Roothbert Fellows Portal
Welcome to the Roothbert Fellows Portal! Below, you’ll find information on how to connect with one another, upcoming events and opportunities, ways to support the Roothbert Fund, and more. If you have any updates that you’d like to share with the community, you can do so through the link below. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments about the portal, please reach out to us at roothbertcommunity@gmail.com.
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Fellow Resources
Connect with the Roothbert Community
Roothbert News, Updates, and More
How-Tos:
Connect with the Roothbert Community
Roothbert Fellows Database
Welcome to the Roothbert Fellows Database! We encourage you to use the database to connect with one another. Are you moving to a new city, and looking to build community? Are you considering graduate school? Are you looking for fellow musicians with whom to collaborate? You can use the database to connect with community members who share your values, interests, and experiences.
Help us keep the database up-to-date! Please update your information using this link!
How to Use the Database: To find a fellow in the database, use your computer’s command+f (for macs) or control+f (for PCs) feature. For example, are you looking for someone who attended social work school? First, click anywhere within the the spreadsheet. Then, hold down command/control + f. In the search bar, type in “social work.” You will then be able to see information about Roothbert fellows who have connections to social work. Alternatively, you can click the small search icon in the upper right hand corner of the spreadsheet. If you have any further questions about how to use the database, feel free to reach out to us!!
Roothbert Community Listserv
Fellowship is at the heart of the Roothbert Fund’s mission, and we encourage you all to get to know one another both in person and online. There is an abundance of wisdom and experience in our community, and this listserv is intended to be a tool for you to connect with one another, share resources, ask questions, offer advice, and more!
For example: Are you moving to a new city, and are you interested in connecting with fellows in the area? Are you considering graduate school, and wondering if anyone has advice about where to apply? Are you about to officiate a wedding, and are you looking for the perfect poem? Do you have an accomplishment that you want to share? The listserv can help you out!
How does it work?
All you have to do is send an email to: roothbert-community@googlegroups.com, and members of the community will receive your message!
The listserv is a tool to support fellowship, not to replace it. We encourage you all to all to connect with one another not only through the listserv, but also at Pendle Hill retreats, local meetups, and other events.
Please review our community guidelines before you begin to use the listserv. You can find the guidelines below, as well as on the Roothbert Fellows portal.
All former and current Roothbert Fellows have been invited to the listserv. If you would like to unsubscribe, just send an email to: roothbert-community+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns about the listserv, please reach out to us at: roothbertcommunity@gmail.com
Community Guidelines
This listserv is:
A space where Roothbert community members can connect with one another, share sources, ask questions, offer advice, and so on. Fellowship is at the heart of the Roothbert Fund’s mission, and we encourage you to get to know one another both online and in-person. There is an abundance of wisdom, experience, and resources within our community, and this listserv is intended to be a tool for you to get to know one another.
A tool for sharing updates and promoting your accomplishments, such as upcoming events, publications of interest, and so on.
What this listserv is not:
A place to have political debates or air grievances. Please do not use this space to argue with one another. Rather, see our guidelines below. Be thoughtful. Trust each other’s intentions. If the conversation becomes difficult, we encourage you to reach out to folks directly.
Guidelines:
Practice accountability and work to build trust: Treat all members of our community with kindness, humanity, and respect. If tension arises, turn towards curiosity and openness. If someone’s comments impact you, be honest about the impact, building deeper trust through holding each other lovingly accountable. We encourage you to start a private conversation with the individual who had an impact on you in order to build direct relationships and repair together.
Own your listserv experience: You are encouraged to ignore, or not participate in, any conversations that you’re not interested in. Not every post on the listserv has to align perfectly with any individual’s values, and each poster should feel free to speak from their own perspective. If you feel like a particular email violates one of our guidelines, you can reach out to roothbertcommunity@gmail.com.
Relatedly, consider the purpose and intention of your own emails. Here are a few questions to consider when deciding whether to post on the listserv, or to respond to another person’s post.
Am I adding value to the conversation and community? Why might the community find this email of interest?
Is this the right time to share? Did someone else already say this?
Is this something that needs to go out to the entire Roothbert community, or could I use the fellows portal to identify a more specific audience? For example: If I am looking to chat with someone who attended a particular graduate school, might I first check our Airtable database to see if anyone has relevant experience?
