{"id":23749,"date":"2025-11-16T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23749"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:53:45","slug":"congratulations-to-this-years-mission-micro-grant-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/11\/16\/congratulations-to-this-years-mission-micro-grant-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to this year&#8217;s Mission Micro-Grant Award recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19629\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19629 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/TENN-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A photograph of several individuals sitting at tables sharing a meal together\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/TENN-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/TENN-1.jpg?resize=733%2C550&amp;ssl=1 733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/TENN-1.jpg?w=753&amp;ssl=1 753w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TENN&#8217;s involvement in the community is strengthened through the Mission Micro Grant program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Mission Micro-Grant Evaluation Committee and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/\">Office of Mission Integration<\/a> are pleased to announce the 2025-26 Mission Micro-Grant Award recipients.<\/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\u2019s 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 380 mission-based projects and events. Congratulations to this year\u2019s recipients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Ahlquist (MSON\/CHP)<\/strong>: Support for a campus-wide mindfulness collective and book club<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashlee Barnes, Sherry McConnell, Rahima Ahmed, Matthew Rios (CHP): <\/strong>Support for a peer-to-peer student mental wellness campaign<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danielle Bluford, Stacey Stevens (CHP): <\/strong>Support for a campus screening and dialogue featuring Detroit author and activist Dr. Yusef Shakur<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Davis (CHASS):<\/strong> Support to stock a student pantry housed in Briggs Building<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Ferguson (UDMSO): <\/strong>Support for a community dinner and study strategies session for Optometry students<\/li>\n<li><strong> Sarah Foster RSM, Felicia Hartinger (University Academic Services\/Student Success Center)<\/strong>: Support to provide menstrual supplies in McNichols Campus Library public restrooms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cindy Gillham (McNichols Campus Library): <\/strong>Support for the McNichols Campus Library\u2019s seed library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary-Catherine Harrison, Melissa Converse (CHASS)<\/strong>: Support for Rx for Reading Detroit to develop a reading celebration for its United Children and Family Head Start partners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah James, Kia Hart, Tommie Smith, Tony De La Rosa (CES): <\/strong>Support for meditative coloring supplies for CES students<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrea Kwasky (MSON\/CHP)<\/strong>: Support for a campus presentation by speakers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/\">National Alliance on Mental Illness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thad Lindsay, Chris Nichols (CES):<\/strong> Support to offer a hands-on workshop to local high school students in the McShane Makerspace<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nour Lyon (CHP): <\/strong>Support for gratitude journals for Physician Assistant students<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chelsea Manning (Titan Equity Nourish Network\/Institute for Leadership and Service)<\/strong> Support for produce deliveries in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/princetonstblockclub.org\/\">Princeton Street Block Club<\/a> (PSBC) and Theresa Maxis Senior Apartments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Molly McClelland, Megan Conrad (CHP\/CES)<\/strong>: Gift cards for community clients working with Nursing and Engineering student teams in Prototype Design &amp; Assistive Technology courses<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phillip Olla (CHP): <\/strong>Support for community digital literacy and practical AI training micro courses<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kahtara Richardsen (CHP):<\/strong> Support to provide menstrual supplies in CHP public restrooms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexa Rihana (CES):<\/strong> Support to stock a student pantry housed in CES<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Rouser (Scholarship &amp; Financial Aid):<\/strong> Support to stock a student pantry housed in the Student Union<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Williams<\/strong> <strong>(AAS\/CHASS):<\/strong> Support for site visits for the new course AAS 3000: A Black Studies Tour of Detroit: Place-Based-Humanities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Valerie Williams (CHASS):<\/strong> Support to stock a hospitality room housed in Reno Hall<\/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>\u00a0or contact Rosemary Weatherston, director of the Mission Micro-Grant Program, at\u00a0<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 2025-26 Mission Micro-Grant Award recipients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":0,"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":[162,3333,2792],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6b3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749"}],"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\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23772,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749\/revisions\/23772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}