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2007 GRANTS
Cultural Exchange through Arts Education Program
An Educational program to introduce basic art fundamentals and Latino culture through art projects to disadvantage artistic
youths in the Toledo area. BGSU faculty and students will act as art instructors and mentors. This program will further develop knowledge of the arts, artistic skills and creativity for disadvantaged youths.
Co-Directors:
Joe Balderas, Executive director, Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center
Gordon Ricketts, Director of Arts Village, BGSU
Jessica Takla, Graduate Assistant, BGSU Arts Village
Early Literacy Partnership
Faculty and students within Early Childhood Education (ECE) at Firelands, will develop a literacy partnership with Norwalk
Catholic Schools. Through this proposal, staff and parents at Norwalk Catholic Schools will be provided with on-going professional literacy
development to be modeled and shared with Firelands’ students, in creating and implementing developmentally appropriate lessons
and to ultimately create a premier learning environment within their facility.
Co-Directors:
Linda Hamaide, Early Childhood Lecturer, Director of Associate’s Degree Program, BGSU Firelands
Lori Pierce, Early Childhood Lecturer, BGSU Firelands
Cindy McLaughlin, Young Five Teacher, Norwalk Catholic School, Early Childhood Center
Diane Hammersmith, Kindergarten Teacher, Norwalk Catholic School, Early Childhood Center
Eastwood High School Math Peer-Tutoring Initiative (EHS MPTI)
Eastwood High School (EHS) and BGSU’s Math and Stats Tutoring (MAST) Center will collaborate to establish a math peer-tutoring
program at EHS modeled after the university’s program. The project affords high school students opportunity to improve math achievement by utilizing the MAST staff’s expertise in
running a successful center
Co-Directors:
Lisa Foos, Math Specialist, BGSU Math and Stats Tutoring Center
Michelle Heckman, Coordinator, BGSU Math and Stats Tutoring Center
Donna Schuessler, Guidance Counselor, Eastwood High School
Chris Standring, School Improvement Specialist, Eastwood Local Schools
Education to Reduce Risky Behaviors in Youth
The project is assembled to present a wide range of information to youth in order to help define and identify risky behavior
as well as the consequences of those behaviors. With an understanding of risky behavior, youth will be able to make informed decisions and choices to reduce their risk.
Co-Directors:
Peggy Adams, Field Coordinator/Instructor, BGSU Social Work Dept
Violetta Rhea, Social Services Coordinator, Fremont Middle School
Shelley Fannin, School Social Worker, Fremont Ross High School
For HER (Honesty, Equality, Respect)
This project will focus on the unmet need for education and services regarding dating violence among teens. Project staff will provide awareness education sessions as well as legal advocacy services and support groups for high school
age students in Northwest Ohio public schools.
Co-Directors:
Mary Krueger, Director, BGSU Women’s Center
Cheryl Rucker, Founder/CEO, Shay’s for Life Foundation/Shay’s Hearts LLC
Foundations on Ice
“Foundations on Ice” is an outreach program of the BGSU Ice Arena designed to build leadership and self-esteem through the
instruction of ice skating skills. Curriculum features include 6 hours of ice time, off-ice workshops in choreography and leadership, and an exhibition as the
culminating experience.
Co-Directors:
Lona Leck, Assistant Director, BGSU Ice Arena
Laura Dunn, Student Manager, BGSU Ice Arena
James E. Gault, Principal, DeVeaux Junior High School
Healthy Lifestyles Project
The Healthy Lifestyles Project is designed to promote health goals for individuals with serious mental illness who are members
at the Connection Center in Bowling Green. The project will consist of education sessions, potluck dinners, a walking program, and a ‘library’ of health resources to
be housed at the Center.
Co-Directors:
Ann Sezesny, Program Manager II, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Employment Services, Behavioral Connections of Wood County
Catherine H Stein, Director of Clinical Training and Professor of Psychology, BGSU Dept. of Psychology
Kathleen Young, Health Educator and Doctoral Student, BGSU Dept. of Psychology
Kristen Abraham, Community Advocate and Doctoral Student, BGSU Dept. of Psychology
La Petite Ecole
Based on the collaboration between BGSU French House and the BG Christian Academy, residents of the House will teach French
to groups of elementary/junior-high students in an after-school program. The success of this initial program will lead to a cooperation with other schools in BG.
