Twenty-nine CIC colleges and universities have participated over the past two years in a special opportunity offered by CIC and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program brings notable, non-academic figures to college and university campuses for weeklong residencies. This year, the offer includes two special discounts: one for CIC colleges and universities that have never participated in the program, and one for those that have not recently participated.
      One college dean who recently hosted a Visiting Fellow commented, “For half of what these people would normally charge for one evening’s lecture, we get an entire week of their dedicated attention in a range of settings—a remarkable opportunity.”
      Normally, participating colleges and universities pay a fee of $5,000 for the first visit in an academic year, and provide housing and meals during the weeklong visit. This year the Woodrow Wilson Foundation (itself a CIC Affiliate Member) has extended two special offers: For CIC members new to the program, the fee for the first campus visit will be reduced by 20 percent, to $4,000; and the same 20 percent discount on the year’s first visit by a Fellow will be extended to CIC member campuses which, though they have previously hosted Visiting Fellows, have not done so in the two most recent academic years (2003–04 or 2004–05).
      This is not a competitive program with fixed deadlines. All interested colleges will be accommodated. Further details are available on The Woodrow Wilson Foundation website (www.woodrow.org/visiting-fellows), or those interested may contact Beverly Sanford, director of the Visiting Fellows Program, at sanford@woodrow.org.