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• Xipeng Wang, CECS

We are seeking funding to integrate the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Development Kit into our Deep Learning curriculum. This powerful tool will offer students unparalleled hands-on experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Jetson Orin Nano is renowned for its application in various real-world scenarios, ranging from robotics to advanced computing. By incorporating this technology into our program, we aim to provide students with practical skills and insights that mirror current industry practices. This addition will not only enhance our educational offerings but also prepare our students for the demands and challenges of the evolving AI landscape.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL

The Spanish discipline and Applied Art are collaborating in a poster competition and exhibition during the first week of April. Students in ART 210 will design and create a poster related to the Spanish language, Hispanic studies or a Latino oriented cause. Students in SPAN 305 will perform as art gallery directors and judges. They will vote and justify in writing the reasons why a specific poster has been selected to be displayed in their gallery. We are requesting funding to be able to print the posters and organize a small reception at the Language Laboratory for ART students to exhibit their work and meet their judges from SPAN. Selected and unselected posters can be later displayed in rotation in the Language Laboratory and in CASL building (pending permission).

• Julie Taylor, CEHHS

Kimmi Kraus will present on deaf culture and education in a one-hour Zoom conference. As the child of a deaf father and hearing mother, Kraus grew up communicating in American Sign Language. For over 15 years in a variety of educational settings, she has taught this language to others. Participants will learn about rights, methods, and accommodations to support the learning of deaf people.

• Marcus Harris, COB

I am requesting funding from the Creative Teaching Fund to register for and participate in New Detroit's Multicultural Leadership Series. I am seeking to increase my inclusive teaching skills to become a more effective instructor in the classroom, particularly increasing my knowledge and understanding of Muslim culture to appeal to these students in particular, as, of course, ������-Dearborn has a large population of Muslim and Middle Eastern students. 

Winter 2023

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, LCC

This grant will be used to purchase a set of "optical toys," such as zoetropes, praxinoscopes, and other pre-cinema devices, to assist in teaching students early film history in a practice-based format. Students will create their own short animations these devices as a means of teaching the concepts of persistence of vision and frame rates.

• Simona Marincean / Marilee Benore, CASL, BBS

The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants certificate, offered since last year at University of Michigan-Dearborn, focuses on applications and uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in foods, integrative medicine, cosmetics, and personal products. With the acquisition of the copper hydro-distillation units the students will be able to become proficient with equipment and methods that are routinely used in industry. This opportunity, one of the few available nationally, will allow the students to be trained for employment in cosmetic companies, cannabis companies, or entrepreneurship.

Summer 2023

• Marilee Benore, CASL, Phys Science

Students in Biochemistry 113 will be going on a study abroad trip to Padua (Padova) Italy to study medicinal and aromatic plants. The dates are late April to early May 2023. Part of the study abroad will include an opportunity to see two local community exhibits. One is the Grand Science tour, which includes one of the oldest anatomical Theaters, near the room where Galileo lectured! The other is the Padua Botanical Garden, the oldest garden on the plant still functioning, and holds the famous Goethe Palm. Together, the two visits will be about $50 per student.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Science

How can the university best support civic engagement, given both the demands on commuter student time and the fact that many are already actively involved in their communities? This research is based on the premise that our students bring valuable local and regional knowledge to campus. This project uses focus groups to better understand student civic engagement on and off campus and to make recommendations for community-engaged and Project Based Learning courses that support engagement from the resident/student perspective.

Fall 2022

• Francine Banner, CASL, Sociology

This funding would support a speaker from Haven, a shelter for family violence survivors based in Oakland, MI, to present an interactive workshop on intimate partner violence during the Family Violence course

• Anna Muller, CASL, History

I am asking for $100 to pay an honorarium to Willow Hokett for visiting my HIST 300 class. The goal of this meeting is to provide the students in HIST 300 with a chance to discuss how they can used their history degree while they graduate. This particular meeting should help the students reflect on how they can use their history skills for public history jobs, for example work in museums.

• Imran Aijaz, CASL, Philosophy

The funding request will appeal to a diverse range of students in my class (Arab-American students, Muslim students, people interested in matters of social justice, feminism, current affairs in the Middle East, etc.). Because of its strong connection to what is currently happening in Iran, it has a strong potential for meaningful impact.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

This is a non-graded cultural activity for students in our intermediate and advanced Spanish courses and in culturally diverse student organizations on campus. This is part of a Cultural Event Series organized by the Spanish Discipline, which fulfills the Cultural Literacy goal. Cultural Literacy identifies and appreciates cultural differences. Students and faculty compare and contrast Latin American history, artistic productions, and themes with their own. Participating students in Spanish 201, 301, and two hispanic student organizations will create and display an ofrenda, in accordance to its history and significance in Hispanic cultural practices. This activity will be particularly beneficial for students enrolled in SPAN 201 because, being an online course, this event will provide students with the opportunity to come to campus and directly interact with their peers in an upper level.

