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Grants aren’t only provided to help students pay for college and university studies. In higher education, at least, these undergraduate and graduate institutions often expand their offerings with the help of grants. This year alone, public and private colleges and universities have been provided grants worth millions of dollars. They plan to spend the grant money they’ve received on everything from summer student scholarships to statewide education initiatives.
Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind.: The National Science Foundation has provided Grace College and researchers at three other institutions a $5 million grant to study how climate change might affect water quality in the Great Lakes. Grace College environmental biology professor Dr. Nate Bosch directs a community water quality program at the institution that’s known as Kosciusko Lakes and Streams. According to Bosch, Grace College is to receive $75,000 a year for five years.
Harding University, Searcy, Ariz.: State Farm Insurance in June provided the Cannon-Clary College of Education at Harding University, along with the Arkansas Teachers for National Board Certification a $3,500 grant. The grant money is to be used for events and the keynote speaker that are a part of a January 2011 Arkansas Teachers for National Board Certification conference that Harding University’s College of Education is hosting. Dr. Jerry Parks, a 2009 Teacher Hall of Fame inductee and National Board Certified middle school social studies teacher, is scheduled to serve as keynote speaker.
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio: The US Department of Energy has provided three Kent State University professors with a three-year, $1 million grant. The researchers are to use the grant money for research involving carbon storage and releases.
Loyola University: This New Orleans, Louisiana, university has received a $1 million-plus Health Resources and Services Administration grant. Issued to benefit a new nursing degree by paying in part for the faculty and staff needed to run it. Loyola University plans to launch the online degree, which is a doctor of nursing, in 2013.
Marygrove College: This Detroit, Michigan, college has received a $20,000 Erb Foundation grant. Student participation in an Institute of Music and Dance at Marygrove College will benefit from this award. Provided to Marygrove College in two $10,000 annual installments, the monies are to pay for scholarships for students participating in the school’s art, dance, and music and theater classes.
Marylhurst University: This Marylhurst, Oregon, university has received a $75,000 Oregon Community Foundation grant. The money, provided through the foundation’s Sande Emmy Fund, is to benefit a music therapy program. Marylhurst University students as part of what’s known as Creative Arts Therapies for Kids, or CATs 4 Kids, work with special needs children.
Grants that are provided to colleges and universities can go a long way not only toward helping students who study there, whether on campus or online college, but toward helping the community at large. Some might feel the immediate benefits in their ability to participate in college and university studies. In the long-term, scholarships and grants such as these might benefit the environment, the health of others and more.