{"id":5009,"date":"2020-07-31T11:15:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=5009"},"modified":"2020-08-03T11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:18:33","slug":"grants-will-support-programming-and-student-and-community-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2020\/07\/31\/grants-will-support-programming-and-student-and-community-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants will support programming and student and community needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grants totaling $213,500 have been given in recent months to University of Detroit Mercy to continue, and in some cases expand, programming during the pandemic. The grants received are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$50,000 from the Ford Motor Company Fund to the University\u2019s Campus Kitchen to fund a manager position.<\/li>\n<li>$40,000 from the Ford Motor Company Fund to the University\u2019s Institute for Learning &amp; Service for the Ford Community Corps Explorer project to fund student and faculty team projects partnering with community nonprofits.<\/li>\n<li>$25,000 from AccessLex Institute to provide emergency resources to Detroit Mercy Law students in need of emergency funds during the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>$23,000 from the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest for Amplifying Women\u2019s Wisdom: The Mercy Charism at University of Detroit Mercy, a program that will provide emersion experiences for the Mercy charism.<\/li>\n<li>$18,000 from the Michigan State Bar Foundation to support a full-time attorney at Detroit Mercy Law\u2019s Veterans law clinic to handle claims.<\/li>\n<li>$15,000 from Ford Motor Company for Engineering &amp; Technology Teacher Bootcamp, a summer camp for high school teacher curriculum training.<\/li>\n<li>$15,000 from Delta Dental Foundation to keep the dental clinic at Detroit Mercy Dental operating during the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>$10,000 from the Ford Motor Company to provide funding for Science &amp; Engineering Exploration Camp for high school students.<\/li>\n<li>$7,500 from Fiat Chrysler Automobile to support purchase of materials for the SAE Vehicle Competition.<\/li>\n<li>$6,500 from the Congregation of St. Joseph to support Detroit Mercy\u2019s The Hive, a food pantry for students, to meet increased needs due to COVID-19 for students who need food and cleaning supplies.<\/li>\n<li>$3,500 from the Congregation of St. Joseph to help Detroit Mercy\u2019s Campus Kitchen meet the increased need for community outreach caused by the pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grants totaling $213,500 have been given in recent months to University of Detroit Mercy to continue, and in some cases expand, programming during the pandemic. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"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":[520,2996,3002,24,2997,2659,1363,164,2551,294,327,25,3000,3001,2998,1938,2999],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-1iN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009"}],"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\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5011,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009\/revisions\/5011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}