The Mission Micro Grant Evaluation Committee and Office for Mission Integration are pleased to announce the 2022-23 Mission Micro Grant Awards:
- Deanna Blevins (University Recreation) — Support for refreshments for a tree lighting and holiday de-stress event.
- Holly Christian and Samantha Stiltner (School of Law) — Support for coaching costs and gift cards for guest judges assisting the Veterans Law Moot Court Competition team.
- Megan Conrad and Alexa Rihana-Abdullah (College of Engineering & Sciences) — Support for purchase of books focused on negotiating strategies for women for the Society of Women Engineers student chapter library.
- Nickolas Davis and Janet Joiner (College of Liberal Arts & Education) — Honorarium and refreshment support for the new Full-time Accelerated Social Work Track (FAST) student orientation.
- Melissa Eckhause (School of Law) — Fee support for creators working with the Detroit Mercy Arts and Entertainment Law Clinic and identifying as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) to submit their copyright registration applications.
- Lee Eschelmann (College of Liberal Arts & Education) — Support for refreshments for a retreat for an interdisciplinary junior faculty work group.
- Cindy Gilham (McNichols Library) — Support for supplies and donations postage for the Seed Library.
- Mary-Catherine Harrison (College of Liberal Arts & Education) — Support for Rx for Reading Detroit to build two free community libraries to be placed at Brilliant Detroit hubs in Grixdale Farms and McDougall Hunt.
- Tim Hipskind, SJ (Institute for Leadership and Service/Titan Equity Nourish Network) — Support for produce deliveries made in collaboration with the Princeton Street Block Club (PSBC).
- Andrea Kwasky and Mary Serowoky (College of Health Professions) —Honorarium support for a campus presentation by speakers from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
- Betsy Lozanao (SOD) — Support for Detroit Mercy Dental (DMD) students to provide onsite learning activities at Mercy Education Project with the Girls Tutoring Program.
- Molly McClelland and Megan Conrad (College of Health Professions/College of Engineering & Sciences) — Gift cards for community clients working with nursing and engineering student teams in Prototype Design & Assistive Technology courses.
- Becky Nauta (College of Health Professions) — Support for printing of patient and family educational materials in English and Spanish on chronic and end-of-life pain management, Grand Rapids – Aquinas Campus.
- Jennifer Ruel (College of Health Professions) — Refreshments for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner certificate program’s three-day skills intensive.
- Marisa Tucker (Financial Aid) — Food and hygiene items for the McNichols Campus Little Free Pantry.
- Elaine Webber and Sonya Kowalski (College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing) — Art supplies for students’ personal spirituality projects in NUR 2100: Introduction to Nursing in the Mercy and Jesuit Traditions.
Many thanks to all who submitted applications and the the Evaluation Committee for their work in support of the program. For more information about Mission Micro Grants, please visit https://udmercy.edu/about/mission-vision/micro-grant or contact Rosemary Weatherston, director of Mission Micro Grant Program, at weatherr@udmercy.edu.