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  • 2011:

    • Congratulations to Jane Frick, English Department, for receiving a grant from the National Writing Project for the National Writing Project Continuing Funding Application. 
    • Congratulations to Martha Greer, Western Institute, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council for the International Guitar Festival & Competition.

    2010:

    • Congratulations to Robert Bidding, University Police, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Partners in Prevention for Alcohol Enforcement Equipment. 
    • Congratulations to Brian Courtney of the Missouri Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI) for receiving a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for support of the National Network Delivery of Bureau of Justice Assistance Courses. 
    • Congratulations to Bryan Courtney of the Missouri Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI) for receiving a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for support of the 2008 Bureau of Justice Training.  
    • Congratulations to Carol Roever, Craig School of Business, for receiving a grant from the St. Joseph Convention & Visitors Bureau for the Convention & Vistors Bureau  Research Project.  
    • Congratulations to Christopher Bond, Communication Studies and Theatre Department, for receiving a grant from the City of St. Joseph for a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program. 
    • Congratulations to David Ashley, Biology Department, for receiving a grant from the US FWS for the bi-annual monitoring of population numbers of Tumbling Creek Cave snails. 
    • Congratulations to David Benz, Music Department, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council for the Missouri Verses & Voices Festival. 
    • Congratulations to David Tushaus, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, for receiving a grant from the US Election Assistance Commission for the 2009 Help America Vote College Poll Worker Program. 
    • Congratulations to Jane Frick, Professor of English, from the National Research Initiative for the National Writing Project. 
    • Congratulations to Jon Kelley, University Police Chief, for receiving a grant from the State of Missouri for Law Enforcement Police Safety Equipment. 
    • Congratulations to Julia Schneider, Library Director, for receiving a grant from the Missouri State Library for Ellinor Dale Runcie Letters and Poetry. 
    • Congratulations to Martha Greer, Western Institute, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council to use in support of the Griffon Junior Singers.  
    • Congratulations to Sherry Copeland, Regional Professional Development Center, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Regional Professional Development Center. 
    • Congratulations to Sherry Copeland, Regional Professional Development Center, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Missouri Assessment Program. 
    • Congratulations to Sherry Copeland, Regional Professional Development Center, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Migrant English Language Learner. 
    • Congratulations to Tingxiu Wang for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation for MAP: Road MAP for Students Excellence in Science, Technology Engineering & Math. 
    • Congratulations to Todd Eckdahl, Biology Department, and Jeff Poet, Computer Science/Math/Physics Department for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation for the UBM Group: Synthetic, Bio Research for Undergrads.

    2009:

