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The College and Community Partnerships Office has awarded the following minigrants, totaling $19,808.55, to 12 faculty members to conduct scholarly research and/or publication in conjunction with service to the community. The goal of the initiative is to strengthen current and establish new partnerships that highlight and enhance the college’s targeted areas of expertise. To date the Partnerships Office has awarded 35 minigrants to tenured and tenure-track faculty.

Lucy Andrus, Professor, Art Education
Beecher Boys and Girls Club
The Art Partners Program at Beecher Boys and Girls Club
$2,000

Lisa Marie Anselmi, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
McClurg Museum/Chautauqua County Historical Society
The Orry B. Heath Collection
$1,035.35

Louis A. Colca, Associate Professor, Social Work
Chestnut Rose Adventures
Partnering to Engage Disadvantaged Populations
$1,500

Robin Harris, Associate Professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
Riverwatch Program: An Urban Science Education Partnership Year 4
$2,000

Pixita del Prado Hill, Associate Professor, and Kim Truesdell, Associate Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Wegmans Food and Pharmacy
It Truly Takes a Village: Developing a College-Community Partnership to Increase Awareness through Children’s Picture Books
$2,500

Theresa Janczak, Assistant Professor, Exceptional Education
Campus West
Building a Community of Readers, One Family at a Time
$2,000

Drew Kahn, Chair and Professor, Theater
The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, the National Coalition for Just Communities WNY, the Springville Central School District, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and the Buffalo News
The Anne Frank Project
$2,000

Wende Mix, Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
West Side Community Collaborative
West Side Community-Based Internet Mapping and Analysis System
$2,573.20

Alice Pennisi, Assistant Professor, and Candace Masters, Assistant Professor, Art Education
Asarese-Matters Community Center
Tile Mural Project
$2,000

William Wieczorek, Director, Center for Health and Social Research
West Side Community Services
Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives 2
$2,200