Subject Lines: Please do your best to succinctly indicate the purpose of your email in the subject line to help people focus on those emails that most pertain to them.
Responding: Unless it is relevant to the entire list, please respond only to the person who sent the email. If you’re interested in also receiving responses to a thread, just respond to the person who sent the email so that they can share responses with you as well.
The listserv is a tool to support community building, not replace it: In addition to utilizing the listserv and the Fellows Portal, we encourage you to attend local events, participate in Pendle Hill workshops, and connect with community members in your area.
Roothbert News, Updates, and More!
Upcoming Events
To see a full list of upcoming events, click here.
Roothbert Publications Library
To highlight and host the diverse body of work produced by Roothbert Fellows, the Roothbert Fund has created a Fellows’ Publication Library. Contributions to our library can be made here.
Opportunities Board
The Opportunity Board functions as a place for Fellows to solicit and accept open positions— be it jobs, volunteering opportunities, or needed services. Submit offerings through this form.
How-Tos!
How to Volunteer with the Roothbert Fund
Volunteer to interview new candidates —
If you are a Fellow who is no longer on grant, we'd welcome your help in interviewing candidates in March in either New Haven, New York, Philadelphia or Washington. If you are interested, write to Percy Preston in the Fund office at mail@roothbertfund.org.
Volunteer to lead a Pendle Hill, or suggest a topic —
Roothbert Fund retreats at Pendle Hill have been taking place for more than 40 years and the topics and themes for discussion have been as varied as they have been fascinating. Usually led by a past recipient of a Roothbert scholarship, the retreats offer opportunities to experience the Fellowship that is unique to the Fund and learn about oneself and others. If you have a topic you think would be of interest, or wish to lead a retreat, write to Percy Preston in the Fund office at mail@roothbertfund.org.
How to Register for Pendle Hill
To promote fellowship among recipients of Roothbert scholarships, the Fund creates several opportunities each year for Fellows to meet with each other and members of the Board. Each year, Fellows are invited to a weekend meeting at Pendle Hill, a Quaker study center in a peaceful, wooded setting outside of Philadelphia. Such weekend retreats have been a tradition in the Fund since 1965, when Toni Roothbert invited Board members and Fellows to come together to meet one another. The Fund requires each Roothbert Fellow on grant to attend at least one Pendle Hill Retreat each year they are on grant. Weekend dates in June and September are announced each year.
The weekend is an informal retreat, beginning with dinner Friday evening and ending mid-day on Sunday. Typically a former grant recipient leads discussion on a theme that permits Fellows to explore and discuss an important issue while getting to know one another better.
Fellows who are no longer on grant are encouraged to attend Pendle Hill gatherings whenever possible, as well as other programs and get-togethers. There are a limited number of places for each Pendle Hill weekend. Priority is given to new Fellows and then to those who notify the Fellowship Committee of their interest in attending..
How to Apply for Grant Renewals
Renewals of Roothbert Scholarship grants are considered in the light of a Fellow's achievements during the previous year and the renewal of grants and their amount are subject to the availability of the Fund's resources. Fellows seeking a renewal of their grant must complete and submit the Fund's online renewal application and upload a copy of their transcripts for the current year by no later than midnight February 1.
Renewal announcements are made in late April, at the same time as new awards are announced, pending Board approval. Because funds are limited, the Roothbert Fund rarely supports Fellows during the pursuit of more than one academic degree program. The Fund reserves the right to terminate support if a Fellow changes the academic degree program to which he or she originally applied. It is important that any change of program be communicated promptly to the Fund.
Renewal prerequisites: While on grant, Roothbert Fellows each year are required to:
Attend one Pendle Hill
Complete 7 hours of other curriculum offerings
Renewal application: To be directed to the online renewal application, click on the link below. Please login with the user name and password you created for your original, new application. If you did not originally apply online, click on "Sign Up" and indicate that you are a "Renewal Applicant" under "Category."
Contact Us
Do you need to get in touch with the Roothbert Fund? Contact us with any questions or inquiries via the information listed below:
Email: office@roothbertfund.org
Phone number: (212) 870-3116
Address: The Roothbert Fund, Inc. | 475 Riverside Drive | Room 1622 | New York, NY | 10115
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