{"id":15616,"date":"2023-11-24T15:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=15616"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:59:39","slug":"announcing-2023-24-mission-micro-grant-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/11\/24\/announcing-2023-24-mission-micro-grant-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing 2023-24 Mission Micro Grant Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15617 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/11\/BrilliantDetroitLibrary.png?resize=249%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A picture of two girls looking at books in a little wooden book house.\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/11\/BrilliantDetroitLibrary.png?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/11\/BrilliantDetroitLibrary.png?resize=456%2C550&amp;ssl=1 456w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/11\/BrilliantDetroitLibrary.png?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The Mission Micro Grant Evaluation Committee and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/office\/index.php\">Office of Mission Integration<\/a> are pleased to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/micro-grant.php\">2023-24 Mission Micro-Grant Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s mission of being a Catholic, Mercy, Jesuit, urban and student-centered University.<\/p>\n<p>Since its start in 2008, the program has supported more than 350 mission-based projects and events. Congratulations to this year&#8217;s recipients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emily Dowgwillo (College of Liberal Arts &amp; Education)<\/strong>: Support for developing teaching videos of psychotherapy techniques that feature diverse representations of therapists and patients.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cindy Gillham (McNichols Campus Library)<\/strong>: Support for the Library&#8217;s seed library.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Felicia Grey (CLAE)<\/strong>: Support for a Freedom House presentation to political science students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary-Catherine Harrison (CLAE)<\/strong>: Support for Rx for Reading Detroit&#8217;s purchase of children&#8217;s books for Head Start preschoolers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amber Johnson (TRIO Student Support Services)<\/strong>: Support for academic tutoring resources for students in the TRIO SSS Program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Janet Joiner (CLAE)<\/strong>: Support for a vibrational sound and energy (sound bath) student wellness event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yvonne King, Ashlee Barners, Neal Rosenburg, Ivy Razmus, Taessa Malone-Carter, Alexis Burgess and Theroi Riggins (College of Health Professions\/McAuley School of Nursing)<\/strong>: Support for well-being enhancements to the College of Health Professions Reflection Room.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonya Kowalski, Elaine Webber, Taylor Long and Julie Stocker-Schneider (CHP\/MSON)<\/strong>: Support for nursing student art projects exploring their personal spirituality in relation to Mercy and Jesuit traditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrea Kwasky and Mary Serowoky (CHP\/MSON)<\/strong>: Support for a campus presentation by speakers from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chelsea Manning (Institute for Leadership and Service\/Titan Equity Nourish Network)<\/strong>: Support for TENN produce deliveries in collaboration with Princeton Street Block Club (PSBC) and Theresa Maxis Senior Apartments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phillip Olla (CHP\/Health Services Administration)<\/strong>: Support for the 2023 Detroit Urban Health AI Challenge event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Staci Kenno Pinkerton (College of Business Administration)<\/strong>: Support for a junior CBA faculty working group meet-and-greet event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thomas Provost (School of Architecture and Community Development)<\/strong>: Support for architect students&#8217; Cooperative Housing Exhibit event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexa Rihana-Abdallah (College of Engineering and Science)<\/strong>: Support for book purchases and a panel discussion on managing engineering internships for the Society of Women Engineers Student Chapter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Rowe and Preston Foerder (CLAE)<\/strong>: Support for a psychology career panel for undergraduate students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Traci Stewart (CHP\/Health Services Administration)<\/strong>: Support for a LGBT elders focus group research project, in collaboration with Rich Ginnetti, University of North Carolina.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Traci Stewart (CHP\/HSA)<\/strong>: Support for MHSA students&#8217; participation in 2023 Case Competition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Williams (CLAE\/African American Studies Program)<\/strong>: Support for AAS Program student and faculty meet ups at neighborhood Black-owned businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/micro-grant.php\">Mission Micro-Grants on its webpage<\/a> or contact Rosemary Weatherston, director of the Mission Micro-Grant Program, at <a href=\"mailto:weatherr@udmercy.edu\">weatherr@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mission Micro Grant Evaluation Committee and Office for Mission Integration are pleased to announce the 2023-24 Mission Micro-Grant Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":15617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[162,3333],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/11\/BrilliantDetroitLibrary.png?fit=631%2C761&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-43S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15664,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15616\/revisions\/15664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}