Announcing 2024-25 Mission Micro Grant Awards

Announcing 2024-25 Mission Micro Grant Awards

TENN Student Leaders and volunteers packing bags of fresh produce for 60 families in the Martin Park Neighborhood.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.