Albright).
• Students may submit proposals but must:
  1. Work with a faculty or staff sponsor to develop an Experience event.
  2. List their faculty or staff sponsor on the proposal form.
  3. Work with their faculty or staff sponsor to secure an available venue.

Events that are approved for Experience credit meet the following criteria:

• Events may be IN-PERSON (on or off campus) or VIRTUAL (live or pre-recorded).
• Content of the event significantly enriches the academic, intellectual, and cultural life of the college community AND supports the goals of the General Education program.
• Events should involve any of the following: the presentation of the results of research or inquiry of some kind (though not exclusively scholarly); the performance of a scholarly, cultural, or artistic production; or the critical engagement of some facet of the liberal arts; or a skills-based event designed to aid students in the pursuit of their education. The Committee intends to broadly interpret these categories when appropriate, but it is nevertheless critical that applicants demonstrate that their event supports the Albright Experience mission.
• Is not exclusionary of any campus constituency.

You must provide the following:

• The title and topic of the event

• A detailed description of the event – this is a formal application, so please write the description accordingly – sloppy and haphazard descriptions will be rejected. You may resubmit the proposal for reconsideration.

• If you are proposing a speaker or performer from off campus, please provide adequate information on the qualifications of that speaker and how those qualifications support the Experience Event mission statement.

• Justification for how the event helps to fulfill the mission of the Experience program by enriching the cultural, intellectual, and/or academic life of the college AND supporting the goals of the General Education program. Poorly or superficially articulated justifications will be rejected.  You may resubmit the proposal for reconsideration.

• The event date and time
• Confirmation email of reserved venue (for in-person INDOOR and OUTDOOR events)
• The contact information for the event sponsor
• An admission fee, if applicable

A note on films and sports as experience events.

A note on films and sports as experience events.
Films will only be accepted as experience events if the requesting group has received exhibition rights AND has arranged for a speaker to discuss the film.

Sporting events will be accepted as experience events on the condition that there is an accompanying lecture AND that the requesting group has adequately justified the events on the proposal form.

Please use the online proposal submission link for all proposals.