Co-Directors:
Opportune Zongo, Associate Professor of French and Women’s Studies, BGSU Dept of Romance Languages
Corinne Mann-Morlet, Visiting Assistant Professor of French, BGSU Romance Languages Department
Wendie Cuckler, Principal, Bowling Green Christian Academy
Anne Wade, Third grade teacher, Bowling Green Christian Academy
Sexuality, Medication, and HIV/AIDS, and the Older Adult
Because individuals age fifty and over now comprise the fastest growing age group of HIV+ individuals, the need for HIV/AIDS
prevention/education programs is evident. The challenge is to design and determine which programs and educational campaigns would be the most effective. The proposed project will address and meet this challenge.
Co-Directors:
Nancy Orel, Associate Professor and Director Gerontology Program, BGSU
Charles Stelle, Assistant Professor Gerontology Program, BGSU
Wendy K Watson, Assistant Professor (Part-time) School of Family & Consumer Sciences, BGSU
Danielle Brogley, Director of Programs, Wood County Senior Center
Summer Program for Enhancing Language and Literacy (SPELL)
The BGSU Department of Communication Disorders (CDIS) in partnership with Findlay City Schools (FCS) is proposing a summer
program to promote language and literacy skills in at-risk first-grade children from FCS. Participants will receive intervention from a speech-language pathologist in the CDIS Department as well as graduate students
in training.
Co-Directors:
Lauren Katz, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders, BGSU
Laura Schrock, Clinical Instructor, Department of Communication Disorders, BGSU
Dick Dillon, Principal, Lincoln Elementary School, Findlay City Schools
Transgender Education and Media Project (TEMP)
Transcendence and Transgender Toledo, aim to further education about transgender issues in Northwest Ohio. To accomplish this goal, TEMP will establish a Speaker’s Bureau and produce an educational video on transgender people. Our hope is to increase acceptance of a vastly misunderstood and underserved population.
Co-Directors:
Joelle Ruby Ryan President, BGSU Transcendence
Marlene A. Bomer, Moderator, TransGender Toledo
WCHID-BGSU Partnership to Address Community Concerns About Factory Farms
The Wood County Health Department (WCHD) is partnering with students, faculty, and staff at BGSU to monitor the quality of
surface water near new factory farms in our area that threaten to pollute water and thus affect the physical and emotional
health of rural residents
Co-Directors:
W. Robert Midden, Director, Chapman Community, BGSU
Brad Espen, Acting Health Commissioner, Wood County Health Department
2006 GRANTS
BGSU & PHCA Collaboration: Oral Histories, Digital Presences and Community Mural
We will be working on a project to collect oral histories of Perrysburg Heights Community, help community members build a
website and assist them in designing and creating a mural for the community center. The project will involve graduate students
and undergraduate students in service learning projects with Perrysburg Heights community.
Co-Directors:
Anita Serda, Director, Perrysburg Heights Community Center
Debra Zappitelli, Lecturer, Interior Design, BGSU
Laura M. Rusnak, Instructor, Digital Arts, BGSU
Radhika Gajjala, Associate Professor, School of Communication Studies, BGSU
Cheer-Leading Away from Dating Violence
This project will focus on the unmet need for education and services regarding dating violence among teens. Project staff will train cheerleaders at Start High School in Toledo to be peer educators/advocates and will create a pilot
program that can be replicated in other junior and senior high schools.
Co-Directors:
Mary Krueger, Director, BGSU Women’s Center
Cheryl Grant-Boyd, Founder & CEO, Shay’s Foundation for Life
Elder Abuse Conference
Elder abuse is a devastating experience for many seniors in our community. It occurs in domestic and institutional settings daily. The project is a regional conference on elder abuse that will raise
awareness, promote prevention, provide investigation and prosecution training and promote linkages across systems to deal
with elder abuse.
Co-Dire
Sandra Hamilton, Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Director, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
Barbara Van Wormer, Coordinator, Adult Protective Services & Long Term Care Units, Lucas County Department of Job and Family
Services
Nancy A. Orel, Assistant Professor and Director, Gerontology Program, BGSU
Jennifer Wagner, Adjunct Professor of Gerontology, Coordinator of Continuing Education, and Student Advisor for Undergraduate
Gerontology Association, BGSU
Environmental Education Project
This project will provide grades K-12 students in Erie County education on recycling, waste reduction, and environmental awareness
through a poster contest, activity boxes, and electronic “Jeopardy” games. Students gain knowledge of how to save natural
resources, contribute to their communities in a positive way, and realize how their actions affect the Earth.
