There are multiple ways for students, alumni, faculty and members of the broader community to get involved in supporting the Creative Longevity and Wisdom Initiative.

Scholarly Participation
A major aspect of the vision of the initiative is to encourage scholarly contributions. Semi-annually, students, faculty and alumni are invited to apply to become Creative Longevity and Wisdom Fellows by submitting a statement summarizing their current and ongoing research in the field. Selected Fellows will be honored at Winter and Summer Session events. In addition, Fellows will periodically be offered opportunities to share their research with the Fielding community.

Financial Support
Alumni, faculty and generous members of the larger community donated funds making possible the start-up of this initiative. Initial funding in 2004-2005 supported student fellowships and made possible a major speaker event and our first research award. Fielding Graduate University is interested in developing educational programs, a multimedia Web environment and initiating additional projects that promote and support creative longevity and wisdom, and we welcome additional funding to make these projects a reality.

If you are interested in learning more about contributing to this initiative contact Valerie Malhotra Bentz, PhD at drbentz@fielding.edu. For other Fielding Graduate University initiatives contact Anne Kratz, Director of Development at giving@fielding.edu.