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

We are requesting $300 to help pay a $500 honorarium for Natalia Aleksiun, who is giving a Zoom presentation for History 387 and History 3121 on “Intimate Violence: Jewish Testimonies about the Holocaust in Eastern Europe” on January 27. The presentation will also be available to the campus community and the general public to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Voice/Vision Archive and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professorship in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies at the ������-Dearborn are sponsoring the event and have each committed $100. We are also working with the HMC-ZFC in Farmington Hills to help promote the event.

• Zheng Song, CECS, CIS

This request plans to build an experimental platform for students to understand the lecture topics better and gain hands-on experiences in building networked systems. The proposed platform will form an isolated local area network using routers and Raspberry Pis (expandable and portable computers, often used for education purposes). Students can access the platform remotely from their personal computers to explore network services, algorithms, and protocols. LED lights will be attached to the PIs for visualizing the communications, with the scene being captured by a camera and displayed to the remote students.

• Anna Muller, CASL, Soc Sci

I would like to invoke Wiola Rebecka, the author of the recently published book, Rape: A History of Shame. Diary of the Survivors for a meeting with my class. The class is devoted to war, and gender violence, and this discussion could greatly contribute to students' understanding of the problem.

• Liz Rohan, CASL, LCC

I have invited the poet Matthew Olzmann to campus on March 14th to visit with and read to students in my winter introduction to creative writing course, Comp/Eng 223. Olzmann is a ������-Dearborn alumnus who has gained notoriety for his accessible and thoughtful work. His poetry has been published widely and his second book of poetry, Contradictions in the Design, has just been published. He is also an accessible and engaging speaker. HUB funding would contribute to the cost of his visit which includes a $1000 stipend and the cost of airfare.

• Raji Janakiraman, CASL, Nat Sci

I would like to purchase two PCR thermocycler machines for the Introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology Labs to be used in the Winter 2022 and subsequent semesters.

Fall 2020

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

I am requesting $300 to pay the creators of the Tim O’ and Harley Show podcast. The podcast, now on its 523’d episode, discusses different aspects of “classic, cult and rare” horror films. The requested funds will pay for the creation of 3 episodes of the podcast that discuss films about Jack the Ripper. The last of these podcasts will be dedicated to the 1944 film, The Lodger. The creators of the podcast have also agreed to participate in a 90 minute Zoom meeting/discussion with the class (this meeting will not be mandatory but will be recorded for members of the class who are unable to attend).

• Jonathan Smith, CASL, Beh.Sciences

Two years ago at the Hub's recommendation I used WordPress for the website my students in ENGL 434 were creating with their research projects for the course. That website, on Charles Kingsley's 1863 children's novel, The Water-Babies, can be viewed at https://waterbabiesweb.wordpress.com/. This term, I'm teaching the course again, and my current students are adding to that web site. Since ENGL 434 meets the DDC Capstone and Upper-Level Writing requirements and the ENGL discipline's research requirement, the publication of these projects supports both the course's and the program's learning goals. In addition, since the English program's goals include "the relationship between works of literature and the cultures in which they are embedded," these historically-based projects both support that goal and make the results of the students' research available to students, scholars, and the general public.

• Margaret Murray, CASL, LCC

COMM 460: PR Campaigns is a capstone course that features a real client, and students compete to see whose campaign meets their needs best. Since the course will be offered asynchronously in Winter 2021, an original podcast will be created to accompany the class. The podcast format is ideal for interviewing the client and subject matter experts. Students can leave audio comments in response to each podcast, the best of which will be incorporated into future episodes. This format is more flexible for guest speakers and for students and will avoid the “Zoom fatigue” that many are feeling.

Summer 2020

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, CIS

Many engineering educators regard experiential learning as the best way to train the next generation of engineers. This project will focus on increasing the engagement of students enrolled in the distance learning section of CIS 375 paired with the face section of the same course. New active learning materials will be created for the distance learning students to be done at home. These new materials will provide opportunities for developing both technical and soft skills (project management, communication, marketing, and interdisciplinary design). Gamification will be added to both sections to students to increase their course engagement and encourage exploration beyond required activities.

