Last Brief CASE IssueFall-Winter 2010The quarterly listing of grants to CASE V institutions — will be discontinued following the posting of grants received through December. With fewer submissions and fewer hits to the site, the CASE V Board of Directors decided to discontinue the listing. Continue to send any new staff members to your institution's advancement team to advance@uwlax.edu. The Culver (Ind.) Academies, has changed the name of its School of The Entrepreneur at Culver Academies to The Ron Rubin School for the Entrepreneur following the support of 1968 alum Ron Rubin, a entrepreneur himself, who has been supporting the school annually during its first three years. The Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), $2.25 million from the National Institutes of Health to study genetic factors that impact severity of cystic fibrosis (CF). Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio), $1.5 million from an anonymous former student to establish the Charles M. Weis Professorship in English to honor the former English professor. Saginaw Valley State University (University Center, Mich.), $199,997 from the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth for the Regional Entrepreneurial Collaborative Project. Also, $158,750 from the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center in support of the Center's Northeast Office at SVSU; $82,817 from the National Institutes of Health for the project Viscoelastic Model for Lung Parenchyma for Multi-scale Modeling to create elastic and viscoelastic material models to describe healthy lung tissue; $64,643 for SVSU's Nurse Faculty Loan Program and $33,553 for Graduate Nursing Program Traineeships from the U.S. Department of Health and Human services; $63,825 from the U.S. Department of Education to support the Off-Campus Community Service Program that provides off-campus federal work-study positions for SVSU students; $62,182, followed by an additional ARRA grant of $40,784, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for SVSU's Scholarships for Disadvantaged Nursing Students program; $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to analyze methods to convert commercial energy crops into hydrogen and ethanol; $20,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to support "Development of a High Strength, High Fatigue Wind Blade Spars"; $17,150 from Michigan Campus Compact to support the SVSU College Coaching Corps Program that will assist area students in the transition from high school to college; $13,584 from Michigan Campus Compact to support the Michigan Service Scholars AmeriCorps Program that will provide 12 students with the opportunity to be involved in service-learning and civic engagement activities; $6,634 from the Michigan Supreme Court to analyze data to determine the benefits of adopting a restorative justice process for middle school students; $5,000 from Midland Area Community Foundation and $5,000 from Bay Area Community Foundation to support an exhibition by Charles McGee, Michigan sculptor, at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., $7 million from the Michels family to transform the school's Sensenbrenner Memorial Union into a state-of-the-art commons and dining facility. Also, $1 million to create the Ariens Family Welcome Center for prospective students and their families. Saint Xavier University (Chicago), $750,000 over three years from the Big Shoulders Fund through the CME Group Foundation's Early Math Education Initiative to help low-income children in Chicago's parochial schools become proficient at math at the appropriate developmental level. Also, $246,489 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support technology and distance education equipment for graduate nursing programs. And, $165,030 from HRSA to support lab equipment for undergraduate nursing education. Brief CASE (grants) |
