Mary Chapin Durling – Staff – Cultural Affairs - $1000.00
“Dava Sobel: The Copernicus Project”- To support the proposed February, 2012 project which brings together Pulitzer Prize Finalist Dava Sobel, emeriti Harvard Scholar Owen Gingrich, the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT, Underground Railway Theatre, as well as Fitchburg State University faculty and students.
Shannon Allard, Alex Ball, Kayla Beaudoin, Katelyn Goncalves, Katelyn Greene, Meaghan Isherwood, Matt Smith – Junior Nursing Students, and Tara Mariolis – Faculty – Nursing, (Faculty Advisor) - $496.00
“Service Learning with Adolescent Substance Abusers” – To provide mental health nursing care to adolescent alcoholics and drug abusers on an in-patient adolescent substance abuse program. (In partial fulfillment of the course NURS 3200-Mental Health Nursing).
Thomas J. Murray – Faculty – English - $500.00
“Student Assistant for Teacher’s Guide to Graphic Novels Newsletter” - To hire a student assistant to work on a new newsletter to be published by the University. This student will assist faculty by interfacing with publishers, developing mailing lists, generating publicity and performing related tasks.
John Chetro-Szivos – Faculty – Communications Media - $500.00
“The second annual Conference on the Coordinated Management of Meaning” – To host the second annual Conference on the Coordinated Management of Meaning, a widely known communications theory included in curriculum across the world, at Fitchburg State University during the summer of 2011.
Stephen Goldstein – Faculty – Communications Media - $1000.00
“The Fitchburg State University Graphic Design Lectures” – To launch a series of lectures focusing on issues of graphic design that will illustrate for students the influence and success of design in a larger communications picture in an increasingly digital environment. Up to four guest speakers will present with focus being on design movements, design theory and graphic design history.
Marissa Fratturelli and Caitlin Wolf – Students - Majoring in Earth Science - $1000.00
“Internship with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) International Oceanographic Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Office” – To fund travel and accommodation expenses for two University undergrads majoring in earth science who will be working in the scientific research arm of UNESCO at the IOCCP office in Paris, France, as part of their internships.
Susan B. Rosa – Faculty - Education - $504.00
“Math Mentor Initiative“ – To fund the Math Mentor Initiative which currently provides remedial math support based on the results of recent standardized testing to (currently) 25 at risk McKay students in grades 3 and 4. The Initiative provides individual and small group math instruction. While Fitchburg State University faculty oversee the program, Fitchburg State students, (currently 14) trained in math content and teaching records participate in activities created to meet the needs of the McKay children.