Fall 2010A listing of grants of at least $10,000 received by CASE V institutions. Send items for Brief CASE to: advance@uwlax.edu. Benedictine University (Lisle, Ill.) $188,000 from the U.S. Department of Education through a Title VI Business and International Education Program grant to promote education and training to contribute to the ability of U.S. business to prosper in an international economy. Carroll University, Milwaukee, $967,687 from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the design, implementation and assessment of a new cultural competency component of the curriculum, which focuses on developing students' abilities to provide effective treatment to minority populations. The College of Wooster (Ohio), $254,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support further development of its new environmental studies program. Grinnell (Iowa) College, $351,000 from the National Institutes of Health for research into better understanding of neurological diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Marian University (Indianapolis) $500,000 from financial services firm O’Meara Ferguson Whelan and Conway to the university’s Center for Catholic Stewardship. The university will rename the center in honor of O’Meara Ferguson. The Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to investigate how cellular response to a protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha affects the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Also, $1 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to train basic and physician-scientists engaged in anesthesiology research; $416,000 from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development to investigate causes of infertility; and $150,000 from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development to investigate bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease commonly affecting premature infants. Oakton Community College (Des Plaines, Ill.), $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support the College’s TRiO program. Also, $186,538 from the Workforce Board of Northern Cook County, with funds from the American Recovery, to enhance dislocated workers’ job search and computer skills Ohio Northern University (Ada), $63,062 from the National Science Foundation to examine the current state of first-year engineering courses. Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio), $15 million from two anonymous contributors to support its educational mission and augment opportunities for both students and faculty. Also, a $100,000 Officer’s Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support faculty efforts to enhance the student curriculum. Otterbein University (Westerville, Ohio), $107,853 from the Ohio Board of Regents to fund the OP2: Operation Physics program. Also, $100,000 from the Association of American Colleges and Universities to fund a project titled Ventures in Praxis: The Otterbein Five Cardinal Experiences; $56,413 from The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to fund The Latina Breast Cancer Project; $36,117 from The Health Resources and Services Administration to fund the fifth year of the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grant; $23,160 from The Ohio Department of Natural Resources to fund the Ravenna Arsenal Aquatics project; and $20,500 from the Ohio Campus Compact to fund Pay It Forward: The Cardinal Philanthropy Project, which promotes youth philanthropy. St. Cloud (Minn.) State University, a $56,050 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant to initiate research at five adjacent archaeological sites in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness which will inform an eventual National Register of Historic Places nomination. Saginaw Valley State University (City, State), $164,616 from the U.S. Department of Education for the Great Lakes Bay International Innovation Project. Also, $40,000 from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative to aid in establishing a native planting preserve on the SVSU campus; and $15,000 from the Michigan Humanities Council to support the “Artists and Architects Collaborations Exhibition.” University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, $283,050 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to acquire human patient simulator equipment that will enhance the simulation and skills lab used by graduate nursing students. Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wis.), a $1.5 million TRIO grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic support services to first generation college students. Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio) $1.17 million from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for scholarships to junior and senior math and science majors who commit to teaching at the secondary level in high-need school districts. Brief CASE (grants) |
