The Schoolcraft College Foundation awarded 25 grants to faculty and staff in its annual Foundation Grant Program competition for FY2012-13, for a total of $108,917 in funding:

Helen Ditouras and Elizabeth Grace for Bridging Barriers: MLK Day Events, $1,500

Stacey Stover and Lisa Bushaw for Campus Tour & Culinary Tour Improvements, $2,500
  
Todd Stowell, Rena Laverty and Stacey Stover for Connection Web Developer/Web Editor, $5,400

Laurie Kattuah-Snyder for Counseling Department Mental Health Brochures, $2,074 (new)

Michael Orick and Steven Cook for Earth Day Fair 2013, $2,350

Deb Daiek and Linda Talbert for Flipped Course Design for Student-Centered Learning in Developmental Reading and Math, $4,533 (new)

Barton Polot for Friday Evening Recital Series, $16,840

Deb Daiek and Sandy Roney-Hays for Global Roundtable & Bridge Partnership Symposium, $2,800

Deborah Taracukand Karen Schaumann-Beltran for Honors Mentoring Project, $3,300

Randy Schwartz for  International Agenda - Student and Community Involvement, $2,150 (new)

Helen Ditouras, Deborah Regner and Colleen Pilgrim for Jackson Katz Symposium, $6,500 (new)

Dr. Riccardo Selva for Jazz Studies Program Guest Artist, $8,000

Terri Lamb for  JumpStart Math Workshops, $2,500 (new)

Stacey Stover for M.A.P! Making Aspirations Possible, $3,000

Josselyn Moore and Helen Ditouras for Multicultural Fair 2012, $5,450

Todd Stowell and Stacey Stover for Museum Exhibits to Enhance Classroom Study , $4,500

Todd Stowell and Stacey Stover for Navratri sponsored by the Asian Student Association, $1,500

Elzbieta Rybicka for Pageturners, Schoolcraft College Book Club, $3,500

Deb Daiek for Professional Tutoring: MRS Match Grant, $5,000
  
Todd Stowell and Stacey Stover for PTK sponsored Science Fair, $2,100

Linda Gutierrez for SCII - Focus Series, $5,000

Karen Schaumann-Beltran for  Strengthening and Expanding Academic Service Learning, $3,500 (new)

Joel Watkins, Michael Waldyke, Stacey Gray, Wilson Muse and Anne Huber for Summer Forensic Science Camp 2013, $4,470

Deb Daiek for Summer Readiness Project, $5,350
  
David O'Hagan for  Undergraduate Biological Research and Intern Program, $5,100 (new)
  
Each year, the Foundation invites faculty and staff to submit proposals that promote the philosophy of learner-centered policies, practices and programs throughout the College.  Projects that have an impact on teaching, learning and student support are considered a priority.  The Foundation is particularly interested in innovations that support the delivery of quality education and engage students in learning activities, improvements that benefit the student and educational environment, projects that promote professional expertise and translate into enriched educational experiences for our students, projects that support community outreach activities, and projects that assist in achieving College goals and objectives.

For FY2012-13, the Foundation received 30 proposals requesting a total of $131,292.  A review committee evaluated the proposals to determine those that met the Foundation’s objectives and to assess their alignment with College initiatives.  The awarded grants will generate nearly $89,000 in leveraged funds from other internal and external sources.  This benefits the College and the Foundation by providing more resources than the Foundation could afford on its own.  While all of the proposals received this year were excellent, the Foundation unfortunately did not have sufficient resources to fund them all. 

Funding for the Foundation Grant program is possible due to the generosity of faculty, staff and external supporters of the Foundation during the Foundation’s Annual Giving Campaign.  The Annual Giving Campaign each Fall is the Foundation’s largest source of unrestricted funds with which it can support the development of new programs and projects.   The Foundation Board of Governors gratefully acknowledges the many donors who give so generously.