Cultural Events Seminar
Instructor: Associate Professor Karin Borei
University Librarian & Director of International Programs
 kborei@mail.millikin.edu

Course history

History: The Cultural Events Seminar, an interdepartmental independent studies one-credit pass/fail course aimed at getting students to attend more cultural events at Millikin University, was taught (with a few exceptions) in both the fall and spring semesters from 1983 to 1998. Enrollment varied from semester to semester, topping 100 several times and averaging 70 per semester. No General Education credit was given.

Students were (and still are) required to attend ten cultural events throughout the semester, including Kirkland events, faculty and student productions and recitals, and art exhibits. Some semesters the students were required to write short papers after some of the events, other semesters there were pre-event faculty/expert talks that were also compulsory, still other semesters featured both. Anecdotally, students found that they had to work harder during the course than they had maybe expected to, but that they appreciated the program.

Advantages: students were exposed to a broad range of cultural experiences, and attendance at Millikin cultural events were increased.

Recent semesters taught by Karin Borei:

Fall 2006: four directed study (all passed)
Spring 2006: two PACE independent study (both passed)
Spring 2003 (registration: 13; 10 passed, 1 failed for non-attendance, 2 withdrew)
Fall 2002 (registration: 13; 10 passed, 3 failed for non-attendance)
Spring 2002 (registration: 6; all passed)

Earlier registration summary:

Semester	#students	Instructor
Fall 1983	71	Boaz
Spring 1984	90	Boaz
Fall 1984	52	Sluss
Spring 1985	48	Sluss
Fall 1985	56	Jacobs, J
Spring 1986	58	Jacobs, J
Fall `86; Spring `87	[not taught]
Fall 1987	32	Pacholski
Spring 1988	80	Pacholski
Fall 1988	80	Pacholski
Spring 1989	45	Pacholski
Fall 1989	65	Pacholski
Spring 1990	115	Pacholski
Fall 1990	90	Pacholski
Spring 1991	89	Pacholski
Fall 1991	84	Pacholski
Spring 1992	100	Pacholski
Fall 1992	69	Pacholski
Spring 1993	133	Myers, D.
Fall 1993	96	Pacholski
Spring 1994	[not taught]
Fall 1994	50	Pacholski
Spring 1995	116	Pacholski
Fall 1995	64	Pacholski
Spring 1996	74	Pacholski
Fall 1996	55	Pacholski
Spring 1997	19	Pacholski
Fall 1997	33	Schmidt
Spring 1998	31	Deardorff

(Statistics from Walt Wessel, Registrar, Feb. 1, 2001)