    • Congratulations to Ben Caldwell, Chemistry Department, for receiving a grant from the US Department of Education for the GXP Workforce Training Lab Equipment Fund.
    • Congratulations to Tay Triggs, Multicultural Education Director, for receiving a grant from the Missouri Campus Compact for the MLK Collegiate Challenge 2010.
  • 3/23/09
    Congratulations to Jane Frick, Professor of English, for receiving a grant from the National Writing Project Corporation for support of the Prairie Lands Writing Project.
  • 3/11/09
    Congratulations to Gary Clapp, Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences, for receiving funds from the Appropriation Bill - Senator Bond's office for the Biotechnology Mobile Learning Center.
  • 2/23/09
    Congratulations to the 2009 SRI Team Leaders for having their proposals funded for the Summer Research Institute of 2009 - Michael Charlton, Bill Church, Todd Eckdahl, Kurt Hartman, Karen Koy, Mark Mills, Jeff Poet, and Pi-Ming Yeh!!
  • 2/19/09
    Congratulations to Russell Phillips, Psychology Department, for having his manuscript "Spiritual Coping in American Buddhists: An Exploratory Study" accepted for publication in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. This was a paper funded by the Summer Research Institute in 2007.
  • 2/13/09
    Congratulations to Evelyn Brooks, Nursing Dept., for receiving an award from the Dept. of Mental Health for development  of an English and Spanish Community Youth Suicide Prevention and Treatment Resource Guide.
  • 1/19/09
    Congratulations to Julia Schneider, Library Director, for receiving a grant from the Missouri State Library for the continuation of the digitization of the Ellinor Dale Runcie letters and poetry.
  • 12/10/08
    Congratulations to Gary Clapp, Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences, for receiving a grant from Missouri Life Sciences Research Board for 'Workforce Development and Business Incubation: Animal Health and Nutrition Infrastructure in Missouri'.
  • 11/10/08
    Congratulations to Jonathan Kelley, MWSU Chief of Police , for receiving a grant from the MO Department of Public Safety for enhancement of MWSU Police patrol vehicles.
  • 10/1/2008
    Congratulations to Jane Frick, Professor of English, for receiving an additional amendment to her National Writing Project grant for support of the Prairie Lands Writing Project!
  • 9/15/08
    Congratulations to David Ashley, Professor of Biology, for receiving funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue monitoring the populations of the Tumbling Creek cave snail.
  • 9/15/08
    Congratulations to Jane Frick, Professor of English, for receiving an additional grant from the National Writing Project for support of the Prairie Lands Writing Project!
  • 8/19/08
    Congratulations to Robert Bidding, MWSU Police Department, for receiving funds from the University of Missouri Partners in Prevention and Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant.
  • 8/15/08
    Congratulations to Martha Greer of the Western Institute for receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council for support of the International Guitar Festival.
  • 8/15/08
    Congratulations to Bryan Courtney of the Missouri-Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI) for his grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice entitled ‘Law Enforcement Responses to Incidents involving homeless individuals with mental illness’.
  • 8/5/08
    Congratulations to William Russell of Health, P.E., Recreation for his grant from the Heartland Foundation entitled ‘G.A.M.E.-ON Griffs (Goal Accomplishment through Mentoring and Exercise’.
  • 8/1/08
    Congratulations to Susanne Kissock of Criminal Justice / Legal Studies for her grant from the Missouri Campus Compact entitled ‘Show me the Vote’.
  • 7/25/08
    The Summer Research Institute Symposium was held at the Potter Fine Arts Theatre & Lobby.  Another great success to top off the 8-week summer program.  It started with a brief opening from quest speaker Dr. Keith Gary, Director of Program Development Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Inc.  Following Dr. Gary were presentations from the Multimedia Journalism Team reporting on Multimedia and Interactivity on U.S. College and U.K. Commercial Newspaper Websites and the stage scenes from the original play "Marlowe" presented by the Theatre Team
  • Poster presentations were also presented in the lobby from the other SRI Teams which included Biology, Chemistry, Construction Engineering, Forensic Taphonomy, Psychology and Synthetic Biology were they discussed the results of their research and answered questions.
  • 6/27/08
    The Summer Research Institute Picnic was a great success (images). The food was great, the weather perfect and the teams had a chance to interact and hear some interim details of the various research activities taking place this summer.
  • 6/10/2008
    Congratulations to Martha Greer of the Western Institute for receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council in support of the 'Griffon Junior Singers'!
  • 6/5/08
    Congratulations to Martha Greer of the Western Institute for receiving a 'Capacity Building' grant from the Missouri Arts Council!
  • 6/1/08
    Congratulations to Peggy Ellis of the Western Institute for receiving a grant from the Community Action Partnership for support of the 'Youth Computer Camp'!
  • 5/15/08
    Congratulations to Jane Frick, Professor of English, for receiving a grant from the National Writing Project for support of the Prairie Lands Writing Project!
  • 3/15/08
    Congratulations to the 2008 SRI Team Leaders for having there proposals funded for the Summer Research Institute of 2008 - Jason Baker, Robert Bergland, Melissa Daggett, Jin-Lee Kim, Donald Lillie, Russell Phillips, Jonathan Rhoad, Kristen Walton, and Kip Wilson!
  • 02/1/08
    Congratulations to Gary Clapp of the Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences (IIALS) for receiving a grant from the Missouri Technology Corporation to support Animal Health Workforce Initiative.
  • 11/15/07
    Congratulations to Bryan Courtney of the Missouri-Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI) for receiving a grant from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for support of the '7 Habits for Law Enforcement'!
  • 10/1/2007
    Congratulations to Bryan Courtney of the Missouri-Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI) for receiving a grant from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for support of the 'MO – Regional Institute for Public Safety Innovation'!
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