Co-Directors:
Susan Hardy, District Coordinator, Erie County Solid Waste Management District
Tina Sevenbergen, Program Director, Erie County Recycling and Litter Prevention
Judith Williams, Lecturer, Early Childhood Studies, BGSU Firelands
Andrew Shella, Biology Coordinator & Lab Sciences Safety Officer, BGSU Firelands
Family House Service-Learning Project
The Family House Service-Learning project involves Bowling Green State University faculty and students with the staff and
residents of the Family House homeless shelter in Toledo. The alliance between these diverse groups provides cultural awareness
while promoting personal growth. The Family House Service-Learning Project wields creative expression to facilitate community
and socio-cognitive development through a learning exchange beneficial to all.
Co-Directors:
Janet Hill, Interim Co-Executive Director, The Family House of Toledo
Gordon Ricketts, Instructor of Art, BGSU School of Art
Autumn Beechler Student, BGSU School of Art
Tom Klein, Professor Emeritus, BGSU Chapman Learning Community
A Group Intervention Program for Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities
Research has shown that caring for children with developmental disabilities is associated with higher levels of parental stress.
While many intervention programs exist for children with developmental disabilities, there are no intensive intervention programs
for parents and families of children with developmental disabilities in Sandusky County. The proposed project consists of
two interventions aimed to decrease familial stress associated with caring for children with developmental disabilities.
Co-Directors:
Jane Repp, Director of Educational Services, School of Hope
William O’Brien, Associate Professor of Psychology, BGSU
Heather Schwetschenau, Doctoral Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology, BGSU
Jessica Harper, Doctoral Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology, BGSU
Eileen Delaney, Doctoral Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology, BGSU
Kristyn Saveliev, Doctoral Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology, BGSU
Local Food Works
Local Food Works will examine many aspects of our most basic need: food. A cross-section of food system representatives will work together to transform our local food system as a whole through collaborative
solutions.
Co-Directors:
Michael Szuberla, Toledo GROWs Director, Toledo Botanical Garden
Holly Myers-Jones, Director of the Center for Environmental Programs & Instructor, BGSU
NW Ohio Foodways Traditions: Cultural And Nutritional Values Of Local Foods
This project will identify local foodways traditions, offer preliminary cultural and nutritional analyses, and develop an
exhibit and website. Partners include BGSU faculty and students, Dining Services staff, and 4 community partners—the Wood
County Historical Museum, Main St. BG, BG Community Development Foundation, and BG Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Co-Directors:
Sue Clanton, Bowling Green Community Development Foundation
Wendy Stram, Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau
Lucy Long, Part-time Assistant Professor, BGSU
Christie Raber, Director, Wood County Historical Museum
Earlene Kilpatrick, Director, Main St. BG
Parent/Professional Empowerment Project
The Parent/Professional Empowerment project is a partnership between Bowling Green State University School of Intervention
Services and Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to provide a forum to train parents of
children with disabilities together and preservice students on methods of effective parent/professional partnerships and empowerment.
Co-Directors:
Mary M. Murray, Assistant Professor, BGSU
Vicki J. Snyder, Director of Children’s Options, Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Develpmen Disabilities
Timothy Floyd, Family Support Specialist, Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Project Healthy Choices
This project will allow BGSU social work students to work with pre-adolescents to develop skills in problem solving, conflict
resolution, and maintaining healthy relationships with peers and adults. It will also attempt to address social issues that
interfere with a child’s ability to make healthy decisions.
Co-Directors:
Peggy Adam, Social Work Faculty, BGSU
Kacie Traver, Teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas School
Sherry Schafer, Teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas School
Debbie Jeziorowski, Teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas School
Two Bridges Community Literacy Project
English departments at Waite High School & East Toledo Junior High School will collaborate with senior citizens to develop
a cross-generational literary magazine. We also hope to generate short digital video stories of the lives of the senior citizens.
Co-Directors:
Pat Bennett, Language Arts Teacher, East Toledo Junior High
Tim Murnen, Assistant Professor of Literacy, BGSU
Emily Francis, Language Arts Teacher, Waite High School
Utilizing Collaborative Problem-Solving to Increase the Educational Success of Youth Who Have Mental Illness
A faculty member/graduate student in Intervention Services will join a teacher and mental health professional and a parent
to attend a week-long training on the “Collaborative Problem-Solving” model. Those attending will serve as the lead team to train an additional five local school teams that will be assigned to elementary
schools to implement the CPS model. The school teams will work with staff that has a student who has a mental health diagnosis and is in need of an alternative
style of instruction for success. The student’s family will also be included in the local school training to ensure consistency from the school environment
to the home environment
Co-Directors:
Elizabeth Sheets, President, Ohio Public Images, Inc.
