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CURRENT GRANTEES
Access BG
Access BG will initiate a new partnership between Libbey High School in the Toledo Public School District and BGSU’s Chapman
Learning Community and Partner’s in Context and Community where students from all three programs will work together to improve
access to arts as well as higher education for urban youth.
Co-Directors:
Kate Collins/Dept. of Theatre & Film Chapman Learning Community BGSU
Richard Hoffman/ Partners in Context and Community
Jan Kilbride/Toledo Public Schools
Pat Lewinski/Libbey Humanities Academy
Adelante - BGSU Latino Community Media Project
Adelante, The Latino Resource Center and BGSU students will produce a multi-platform audio-visual educational packet to disseminate
information about providing culturally relevant/proficient social services for low-income Latinos in NW Ohio; educating audiences
about Latino culture in NW Ohio will assist us in securing public support to fund minority services.
Co-Directors:
Sonia Troche/Adelante
Reuban Viramontez Anguiano/Human Development and Family Studies BGSU
Arts Enterprise for New Orleans
Arts Enterprise for New Orleans is a service learning project for BGSU students and faculty that will serve New Orleans Outreach
(NOO), a non-profit organization that works with volunteer and community resources to improve education in the city’s school
system.
Co-Directors:
Nathaniel Zeisler/ BGSU
Christopher Genteel/ University of Michigan
Claudia Barker/ New Orleans Outreach
Pamela Jenkins/ Dept. of Sociology University of Michigan
Community Action for Promoting Conservation Awareness in Elementary Education
BGSU, The Toledo Zoo, and Birmingham Elementary join in a partnership for enhancing students’ awareness of current environmental
problems causing extinction of plant and animal species in northwest Ohio. Elementary level students will learn about conservation biology through active participation in the process of saving an
endangered butterfly species.
Co-Directors:
M. Gabriela Bidart-Bouzat, Biological Sciences/BGSU
Mitchell Magdich/Toledo Zoo
Peter Tolson /Toledo Zoo
Barbara Guthrie/Birmingham Elementary School, Toledo Public Schools
Encouraging Young Adult Leadership
The goal of our project is to encourage young adults, ages of 21 to 40, to have an interest in becoming local leaders in the
community. Young adults will be invited to attend an evening function that will introduce them to leadership roles with an
emphasis on not-for-profit board activities
Co-Directors:
Pamela J. Colbert-Brumbaugh/United Way of Erie County
Andrew Kurtz /BGSU Firelands
Expect Respect Council: "There is No Excuse for Abuse."
The Expect Respect Council creates community awareness in North Central Ohio about dating violence through the performance
of plays for teen and young adult audiences. The council is composed of high school students, college theater students, and domestic violence professionals who work together
to produce several performances and forums each year.
Co-Directors:
Emily M. Hinnov/BGSU Firelands
Michele McCormick/Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter
Interfaith Dialogue as a Vehicle for Understanding and Peace
Interfaith Dialogue is a discussion series conducted by the MultiFaith Council of NW Ohio and Chapman Community faculty to
find peaceful solutions to misunderstandings and hostilities among faith traditions. Discussion series seek dialogue rather than debate.
Co-Directors:
Srini Srinivasan/MultiFaith Council
Joe Zielinski/MultiFaith Council, Owens CC
Thomas Klein/BGSU
Bob Midden/Chapman Community/BGSU
Journalism PACT-Partners in Active Citizenship Today
BGSU journalism faculty and students will work with peers at Rogers High School. BGSU students will help others and see the
challenges of American urban education firsthand. Contact with community media will give minority students the opportunity
to see the possibility to redefine the images of their communities through journalism.
Co-Directors:
Catherine Cassara-Jemai/BGSU
Joseph P. Boyle Jr./Rogers High School
Kelly Taylor/BGSU
Barbara Johnson/Rogers High School
Smeeta Mishra/BGSU
Jeffery Hiestand/Rogers High School
Tony Brashear/Rogers High School
Latino Relationships: Sexuality , Health and Quality of Life
This research project aims to understand relationship issues that contribute to and hinder relational and sexual health for
Latinos in the Toledo area through the study of cultural and social factors that influence Latinos’ romantic relationships.
The goal is the development of effective community health programming focused on healthy relationships.
Co-Directors:
Sandra Faulkner/Dept of Interpersonal Communication BGSU
Radhika Gajjala/School of Communication Studies, BGSU
Sonia Troche/Adelante
Sculpture in the Garden
The Simpson Garden Park Sculpture Garden harnesses the creative power of Bowling Green State University Art School faculty
and staff while providing a public venue where citizens can enrich their lives and broaden their horizons.
Co-Directors:
Michelle T. Grigore/City of Bowling Green
Greg Mueller/BGSU School of Art
Singing to the Tune of Early Literacy
This project educates parents about the importance of building early literacy skills in preschoolers, and models fun ways
to build skills at home through programs that incorporate music, story reading and book-making activities for parents and
children. Programs are open to the public, specifically targeting low-income Head Start families.
Co-Directors:
Kathy East/Wood County District Public Library
Jessica Fausnaugh/Wood County Corps-WCDPL
Diane Roberts/WSOS Head Start
Anita Serda/Perrysberg Heights Community Association
Kathleen Newman/Office of Service Learning, BGSU
NancySugden/College of Musical Arts BGSU
Wood County Gift Exchange
The purpose of this project is to provide equipment, materials, and supplies to support children whose divorced parents are
in parenting crisis by providing safe, secure environment to transfer children from one parent to another for visitations
or for parents to meet their children for court-ordered supervised visitations
Co-Directors:
Susan McKinney/Wood County Gift Exchange Susan McKinney/Wood County Gift Exchange
Judy Kiser/BGSU
Laura LandryMeyer/BGSU
Youth Leadership Advocates: Building Adult Capacity to Support Engaged Youth
Representatives from the Coalition for Youth Enrichment and BGSU will convene youth service providers to develop capacity
in youth leadership development. Partners apply a service-learning approach to youth leadership development to provide a week-long CAPA City Youth Leadership
Conference and follow-up seminar with BGSU faculty, staff, and students.
Co-Directors:
Kathy S. Schnapp/The Community Partnership
Jane Rosser/Office of Service Learning, BGSU
Cathy Sperling/The Community Partnership
PCA/CITE Partnership Support Grant Program
111 University Hall, Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
phone (419) 372-9624 or (419) 372-7316~ fax (419) 372-8264
email pca@bgnet.bgsu.edu
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