{"id":14664,"date":"2023-09-15T08:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=14664"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:15:13","slug":"students-earn-mini-grants-for-creative-community-engagement-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/09\/15\/students-earn-mini-grants-for-creative-community-engagement-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: Earn mini-grants for Creative Community Engagement Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have creative ideas for a service-learning project? If so, Detroit Mercy students can get leadership training and money to help coordinate their projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/lead-serve\/ford-community-corps.php\">Ford Community Corps Partnerships (FCCP)<\/a> grants provide funds to support student-faculty teams that have creative student-learning ideas. In the past, the program has provided funds for projects, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students from a Political Class support an agency that helps people facing eviction<\/li>\n<li>Students from a Business Writing class create Canva templates to help a non-profit enhance their social media presence, any many others<\/li>\n<li>Students from a Nursing course provided people facing homelessness with a health resources list<\/li>\n<li>Law students provided youth in a foster care facility info about their legal rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/lead-serve\/pdf\/2011-2019%20project%20summaries.pdf\">A look at many of the previous projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>deadline for proposals<\/strong> is Friday, Sept. 22 at 11:59 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>If interested or for more information, please contact Tim Hipskind at <a href=\"mailto:hipskijt@udmercy.edu\">hipskijt@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/lead-serve\/ford-community-corps.php\">Learn more!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/08\/Brainiac-Pack-Ford-Fund-CE.jpeg?resize=993%2C662&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Six students standing indoors and looking at the camera point towards a poster board.\" width=\"993\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/08\/Brainiac-Pack-Ford-Fund-CE.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/08\/Brainiac-Pack-Ford-Fund-CE.jpeg?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Community Corps Partnerships (FCCP) grants provide funds to support student-faculty teams that have creative student-learning ideas. 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