• Rajeshwari Janakiraman, CASL, Nat. Sci.

I am requesting funding to host Dr. Betsy Foxman, Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Foxman will talk to my Epidemiology students about her research work particularly the human microbiota interacts with pathogens leading to recurring urinary tract infections and otitis media.

• Mike Vanhemert, COB, Business

I'm applying for a maximum award of $1,000 to cover registration fees for two conferences and related hotel expenses for one of those two, assuming it is held face-to-face in mid-October. The "START/END" dates referenced above are for the Digital Pedagogy Lab 2020 (DPL) being held virtually this year, while the October 15 - 17 Lilly Conference / Traverse City remains scheduled at present as a face-to-face presentation.

• Natalie Sampson, CEHHS, HHS

HHS 250: Introduction to Environmental Health is a required course for students in the Health and Human Services program. A core thread of the course is the role of structural discrimination in shaping our natural, built, and social environments with implications for health inequity. To best address these inequities, society must center community voices and priorities of those who live and work on the frontlines of compounding environmental exposures. This grant would allow for compensation for 4-5 local and national environmental justice leaders to participate in interviews prepared for HHS 250 students in its new online version.

Winter 2020

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Nat. Sci.

This fund will support ������-Dearborn students traveling to the volcanic island of Montserrat, as part of a study abroad during Spring Break, 2020. This fund would cover costs for students to enter and explore the abandoned capital city of Plymouth, now known as the “Pompeii of the Caribbean”. Students will see firsthand the impact of an eruption, including the toll on society. In addition, the fund will also support interactions with the Montserrat National Trust, which would enrich their understanding of biodiversity, especially on a volcanic island in a tropical environment.

• Caitlin Finlayson, CASL, LPA

As part of this Foundations course, students will attend a one-day field trip to the Stratford Festival, during which they will see a production of a play we are studying, engage in a Q&A with the actors after the performance, and participate in a costume warehouse tour. This field trip will provide an ‘international’ experience for students and will be a gateway to the ‘Global Education’ opportunities on campus. This also provides that ‘memorable’ college experience that invests students in their education and in the University long-term. Student will critically reflect on the relationship between the pre-script and the possibilities for performance of any play by evaluating and writing reviews of the performance. We will discuss the live performance as one interpretation of the text. Theater is about performance – ‘drama comes from the Greek verb for ‘to do, act’ – so this field trip is crucial to students’ understanding of this art form.

• Diane Smrt, COB, Mgmt. Studies

I am seeking funding to purchase materials for an “escape room” simulation. This simulation would serve as the end-of-the-semester projects for some of my classes and as experiential activity for others. With the “escape room” activity, my students have an hour “to escape”, meaning to solve riddles, clues, and puzzles that ultimately provide answers to specific questions related to topics presented in class. Finally, students will be asked to write the end-of-semester project or reflection papers, where they talk about all the concepts depicted/experienced during the game.

• Gabriella Scarlatta, CASL

I am applying for the Loeb Fund to provide financial assistance to students participating in the France's Sites of Memory study abroad program scheduled for winter break 2025 (February 27-March 8, 2025). The fund will help students lower museum entrance, castle entrance, and guided tours fees.

• Lara Rusch, CASL

The grant will enable ������-Dearborn students to attend the National Women's Studies Association Conference in Detroit, Nov. 14-17, 2024 free of charge.

• Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, CASL

Cross-cultural connections between the Arab region of Northern Africa and Spain have been constant since the middle ages, Andalusia was a melting pot of ethnicities, for instance. This intertwined history has countless manifestations, including a current revival of this connection due to global migratory trends. Moreover, it could serve as an inspiration and vehicle to build stronger relations among local communities nowadays. Local artists from Arab and Hispanic regions will come to create workshops in order to produce creative pieces that dialogue with/about these relations. The final products will directly discuss these concepts and reality, synchronically as well as diachronically.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL

Students enrolled in Spanish 201: Spanish Language and Culture III are planning to attend Authentic Flamenco Presents Ricardo Fernández del Moral on Saturday, November 9th at 5:00pm at the Redford Theater in Detroit. Students in this class are required to attend at least one Cultural Event throughout the semester, and this is a great opportunity to admire a live performance in Detroit, by the Royal Opera of Madrid with renowned flamenco artist, Ricardo Fernández del Moral. This trip will bring cultural and artistic appreciation to all students participating.
 

