FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
October 2005
opportunities for Americans of all ages and
backgrounds to engage in service that addresses
our nation's educational, public safety,
environmental and other human
needs.” Applicants must be member institutions
Focus on Funding is a newsletter published
by the St. Louis Community College Office
of Institutional Development (OID). It
features external funding opportunities
available from federal, state, local and
private funding sources, as well as other
news. For more information about the OID
and services provided by staff, please
contact Castella Henderson, Director, at
314/539-5354, or visit the OID web page at:
http://www.stlcc.edu/odweb/.
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The Office of Inst
itutional Develop
ment
will hold our mon
thly
CAMPUS OFFIC
E HOURS
in October as foll
ows:
Grant Opportunities
Meramec: 1st W
ednesday
October 5, 2:30 –
4:00
BA 123J
Forest Park: 2nd
Thursday
October 13, 2:30
– 4:00
Executive Dean’s
Conference Room
F-234
Florissant Valley:
4th Tuesday (this
month only beca
use of staff
development day)
October 25, 2:30
– 4:00
Training Center R
oom 109
If you have questi
ons about fundin
g
opportunities or
the grants process
,
please stop by!
Project Reach (American
Association of Community
Colleges)
The American Association of Community
Colleges (AACC) has announced a national
grant competition for Project Reach: Service
Inclusion for Community College Students.
Eight community colleges will be selected to
create model programs that (1) provide service
learning opportunities for community college
students with disabilities to enhance
employment skills, increase career options, and
improve their sense of self-efficacy; (2) offer
training in service learning and disability
support services to faculty, staff, and
administrators and integrate service learning in
various disciplines with a focus on including
student service learners with disabilities; and (3)
participate in a national disability support
services survey with dissemination through
conferences, and publications. This effort is
made possible with the support of the
Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS), whose mission is “to provide
Office hours are tim
e set aside for info
discussion with st
rmal
aff members from
our office.
We look forward
to meeting new fa
culty and
staff as well as se
eing old friends.
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FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
Faculty and Staff Kudos
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of AACC.
The following SLCC projects have been
funded recently. Project directors, sources,
grant amounts, and descriptions for just a
few of the recent awards include:
AACC will fund service learning programs
that involve community college students
with disabilities as service learners, with a
focus on their transition from school to
work. Selected colleges must complete a
pilot activity in spring 2006 that integrates
service learning into one or more courses.
Subsequent requirements for Years Two and
Three are specified in the RFP. A Service
Learning Advisory Committee (comprising
at least one administrator, one disability
support services staff member, one service
learning coordinator or director (if
applicable), one student, and one community
agency or pre K–12 school partner must
participate in proposal preparation and
project oversight. The grant maximum is
$7,000 for the first project period: 1/1/068/31/06.
Marsha Bonds, Area Resource for
Community and Human Services
(ARCHS), $86,900. A grant to the
North County CARES Initiative, based
on the Florissant Valley campus, to
support the development of healthy
children, families and communities in
North and South St. Louis County.
Jane Boyle, St. Louis County
Department of Human Services,
$95,000. A grant to provide
employment-related workshops at the
North Oaks, Deer Creek, South County
and Florissant Career Center locations
and the St. Louis County Library
locations.
Deadline: November 1, 2005 by 5:00 p.m.
For more information, contact the SLCC
Office of Institutional Development at
539-5354.
Paul Roberts and Janie Bedwell,
Missouri Department of Conservation,
$10,000. A grant to assist with tree
pruning on the Meramec campus.
THE SLCC OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
Castella Henderson, Director of Institutional
Development:
539-5354 or chenderson@stlcc.edu
Kathleen Swyers, Association of
American Colleges and Universities,
$1,500. A minigrant for planning and
developing HIV education initiatives on
the Forest Park campus.
Julie Heyer, Scholarship Coordinator and
Resource Development Specialist:
539-5476 or jheyer@stlcc.edu
Alice Hoffmann, Secretary:
539-5354 or ahoffmann@stlcc.edu
CONGRATULATIONS
to ALL!
Lucia Miller, Academic Grant Writer: 539-5328
or lrmiller@stlcc.edu
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