The Mission Micro Grant Evaluation Committee and Office of Mission Integration are pleased to announce the 2024-25 Mission Micro-Grant Awards.
The program makes annual grants of up to $200 to any full- or part-time UDM faculty or staff member in support of activities that promote Detroit Mercy’s mission of being a Catholic, Mercy, Jesuit, urban and student-centered university.
Since its start in 2008, the program has supported 370 mission-based projects and events. Congratulations to this year’s recipients:
- Jennifer Ahlquist, Mary Serowoky, Andrea Kwasky (CHP/MSON): Support for a mindful self-compassion workshop for College of Health Professions faculty and staff
- Diego Arias (CBA): Support for students’ exploration of business ethics through the lens of cinema
- Anna Lawler Bryson (University Ministry): Support for student visits to and discussions of diverse places of worship in Detroit
- Joshua Budiongan, Ceara O’Leary (SACD): Support for refreshments and community leaders’ participation in architecture students’ Public Interest Design Capstone Studio
- Angela Davis (CHASS): Support to stock a Student Pantry housed in Briggs
- Emily Dowgwillo (CHASS): Support for developing teaching videos of psychotherapy techniques that feature diverse representations of therapists and patients
- Lee Eshelman (CHASS/Psychology Clinic): Support for a therapy group supporting students impacted by global conflict
- Lee Eshelman, Angela Nasr, Max Frank, Briana McLeod (CHASS): Support to revitalize graduate student space in Reno Hall
- Sr. Sarah Foster RSM, Felicia Hartinger (University Academic Services/Student Success Center): Support to provide menstrual supplies in McNichols Library public bathrooms
- Courtney Griffin (SOL): Support to bring Detroit Public School students to Detroit Mercy
- Mary-Catherine Harrison (CHASS/Rx for Reading Detroit): Support to purchase books for incarcerated parents and their children, in partnership with Staying in Closer Touch
- Andrea Kwasky, Mary Serowoky (CHP/MSON): Support for a campus presentation by speakers from the National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Camesha Little (SOL): Support for fostering law students’ well-being and academic success through mindful learning
- Taylor Long, Sonya Kowalski, Elaine Webber, Julie Stocker-Schneider, and Renee Courtney (CHP/MSON): Support for nursing students’ art projects exploring their personal spirituality and community advocacy in relation to Mercy and Jesuit traditions
- Mina Maleki (CES): Support for student team registration for International Collegiate Programming Contest
- Chelsea Manning (Institute for Leadership and Service/Titan Equity Nourish Network): Support for produce deliveries in collaboration with Princeton Street Block Club (PSBC) and Theresa Maxis Senior Apartments
- Molly McClelland, Megan Conrad (CHP/CES): Gift cards for community clients working with nursing and engineering student teams in Prototype Design & Assistive Technology courses
- Claire Nicholson, Nour Lyon (CHP/ Physician Assistant Program): Support for PA students to assemble and distribute care packages to unsheltered individuals throughout metro Detroit
- Thomas Provost (SACD): Support for architecture students’ exhibit on design of several community collectives located in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood
- Jennifer Shivnen, Sara Gifford, Phillip Olla, Niko Kanagawa (CHP/MSON): Support for a Futures Study research workshop focused on scenario planning for the future of education
- Valerie Williams (CHASS): Support to establish a dual purpose mindfulness/mothers’ room in Reno Hall
Learn more information about the Mission Micro-Grants on its webpage or contact Rosemary Weatherston, director of the Mission Micro-Grant Program, at weatherr@udmercy.edu.