$39,240 Awarded
Taking Horticulture to the Classroom
Team Lead:
Pam Bennett, OSU Extension, Clark County
Welcome to the Real World
In the 1990s, OSU Extension conducted a money management program under several titles (Reality Day, Reality Store, Welcome to the Real World) using resources from other states. This grant provided funding to establish the program in Greene County. Greene County Extension staff convened a statewide curriculum committee to develop an Ohio-specific curriculum that would be more comprehensive. The Real Money, Real World curriculum was developed and first offered in 2005.
Team Lead:
Beth Bridgeman, OSU Extension, Greene County
Young Womens Summer Institute
Support for a a week-long program for middle-school girls designed to promote computer, math, science, and engineering skills and provide hands-on experiences.
Team Lead:
Susan Brown, Ohio Supercomputer Center
The Ohio State University and Linden McKinley High School Counseling
Support for a physical activity group designed to aid depression in high school girls.
Team Lead:
Janet Buckworth and Paul Granello, College of Education
Katys Kids
Grant supported expansion of an outreach program that teaches elementary school children about prescription drug safety and the work of pharmacists.
Team Lead:
Gerald Cable, College of Pharmacy
Crittenton Family Services
Funds supported purchase of health promotion and disease prevention materials for a service-learning project in which student nurses worked with at-risk families.
Team Lead:
Elizabeth Cullen, College of Nursing
Peer Power
Support for a peer education program that enables undergraduates to become facilitators and designers of presentations and workshops that introduce womens studies topics to middle and high school students.
Team Lead:
Lin Distel, Department of Womens Studies, College of Humanities
Outreach School Tours
Support for undergraduate theatre company tours to elementary and high schools.
Team Lead:
Lesley Ferris, Department of Theatre, College of the Arts
SKIP (Successful Kinesthetic Instructor for Preschoolers Services)
Funded the purchase of early childhood motor skill equipment used by OSU students to teach a motor skills program at a public elementary school.
Team Lead:
Jackie Goodway, College of Education
Department of Psychologys Psychological Services Center
Support for an outpatient clinic for adults, children, and families seeking psychological assessment and psychotherapy.
Team Lead:
Robert Grant, Department of Psychology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ohio Byzantine Cultural Initiative
A pilot program to use Internet resources for an educational and cultural program on Byzantine culture.
Team Lead:
Timothy Gregory, Department of History, College of Humanities
Bug Zoo
Supported operating costs of a demonstration program on insects that is presented in schools.
Team Lead:
Jeremy Heath, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Interactive Youth Learning Center
Team Lead:
Roger High, Department of Animal Sciences
Optometry Clinics at Faith Mission and Fort Hayes
Team Lead:
LeVelle Jenkins, College of Optometry
Department of Entomology Insectary & Greenhouse
Facility that breeds insects and arthropods for teaching and research and provides school tours and classes.
Team Lead:
George Keeney, Department of Entomology
Prairie Program
Support for an elementary and middle school program on seeds, plants, and flowers that is now a regular offering of the Marion Prairie Nature Center.
Team Lead:
Robert Klips, OSU Marion
Kilroy Was Hereand Were in Hot Pursuit!
Team Lead:
Jerry Martin, Office of Information Technology
COPC Efforts with the College of Nursing
Team Lead:
Barbara Polivka, College of Nursing
Counselor Education (OSU & Linden McKinley Center for Counseling)
Team Leads:
Tania Psathas and Paul Granello, College of Education
Young Womens Business Academy
A program that provided high school females a chance to experience entrepreneurship and the business world, co-sponsored with Ohio State University Extension and the Girl Scouts.
Team Lead:
Karen Ream, Alber Enterprise Center, OSU Marion
Efforts between Williams County Extension and Williams County Agencies
Supported the formation of a working partnership and training in capacity assessment for LEARN Williams County, a regional strategic planning and capacity building effort.
Team Lead:
Melissa Rupp, OSU Extension, Williams County
Lima K-12 Outreach Programs
Support for the purchase of equipment for three school programs: Decisions, Dilemmas, Discussions; Inquiry, Scientists and the Environment; and Many Hats of Agriculture.
Team Lead:
Lynn Sametz, OSU Lima
Initiative with Boys and Girls Club: English
Funds provided learning materials for children tutored by OSU Marion students and for the publication of student essays and a newsletter about the program.
Team Lead:
Jacquelyn Spangler, OSU Marion
Adopt-A-Class
Grant supported visits to fifth- and sixth-grade classes by OSU agriculture students to present lesson plans they developed and elementary students visit to ATI to learn about agriculture and horticulture.
Team Leads:
D. Elder Stewart and Linda Houston, Agricultural Technical Institute
Mentoring and Sharing through the Power of Books
Supported book discussions by OSU honors students and Columbus Africentric School students.
Team Lead:
David Strauss, University Honors and Scholars
South High School Urban Academy Mentoring Program
Supported campus visits by high school students who were mentored by OSU English students.
Team Lead:
H. Lewis Ulman, Department of English
The Virtual Museum as a Tool for Bringing Biodiversity to the Class
Designed and implemented web-based exercises on biodiversity for junior high science classes.
Team Leads:
John Wetzel and John Freudenstein, Department of Entomology
Minority Youth Arts Saturday School
Provided equipment and materials for an enrichment program for at-risk preschool and elementary-aged children from the University District.
Team Lead:
Wanda White, Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center
4-H in the Classroom
Team Lead:
Rhonda Williams, OSU Extension, Darke County
College of Education and Columbus Public Schools
Supported an educational program for eighth-grade English as second language students
Team Lead:
Shelley Wong, College of Education
SAFE (Secure and Friendly Environment Program)
A project addressing anxiety disorders in a partnership between the Medical Center and Columbus Public Schools
Team Lead:
Ellen Yokoyama, University Hospitals