Ellen Williams, Professor, Intervention Services & Rehabilitation Counseling, BGSU
Antoinette Knecht, Behavior Consultant, Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
Vernal Pool Adventures!
Vernal Pool Adventures introduces Bowling Green State University students and the general public of the metro-Toledo area
to the life that exists both in and around temporary wetland pools. Using simple monitoring equipment and field guides, volunteers
for this program contribute to the knowledge of biodiversity in northwest Ohio and to useful information that can be used
in land management decisions.
Co-Directors:
Eileen Sawyer, Graduate Student, BGSU
Kim High, Naturalist and Historic Interpreter, Metroparks of the Toledo Area
2005 GRANTS
Bringing Books to Life: Engaging School-age Students in Book Reviewing
This project introduces area educators and librarians to the BGSU’s Children’s Book Center located in the Curriculum Resource
Center, Jerome Library.In conjunction with area school children and BGSU ENG 342 students, a substantial number of exceptional picture books will
be explored, critiqued and reviewed during an artist-in-residence series.
Co-Directors:
Sara Bushong, Head Librarian, CRC, University Libraries
Stacey Osborn, Instructor, BGSU English Department
Amy Laukhuf-Fitch, English Teacher, Otsego Middle School
Kathy East, Children’s Place Director, Wood County District Public Library
Cultural Awareness for At-Risk Youth
This program’s design is to give at-risk youth greater access to education concerning cultural awareness. It is also a bridge connecting BGSU Firelands students, by way of the opportunity to share their knowledge, with the at-risk
youth at the Erie County Juvenile Detention Center.
Co-Directors:
Ben Yourkvitch, Program Director, Erie County Juvenile Detention Center
Sandra DiCarlo, Student and Campus Activities Coordinator, BGSU Firelands
“Educating the Jurors” Media Campaign
“Educating the Jurors” is a county-wide media campaign to reach potential Wood County jurors and raise awareness about the
types of sexual assaults most common in today’s society. This campaign will enhance jurors’ democratic participation in community
life. The project will be targeted to reach all persons of voting age in Wood County.
Co-Directors:
Julie Broadwell, Victim Services Program Manager, Behavioral Connections of Wood County
Deidra Bennett, SARC Coodinator, BGSU’s Women’s Center
Gary Bishop, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wood County Prosecutor’s Office
Lauri Conkey, Registered Nurse and Sexual Assault Examiner, Wood County Hospital
Amy Dugan, Nurse Practitioner and Sexual Assault Examiner, BGSU Student Health Service
Sandra Carsey, Intake / Assessment Supervisor, Wood County Job and Family Services
Colleen Busboom, BGSU Student, Interpersonal Communications/Marketing
Family House Service-Learning Project
The Family House Service-Learning project involves Bowling Green State University faculty and students with the staff and
residents of the Family House homeless shelter in Toledo. The alliance between these diverse groups provides cultural awareness
while promoting personal growth. The Family House Service-Learning Project wields creative expression to facilitate community
and socio-cognitive development through a learning exchange beneficial to all.
Co-Directors:
Janet Hill, Interim Co-Executive Director, The Family House of Toledo
Gordon Ricketts, Instructor of Art, BGSU Art Department
Autumn Beechler Student, BGSU
Tom Klein, Professor, BGSU
First Steps: A Children’s Dance Experience
Working in eight kindergarten classrooms of three Toledo Public Schools, BGSU dance education students will assist Toledo
Ballet instructors and document the curriculum utilized in the Toledo Ballet’s First Steps program. The finished curriculum
will comprise 10 lesson plans integrating dance and music with lessons from required academic curriculum.
Co-Directors:
Tammyann Metz Starr, Instructor, Dance Program, BGSU School of HMSLS
Improving Literacy Through Service Learning
This is a service-learning project. Students from East Toledo Junior High school, in collaboration with BGSU teacher education
students, will create children’s’ books, read and present them to senior citizens from Wright Harvey House, an assisted living
facility. The East Toledo students will write and illustrate their own children’s books; BGSU/PCC students will help develop
the books while receiving valuable field experience. The completed books will then be read to the assisted-living patients
and each patient will be given a copy of a book written by junior high students.
