Grants Awarded in Fiscal Year 2001

BISYS Fund Services ($15,000)

Project Title: Fit for the Future Campaign
Institutional
Funds to support construction of the new Recreation Center.

Columbus Metropolitan Area Community Area Community Action Organization - Head Start ($2,500)

Project Title: T.H.E. Consortium Project Community Partner
Dr. Harriet Fayne - Department of Education
Provides funding for pre-service teachers to serve as technology partners in Head Start classrooms.

Columbus State Community College ($20,000)

Project Title: Pre-K Teacher Preparation Grant Project Evaluation
Dr. Harriet Fayne - Department of Education
Funding for the Pre-K Preparation Grant Project Evaluation.

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration ($21,150)

Project Title: Turning Points - Middle School Reform
Dr. Marlene Deringer - Department of Education
Funding to provide professional development to implement research based total school reform models. This project is designed to increase student academic achievement as defined in the building level continuous improvement plans.

Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education (79,500)

Project Title: Otterbein Community E2: Engagement and Evaluation Project
Denise Shively - Department of Communication
Provides funding to assess current Otterbein community outreach programs, better focus our resources to meet community needs, and in so doing, enhance our engagement with the community.

The Paul G. Duke Foundation ($4,000)

Project Title: Past Legacies with Children of the Future: An Arts Camp
Dr. Nicholas Hill - Department of Art
Provides funding to offer an arts camp to 50 children from high-risk neighborhoods of Columbus.

Follett Higher Education Group ($100,000)

Project Title: Fit for the Future Campaign
Institutional
Funds to support construction of the new Recreation Center.

The Huntington National Bank ($5,000)

Project Title: The Renovation of Towers Hall
Institutional
Provides funding toward the renovation of Towers Hall.

Martha Holden Hennings Foundation ($16,000)

Project Title: Teachers' Technology Institute
Dr. Patti Albaugh - Department of Education
Funding to provide Central Ohio K-12 teachers the opportunity to learn, practice, and apply interactive educational technologies.

W.M. Keck/Project Kaleidoscope ($3,200)

Project Title: Science Facility
Dr. Michael Pettersen - Department of Physics and Astronomy
Provides funding for a consultant team to serve as advisors for an enhanced science facility.

Key Bank ($2,500)

Project Title: Fit for the Future Campaign
Institutional
Funds to support construction of the new Recreation Center.

Lockheed-Martin ($3,000)
Chemical Abstracts ($1,000)
Ohio Health ($1,000)
Ross Products Division - Abbott Laboratories Inc. ($1,000)

Project Title: 2001 Science Lecture Series
Dr. Susan Enyart - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Michael Pettersen - Department of Physics and Astronomy
Provides funds for the 2001 Science Lecture Series.

Nationwide Foundation ($500,000)

Project Title: Fit for the Future Campaign
Institutional
Funds to support construction of the new Recreation Center.

Nationwide Foundation ($4,000)

George Dunlap Scholarship
Institutional
Provides George Dunlap Scholarships to Business Administration/Social Science majors.

National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program ($72,000)

Project Title: Acquisition of Automated DNA Sequencing Equipment to Enhance Undergraduate Research and Teaching at Otterbein College
Dr. Simon Lawrance - Department of Life and Earth Sciences
Funds to acquire an Applied Biosystems Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer to support research and education in a variety of contexts.

Ohio Arts Council ($1,216)

Project Title: Printmaking Exhibit/Demonstration
Nicholas Hill - Department of Art
Provides funds that enable a printmaking demonstration that uses newly developed carrborundum printmaking techniques and also an exhibition of these prints at the Zanesville Art Center.

Ohio Board of Regents ($8,989)

Project Title: Mathematics for the Middle Grades
Dr. Susan Enyart - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Funds the revision of the "Mathematics for the Middle Grades" course as an inquiry-based course.

Ohio Board of Regents ($13,908)

Project Title: Axiomatics of Inquiry
Dr. Jeffrey Smith - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Funds to develop a course for preservice and inservice teachers to provide them the opportunity to explore geometry through a scientific lens.

Ohio Department of Education ($11,000)

Project Title: Goals 2000: BRIDGE Year 3 Addendum
Dr. L. Thomas Moore - Department of Education
Provides additional funding to extend year three funds to train additional teachers to be Ohio FIRST mentors.

Ohio Department of Education ($117,000)

Project Title: Goals 2000: BRIDGE Year 4
Dr. L. Thomas Moore - Department of Education
Funds to continue Goals 2000 BRIDGE Project to enhance the support of entry-level teachers in our districts and teacher preparation programs.

Ohio Department of Education ($100,000)

Project Title: Goals 2000: BRIDGE Year 5
Dr. L. Thomas Moore - Department of Education
Funds to continue Goals 2000 BRIDGE Project to enhance the support of entry-level teachers in our districts and preparation programs.

The Charles E. Schell Foundation ($25,000)

Project Title: Revolving Loan Fund
Institutional
Provides educational assistance loans, without interest and without security, to qualified students to aid them in securing a practical education that they would probably otherwise not be obtainable.

C. William Swank Program ($2,750)

Project Title: Program in Rural-Urban Policy
Dr. Allen Prindle - Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics
Provides funds to continue work with data and policy issues related to current agricultural use valuation.

Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences - John Templeton Foundation ($2,000)

Project Title: 2001 Science and Religion Course
Dr. Glenna Jackson - Department of Religion and Philosophy
Dr. Simon Lawrance - Department of Life and Earth Sciences
Funding for the SYE course "Darwin and Genesis: A Paradigm for Integration"

U.S. Department of Education - FIPSE Supplemental ($24,742)

Project Title: Reach and Teach Project
Dr. Judy Strayer - Department of Nursing
Barbara Cornett - Department of Nursing
Additional funding to supplement the Reach and Teach Project to provide distance learning nursing education to rural and Appalachian counties in Ohio.

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES ($26,268)

Project Title: Population Assessment and Monitoring: Incorporating Genetic Technologies to Support Viable Populations of Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees
Dr. Simon Lawrance - Department of Life and Earth Sciences
Provides funds to gather information on the genetic diversity of great apes. This information will be combined with behavioral data to create a resource of genetic information that can be used in conservation efforts and wildlife management.

Witt, Fiala, Flannery & Associates ($1,000)

Project Title: Fit for the Future Campaign
Institutional
Funds to support construction of the new Recreation Center.

Ohio Campus Compact ($2,500)

Project Title: Westerville Family Health Fair
Patricia Wilson - Department of Health and Physical Education
Provides funding to conduct a Family Health Fair in Westerville that will be coordinated by fifth graders at Mark Twain Elementary School and health education students at Otterbein College.

Ohio Department of Health ($2,500)

Project Title: Central Ohio Arthritis Training Workshop
Dr. Ellen Capwell - Department of Health and Physical Education
Provides funding to conduct an Arthritis Training Workshop for health care professionals.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($53,328)

Project Title: Advanced Education Nurse Traineeships
Dr. Eda Mikolaj- Department of Nursing
Judy Strayer - Department of Nursing
This seventh year support assists Masters of Science in Nursing students in Adult Health Care to prepare for advanced nursing practice in a variety of rural and urban health care settings that serve diverse populations.