Bobbi L. Schelkun is an applicant for the Students in Service award.  As a full time BSN student and mother of a four-year old daughter, Bobbi has spent over one hundred hours providing needle arts instruction and mentoring the mentally and/or physically disabled individuals at Madonna Homes or on behalf of the group by organizing the distribution of their 500 finished hand-made products, seeking donated yarn for the residents to use, and covering the cost of holiday treats for the residents.  Please vote daily until Feb. 14 for Bobbi at the following site: http://www.serviceawards.org/applicant/91/Bobbi_L._Schelkun.aspx

Washington Campus Compact and Inspireum have partnered to sponsor the Students in Service Awards™ program (SISA). “SISA is a national search for inspirational college students who are positively impacting social and environmental challenges facing our communities.  The program shares amazing stories of college student service leaders with a national audience, inspiring our communities to deepen their support of student civic engagement.”  SISA provides three student scholarships and grants to their College Service Learning Programs and the applicant’s non-profit partner, Madonna Homes.

Winners will be announced on March 18, 2011.  The voting will determine the winner of one of the three scholarships (the “fan-favorite”).  So your vote really does count.

Please click on the link below to view the invitation for the Mercy College Auxiliary luncheon on February 15, 2011. Please RSVP by February 11, 2011.

Auxiliary Luncheon Invitation

On Monday at 9 a.m. the Grants Committee came together for the second meeting of the academic year. Mike Whalen, chair, welcomed Pat McConnell back to Mercy College. Pat and Mike discussed with the Committee the issue of needing to know who the funding source is for a grant. Particular attention must be paid to those grants that are funded by federal dollars and awarded through another agent. For example, the Pay It Forward Grant is federal money awarded by the Ohio Campus Compact. Due to our relationship with CHP, we are required for audit purposes to give advance notice prior to applying in this type of situation. The committee members were asked to reinforce this message in their specific department meetings.

The combined list of grants applied for and those awarded for 2010 was distributed. Total grant receipts for 2010 were $123,876.27. Pat noted many funding agencies are experiencing a reduction in the money available to award while receiving a significant number of increasing applications. While the situation will hopefully improve as the economy does, the next few years will difficult.

Committee members were reminded to forward ideas and possible funders to the Advancement Office. In addition, the committee was reminded of the

Project Profile Grant Planning Worksheet found on the M drive/Academic/Forms folder which is a good tool for exploring potential grant ideas.

The next committee meeting will be in April.

Mercy College Project Profile Grant Planning Worksheet