Innovation Grant Winners for Spring 2008

Release date: April 11, 2008 |

The Innovation Grant Program, now in its 10th year, has provided seed money to implement many exciting and effective campus projects proposed by Goucher students, faculty, and staff.

Past projects include Goucher’s recycling and composting programs, the launch of new student publications, and the creation of a community bike program on campus.

Funded by the Office of the President, grants range between $250 and $5,000. The typical project is awarded between $1,000 to $2,000.

The selection process was very competitive, but the following projects were chosen to receive Innovation Grants for the spring semester:

School Is Out

$3,500

Awarded to: Nsenga Burton, assistant professor, communication and media studies

To complete a documentary on the public servants’ strike in South Africa during the 2007 South Africa Intensive Course Abroad

French Theater in Damascus: International Encounters

$5,000

Awarded to: Mark Ingram, associate professor, French/Rebecca Free, chair, Theater Department

To participate in an international exchange centered on theater in Damascus, Syria

Addressing Sexual Violence

$4,795

Awarded to: Cynthia Terry, chaplain/Sharon Spector, Health and Counseling Center/Marguerite Hoyt, assistant professor, women’s studies/Steve Speicher

To research and form a student response network to advocate for students, to provide services to students in crisis, and to educate the community about issues of sexual violence on campus

Support of the Goucher College Gardening and Composting Programs

$1,050

Awarded to: Maggie Wood ’08/Jared Margulies ’08/the Campus Agriculture Co-op

To provide funds for a student garden manager and student composters for this summer and the 2008-2009 academic year.

Check http://www.goucher.edu/x13614.xml for updates during the 2008-09 academic year, or contact Wendy Belzer Litzke in the President’s Office  at 410-337-6042 or wendy.litzke@goucher.edu.