Resource for Excellence Grants
The following projects were selected for funding for the FY20 year.
Total Resource for Excellence grant funding for the year: $128,178.
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COD Veterans Expedition and Team Building (VET) Scholarships
Speech, Veterans Services/Student Affairs, Study Abroad $20,000
Funds provided for academic and group field study experience for students who have served in the U.S. military.
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The Certified Nursing Assistant Symposium
Admissions & Outreach, Nursing and Health Sciences
$10,000
Funds provided to conduct a CNA Symposium to expand educational opportunities for practicing CNAs in surrounding communities.
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Food Security Initiative
English, Biology, Speech, Student Life $20,000
Funds used to enable students to plant, grow, harvest and distribute fresh produce for the F.U.E.L. Pantry, develop curricular and co-curricular partnerships and develop a 1/3/5 year resource plan for the F.U.E.L. Garden and Pantry.
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Adjunct Faculty Training Institute
Continuing Education/Business Solutions $12,000
Funds used to provide Non-CODAA adjunct faculty scholarships to increase participation in the Adjunct Faculty Training Institute.
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Studying the Efficacy of a "Best Practices" Workshop to Improve Writing Instruction and Student Writing
English/Liberal Arts $6,960
Funds used to conduct a qualitative longitudinal study of writing teachers and writing students, in order to expand learning opportunties for students and faculty.
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ID/COD Global Entrepreneurship Week Student Pitch Contest
Continuing Education $6,500
Funds used for annual pitch contest as part of the College of DuPage Global Entrepreneurship Week events.
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College Credit Partnership with IL Youth Center - Warrenville
Social/Behavioral Science & Library $15,420
Funds used to provide juveniles being confined at IYC-Warrenville with an opportunity to earn college credits.
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Applied Music Fee Support
Arts, Communication & Hospitality $16,133
Funds used for need-based scholarship program for music majors' private lesson fees.
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Near Completers Scholarship
Student Records $15,000
Funds used to identify and provide scholarships to students who have stopped their COD education and have 15 or fewer credits left to complete their degree.
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Library Student Research Symposium & Awards
Library $6,165
Funds used to establish a student-centered research symposium and research award to be held in Spring 2020.
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