Friends of the Hall Center

The mission of the Friends of the Hall Center is to complement the work of the Center and its Advisory Board by developing a broad base of support through individual and community involvement and contributions.

Benefits of Becoming a Friend:.

• Attend private sessions with visiting speakers.
• Enjoy invitational music recitals by KU faculty and students.
• Volunteer at the Hall Center.
• Be recognized as a member.
• Help to enrich the humanities programming in the university and community.

What will your support make possible?

• The Humanities Lecture Series, which attracts the very best public intellectuals in America-historians, poets, filmmakers and novelists-and provides opportunities for the campus and community to interact with them.
• The Public Outreach Symposium, which take KU faculty to Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, to explore the most crucial social, philosophical and cultural themes.
• The Ongoing Faculty Seminars, ranging in subject from Globalization(s) to Philosophy & Literature, from Gender to Andean & Amazonian Worlds.
• The Annual Celebration of Books Published by Humanities Faculty, enhances the recognition of research in the humanities, and includes a book display and faculty authors reading from their books.
• Receptions for KU faculty and students performing recitals at the Center.

Annual Giving Levels

• Athena Lifetime Friend
• Apollo $5,000-$25,000
• Hercules $2,500-$4,999
• Orpheus $1,000-$2,499
• Dionysus $500-$999
• Demeter $250-$499
• Clio $100-$249
• Hermes $50-$99
• Stoic $15-$49 (student membership)

Become a Friend If you would like to become a Friend of the Hall Center, please click the following link to view a printable form: Friend of the Hall Center Membership Form

For more information, email us at hallcenter@ku.edu or call 785-864-4798.