The Vice ChancellorÂ’s Awards and Grants Advising Committee at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has awarded grants to support outreach projects by 22 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder employees for 1997-98.
Outreach programs extend the resources of the university and serve various educational, social, economic and cultural needs of communities throughout ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.
Last April, the Council of Deans approved a plan to strengthen campus outreach initiatives and to integrate outreach more fully with ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-BoulderÂ’s teaching and research mission. Outreach funds were provided by Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Philip DiStefano and the Division of Continuing Education.
The awards, which ranged from $760 to $7,000 and totaled $97,860, were presented to selected programs chosen from 43 project proposals:
• Richard Delgado of law, $6,000 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Oral History: Stories of Hardship and the Quest for Higher Education”
• Julie Simson of music, $3,200 for the community outreach performance of “Amahl & the Night Visitors”
• Judith Bock of arts and sciences, $7,000 for “Will Power Education and Community Outreach Programs”
• Joy James of arts and sciences, $6,500 for “Unfinished Liberation: Critical Perspectives on Feminism, Coalitions, and ‘Black’ Freedom”
• Anne Dougherty of arts and sciences, $6,000 for “Identification of High School Students Likely to have Difficulty with Calculus I”
• Noel Clark of arts and sciences, $3,000 for “Liquid Crystal Outreach”
• Kathryn Palmer of arts and sciences, $4,400 for “Fostering Critical Inquiry Through the High School Writing Workshop”
• James Jankowski of arts and sciences, $5,200 for “History department outreach to middle and high schools in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥Â”
• Sara Goering of arts and sciences, $6,500 for “Philosophy outreach program of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥Â”
• David Capps of arts and sciences, $2,100 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Moving Company 97-98 Season”
• Jerri Davis of arts and sciences, $760 for “Ladies Doing Life”
• Tiffany Shaw of the Graduate School, $2,200 for “VioDisplay”
• Nancy Silbert of the Graduate School, $2,000 for “Museum Discovery Corner Program Expansion”
• Alex Weaver of the Graduate School, $5,000 for “Earthworks: Education Teachers in Earth Systems Sciences”
• Dennis Jackson of music, $5,000 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ This Summer: Music programs”
• Nada Diachenko of arts and sciences, $6,500 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ This Summer: Dance programs”
• Diane Clymer of the Graduate School, $6,500 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ This Summer: Museum programs”
• Susan Krane of arts and sciences, $6,000 for “ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ This Summer: Exhibitions”
• Sarah Krakoff of law, $6,000 for the “American Indian Education Project”
• Elaine Hansen of engineering, $7,000 for “A ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-wide K-16, Space Mission Demonstration: The Citizen Explorer”
• Leonard Baca of education, $1,000 for the Hmong Conference.