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Student Projects RFP

UP students:  Have an idea for a humor-related project that could be funded by Beckman Humor grant? Send us a note at garaventa@up.edu with your idea and we’ll be happy to talk it over with you!

 

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John and Patricia Beckman had an audacious idea: harness the power of humor to transform the world! And let’s tap into the capacious imaginations and talents of the University of Portland to treat humor as “a communal energy, a creative way to puncture arrogance and outwit violence.”

And so the Beckman Humor Project was born, a living force. What can it offer our bruised, blessed world?

Speakers, concerts, exhibitions, performances, graphic novels, stand-up, research… if it can be imagined, if it can scrape a bit of crud off the world by making someone laugh, it can find a home in the Beckman Humor Project.

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ADMINISTERED BY THE GARAVENTA CENTER
University of Portland
Garaventa Center

Franz Hall #330
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Portland, OR 97203
Karen Eifler, Ph.D.
Co-Director
eifler@up.edu
(503)943-8014
Rev. Charles Gordon, C.S.C., Ph.D. (Cantab)
Co-Director
gordon@up.edu
(503)943-8512
Sarah Nuxoll
Program Assistant
nuxolls@up.edu
(503)943-7702



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