Do you have an innovative idea for a new education program at Hudson Valley Community College? Would you like to pursue a professional development opportunity that would advance your job skills? Perhaps you want to promote some new technological developments on campus or undertake a project to enhance the physical environment of the college?
Your work could be eligible for a Discovery Grant of $10,000 from the Hudson Valley Community College Foundation.
This competitive grant program, now in its third year, awards an annual prize of up to $10,000 to fund an initiative by an employee who has a minimum of five years service at the college. If more than one project is selected, the funds are divided accordingly.
The first Discovery Grant was awarded in the 2009-10 academic year to Nancy Cupolo, department chair of the Teacher Preparation Department, and was used to help pay for assistive technology and software licenses as well as computer workstations for the newly developed Teacher Preparation course, Assistive Technology: Pre-K through Higher Education. The 2010-11 academic year award was shared by Kathleen Quirk, now-retired associate dean for Institutional Support Services and Retention, who sought funding to develop a video communications system to allow student support service personnel to assist students at off-campus locations, and Cherie Pash-Corr, now-retired chairperson of the Mathematics and Engineering Science department, for the purchase of software that provides customized remedial math and engineering instruction to students in danger of failing.
Funding applications must be submitted to Ray Kimmelblatt (JRD 106) by Friday, May 13, 2011. The announcement of the award recipient will take place at the All College Meeting in September.
For more information, go to https://www.hvcc.edu/foundation/discovery.html.
Hudson Valley Community College Foundation Seeks to Award Employee Initiatives
Published: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 by d.renfrew