Co-Directors:
Janet Murphy, Language Arts teacher, East Toledo Junior High
Learning to Play Again: A Leisure Wellness Project for Recovering Addicts
BGSU faculty member Julie Lengfelder along with practicum and intern students from the Recreation and Tourism Program in the
School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies are collaborating with Shannon Phillips, therapeutic recreation specialist,
and her staff on a new recovery program beginning Fall 2005 at Focus Health Care (Focus) in Maumee, Ohio. Focus is the only residential treatment facility for drug and alcohol addiction in Lucas County. The joint project will offer patients leisure awareness workshops and leisure education in order to lead a more vibrant sober
life.
Co-Directors:
Shannon Phillips, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Focus Health Care
Mounir Elkhatib, Director, The Great Lakes Center for Integrative Medicine
Linking Horticulture, Environmental Stewardship, and Art
Youngsters who attend the Friendly Center’s and Salem Lutheran Church’s summer programs and neighborhood adults (primarily
residents of Northgate Apartments—seniors and younger adults with disabilities)—will work together on a community garden (on
the Church property), and participate in educational programming provided by Toledo GROWs (an outreach program of Toledo Botanical
Garden) on gardening, nutrition, culinary arts, and environmental stewardship. A summer art program for participants will
emphasize art activities linked to the garden project and neighborhood environment, and art programming for both the youngsters
and adults will continue in the fall.
Co-Directors:
Karen Kakas, Division of Art Education, BGSU School of Art
Andreanna Rivera, Youth Programs Manager, Toledo Friendly Center
Richard Dennis, Development Specialist, Toledo Friendly Center
Northwest Ohio Food System Congress (The Congress)
The Congress is a two-day conference that will examine all aspects of our most basic need: food. A cross-section of food system representatives will come together to examine the local food system as a whole to seek collaborative
solutions.
Co-Directors:
Michael Szuberla Toledo GROWs Director, Toledo Botanical Garden
Holly Myers-Jones, Director, BGSU Center for Environmental Programs
The Vision of Tomorrow: Celebrating Diversity of All Youth
Celebrating Diversity of all Youth introduces a new element into the existing relationship between Genesis and BGSU Social
Work Department by matching BG students with high-risk juveniles, not only to provide a positive relationship, but also to
help to create works of art celebrating the diversity of all youth.
Co-Directors:
Sarah J. Lewis, Program Director, Genesis After School Program
Judy Kiser, Faculty, Bowling Green State University
2004 GRANTS
Abused, neglected, and dependent children: Inspiring community awareness and volunteerism through art
The goal of the proposed project is to increase awareness of the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program and the abused,
neglected and dependent children it serves. To this end, and to recruit donors to the program and volunteers to work with these children, CASA-inspired artworks produced
by BGSU students will be displayed throughout the community.
Co-Directors:
Carol Fox, Director, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Sarah Emily de Araujo, Instructor, BGSU School of Art
Mille Guldbeck, Assistant Professor, BGSU School of Art
Family Friends
This partnership will provide family mentoring to enhance aftercare services to homeless families exiting Family House. Only those families exiting to private landlords or housing without assigned case management staff will be followed. Mentoring of families will be done by Social Work students in conjunction with case management staff of Family House.
Co-Directors:
Sue Brown, Executive Director, Family House
Maria Spence, Assistant Professor, BGSU Department of Social Work
The Firelands Learning Center
The Firelands Learning Zone is a partnership between the Early Childhood Program at Bowling Green State University Firelands
and the Norwalk Salvation Army. Firelands students will work with children who participate in an after-school program sponsored by the Salvation Army that
encourages children to spend time learning, studying, and having fun.
Co-Directors:
Anne Leser, Associate Professor and Early Childhood Program Director, BGSU Firelands
Linda Hamaide, Lecturer, BGSU Firelands
Sanchia Roderick, Learning Zone Director, Norwalk Salvation Army
Major Brenda McKay, Corps Commanding Officer, Norwalk Salvation Army
Intensive Attendance Intervention Program
This project will identify 26 at-risk students having chronic student tardiness at Waite High School. The focus will be on freshman students. The intent is to diagnose, prescribe and case manage identified students in the education of personal, family and community
service to enable improvement in general attendance and overall school success.
Co-Directors:
Robin Wheatley, Assistant Principal, Waite High School, Toledo Public Schools
Larry Hamme, Chief Clinical Officer, Unison Behavioral Health
Peggy Adams, Field Coordinator, BGSU Department of Social Work
Kids in the Kitchen
The YMCA’s Kids in the Kitchen program is designed to provide area youth and their families a positive place to learn about
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