IDEA Grant Program Recipients
Project Title: Diversity Scholarships for “Lives Worth Living”
Project Directors:
John Wallace, professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
Carl Brandt, director, Career & Community Learning Center
Laurel Hirt, community involvement & service learning director, Career & Community Learning Center
Description: IDEA Grant will fund the creation of one or more “diversity scholarships” for students participating in the “Lives Worth Living” summer course offered by the Department of Philosophy and the Career and Community Learning Center.
Project Title: Creating a Culture of Diversity in the Department of Social Work at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
Project Directors:
Priscilla Day, professor & director of the Center for Regional & Tribal Child Welfare Studies, Department of Social Work, UMD
Becki Hornung, student support coordinator, Department of Social Work, UMD
Description: IDEA Grant will fund the continuing efforts of the Department of Social Work by bringing Dr. Ken Hardy back to continue his work with the department. Dr. Hardy will facilitate a faculty retreat to discuss instructional strategies and pedagogy around the issues of cultural competence and social justice and to continue the work on improving the climate of the department with regard to diversity and inclusion.
Project Title: Building Art, Building Community in Peik Hall
Project Directors:
Lori Helman, assistant professor, diversity committee representative, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
Mary Lee Nichols, doctoral student, diversity committee representative, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
Thom Swiss, professor, diversity committee chair, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Human Development
Description: IDEA Grant will fund the completion of a project started by the Department of Curriculum & Instruction’s diversity committee. The project involves continuing to create a more open, inviting and reflective space for users of Peik Hall by hanging photographic portraits of students and painting the lounge space for students.
Project Title: Parenting for School Success--Cultural Approaches
Project Directors:
Kathleen Olson, extension educator, University of Minnesota Extension, Family Development
Cathy Jordan, executive director, Children, Youth & Family Consortium
Description: IDEA Grant will fund the hiring of community consultants, or “cultural guides” to assist in the creation and modification of the “Parenting for School Success” guides that are distributed by University of Minnesota Extension and the Children, Youth & Family Consortium. This grant will support collaboration with an African American cultural guide and a Latino cultural guide in the creation guides for use in these communities.
Project Title: UMC- Black Student Association Speaker
Project Directors:
Eric Burgess, instructor, Business Department, University of Minnesota, Crookston Kenneth Johnson, instructor, Business Department, University of Minnesota, Crookston
Peter Phaiah, vice chancellor of enrollment and student affairs, University of Minnesota, Crookston
Description: IDEA Grant will fund the first of a speaker series planned by the Black Student Association on the University of Minnesota Crookston campus. The Black Student Association hopes to expand upon UMC’s diversity initiative through thoughtful dialogue kicked off by a keynote by a prominent African American speaker/performer.