The Class of 2004 has taken a leadership role in Arts Alive, a developing community service program that seeks to engage University students in the New York city community by helping city youth enjoy the arts in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
University participants will accompany elementary through high school students to a variety of performances and run workshops before and after to enrich their cultural experience. Activities will include dance, musical and theatrical performances as well as museum trips.
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne highlighted three main principles associated with Arts Alive: "To provide outreach to students traumatized by the September 11th attacks; to help revitalize the arts in New York; and to create unique mentorship opportunities for [University] students."
Vice President for Public Affairs Robert Durkee '69 initiated the program while he was "looking for ways the university could respond to the attack on September 11," according to Dunne.
Durkee was unavailable for comment this weekend.
Dunne said Durkee got the idea for the initiative while exploring arts mentorship programs in New York city. One of these organizations was the Student-Teacher Enrichment Program, which was set to start this fall. However, due to limited funding in the fiscal crunch after Sept. 11, it was cut from the New York city budget.
According to Class of 2004 secretary Maureen Monagle, the University will invest approximately $500,000 in the project.
Monagle said that Arts Alive will accomplish more than what STEP would have done by incorporating University students to conduct workshops that enhance the understanding and involvement of New York city students before and after they attend performances.
Participating youths will be selected from schools based on their proximity to the World Trade Center and their location in communities heavily affected by the deaths of city police, fire and rescue workers.
Monagle, who has spearheaded the effort on the part of the sophomore class, said she is "really enthusiastic about the success of the program" and has received a positive response from her classmates.
She said 75 students applied for four leadership positions on the project.
These four directors will join the Arts Alive Leadership Board, which consists of members from the University Performing Arts Council. Together they will oversee volunteer sign-up strategies and organize participating students.
In an e-mail to the Class of 2004, class president Eli Goldsmith said Arts Alive will be the largest student government-sponsored program on campus.
Monagle said the project is slated to begin in February and run until April.
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