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The Mentoring Task Force is pleased to announce the awarding of five...
project fund awards for the upcoming academic year. Additional funds will be awarded following the review of proposals due October 31, 2006. Funded Projects for Fall 2006
The Mentoring Task Force Resources Committee received a total of 10 requests for Mentoring Project Fund Grants for the summer and fall of 2006. Five of the ten proposals were approved for funding by the Mentoring Task Force.
For this first round of proposals the review committee was conservative in its approach -- wanting to be sure that: 1) proposals reflected the funding guidelines and required format; 2) that the committee stay within its resources so that additional funds are available for the spring semester; and 3) that we avoid precedent that we might not be able to honor into the future. All of the proposals that weren't funded may have been characterized by any one of the above considerations.
Another round of proposals will be reviewed this fall (submission deadline is October 31).
Proposals funded from this round of submissions included:
Department: Communications
Title: “Students in Media Project”
Contact: Dr. Andrea Breemer Frantz
Grant Award: $1250
Summary: Wilkes Communications majors volunteer to be paired with 8th grade
students at Wyoming Seminary to guide the students through a variety of projects including researching, writing, and recording radio public service announcements; preparing for and executing a televised roundtable discussion in conjunction with the League of Women Voters; and creating a photo documentary of images the 8th graders and Wilkes students take of the challenges and assets with the Wilkes-Barre community. Department: Writing Center
Title: Writing Associate and Mentor Program
Contact: Dr. Chad Stanley
Grant Award: $8200
Summary: Creates the positions of Writing Associate and Writing Mentor- two types of
writing consultants to be linked with and/or placed within sections of writing- based courses. Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Title: Development and Assessment of New BSPS Labs
Contact: Dr. Harvey Jacobs
Grant Award: $6555
Summary: BSPS faculty and students will work together this summer to prepare new
equipment for BSPS labs. Department: Chemistry
Title: Mentoring Through Summer Research
Contact: Drs. Castejon, Trujillo and Peters
Grant Award: $11,285
Summary: Chemistry faculty and students will be engaged in summer research
projects. Department: Biology
Title: Research in the Biological Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Approach to
Research and Mentoring Contact: Dr. Michael Steele
Grant Award: $38,494
Summary: Department faculty will mentor motivated student researchers on original
research projects; thereby, better preparing them for careers in the sciences and medicine. Students’ skills in research practices and analytical thinking will be enhanced. Students will be expected to analyze, prepare and deliver research results in the form of presentations and publications. Interaction among the student researches and faculty will be encouraged through cross-laboratory collaboration. |
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