{"id":1814,"date":"2018-09-11T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2018-09-10T11:53:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T15:53:51","slug":"corporate-and-foundation-awards-promote-academic-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2018\/09\/11\/corporate-and-foundation-awards-promote-academic-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate and foundation awards promote academic excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1816\" style=\"width: 1615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1816\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?resize=1249%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detroit Mercy Dental's mobile clinic is funded, in part, by corporate grants.\" width=\"1249\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?w=1615&amp;ssl=1 1615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/09\/1280-mobile-clinic-nologo.jpg?resize=1440%2C720&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detroit Mercy Dental&#8217;s mobile clinic is funded, in part, by corporate grants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations reports that the institution has recently received charitable grants and corporate gifts totaling nearly $167,000. These grants and gifts will help support University of Detroit Mercy students, programs and community service through a number of initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$40,000 from the Ford Motor Company Fund to Detroit Mercy\u2019s Institute for Leadership &amp; Service to continue the partnership that promotes leadership skills and service to the community. In this program, student-faculty teams are matched with local nonprofits to provide assistance to underserved and marginalized populations.<\/li>\n<li>$25,000 from the Ford Motor Company Fund to support the continued development of a Design Thinking summer camp for high school students with hands-on experience to introduce concepts associated with technology, entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/li>\n<li>$22,000 from the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community to help implement a three-year program to create institutional culture change in regards to anti-racism and equity.<\/li>\n<li>$20,000 from the Old Newsboys\u2019 Goodfellow Fund of Detroit to provide children\u2019s dental care not covered by insurance for children in grades K-8 through the Mobile Dentistry Program and the Pediatric Clinic.<\/li>\n<li>$19,953 from MathWorks, Inc. to a MathWorks curriculum development project that will create Simscape simulation models for systems commonly used by students in class.<\/li>\n<li>$15,000 from Ford Motor Company toward an undergraduate scholarship for a student in the College of Engineering &amp; Science. The grant is in collaboration with the Kuzak Family Foundation award, which includes scholarships and internships.<\/li>\n<li>$15,000 from Ford Motor Company to help fund a two-week STEM preview summer camp program for high school girls.<\/li>\n<li>$5,000 from the Michigan Dental Foundation for Detroit Mercy Dental\u2019s Future Smilemakers Program and Summer Program, which are designed to introduce dentistry as a potential career path, and provide dental care services and oral hygiene instruction to middle school students in metro Detroit.<\/li>\n<li>$5,000 from Ford Motor Company to help fund a teacher training program to help high school teachers engage and inform students about career paths in STEAM \u2014 science, technology, engineering, architecture and math.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations reports that the institution has recently received charitable grants and corporate gifts totaling nearly $167,000. 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