Winter 2023

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCA

Students enrolled in Spanish 202: Spanish Language and Culture IV are planning to attend Candlelight Flamenco: A Journey Through Spain on Saturday, March 25 at 6:00pm at the Redford Theater in Detroit. Students in this class are required to attend at least one Cultural Event throughout the semester, and this is a great opportunity to admire a live performance in Detroit, by the Solero Flamenco company, founders of the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. This trip will bring cultural and artistic appreciation to all students participating.

• Vera Flaig, CASL, LCA

The funds are being requested for a class field trip to the Motown Museum, and Symphony Hall. When I designed this course, I focused upon three elements that contributed to Detroit’s multicultural music mosaic. First, we explored the important Micro and Macro Cultures that make up the Detroit music scene. Second, we isolated the individual achievements of both music educators and performing musicians. Third, we discussed various performance and recording venues that made the local music scene in Detroit a possibility. For our discussion of music spaces to become three dimensional, it is crucial that students visit these two venues.

Fall 2022

• Susan Erickson, CASL, Art

Students enrolled in Foundations 1303 will visit the DIA to view the special exhibition, "Van Gogh in America." Foundations 1303 focuses on the art of Japan and France during the 19th century, and Vincent van Gogh is discussed as one of the important artists who lived in France and was influenced by Japanese art. It is a rare opportunity to see so many works by Vincent van Gogh in one exhibition, and students will have a chance to see other works by 19th c. French artists in the permanent collection.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Sciences

Contribute to sending students to the Michigan Student Voter Summit at MSU on Sept. 30, 2022.

• Susan Erickson, CASL, LPA

This course is required for majors and focuses on developing students' skills of researching and writing about art. We emphasize the resources available in the community with field trips to libraries, archives and museums. I will create an assignment based on a visit to the DIA to see the special exhibition, Van Gogh in America. I have asked the Mardigian Library to purchase the exhibition catalogue, and students will be asked to evaluated the didactic materials in the exhibition space and also the text of the exhibition catalogue.

Winter 2022

• Aaron T. Kinzel, CASL, CWP

Funds will be used to take students on a tour of the Ohio State Reformatory museum

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds will be used to take students to the opera Frida

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Nat. Sci.

The GEOL377/577 course (Field Methods) offers students an opportunity to study volcanoes, glaciers, and geothermal energy. Most of the experience is outdoors, hiking and mapping; however, when possible, students visit museums and galleries or meet with locals. The Lava Centre (https://lavacentre.is/) is a new facility that offers a hands-on, interactive learning experience. It would be scheduled as a first stop for the students, as it provides the critical concepts that will prepare students for the rest of the course. In addition, there students would have a private tour with a local geologist to further enhance the experience.

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWP

This an experiential learning opportunity for students to tour an inactive prison that has been converted into a museum. Students will view an entire empty prison and see cells, administration building, hospital, etc.. The trip will be guided by Professor Aaron Kinzel who spent time in prison as a youth and who has become a subject matter expert in corrections. Kinzel will be joined by a guest speaker who is a former prisoner or corrections employee. This trip will give students a glimpse into the real life of prisoners and how American treats those impacted by the criminal justice system.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Students in our Hispanic Studies program and members of La Mezcla are interested in exploring performance art by and about Latin American / Latino artists. For this reason, our students will benefit from attending Frida, an opera presented at the Detroit Opera House on Sunday February 27, 2022. This visit will bring artistic knowledge and cross-cultural awareness to all participants.

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL

Respectfully request funds to travel to an international conference on criminology to present research that was conducted at the University of Michigan Dearborn. My co-authored paper has been accepted at the conference as a session proposal entitled: Storytelling and Civic Engagement Among Formerly Incarcerated Activists.

• Marcus Harris, COB

I would like to apply to the LEO Professional Development Fund to attend the 2024 American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) Annual Conference in Las Vegas.  The conference will take place March 23-26, 2024.  

• Autumm Caines, CASL

To present at the The POD Network Conference

• Jill Darling, CASL

To lead a faculty learning community with LEO Writing faculty to discuss how AI is changing teaching

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL

This proposed project is for travel expenses to the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA. I will represent ������-Dearborn on 2 academic panels for research conducted as a faculty member.

• Marcus Harris, COB

The purpose of this grant request is to fund my attendance and participation in the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (C������U) Annual Conference in San Diego in October. I was informed of this conference by Tracy Hall, director of the campus Office of Metropolitan Impact. ������-Dearborn is a C������U member institution.

• Aaron T. Kinzel, CASL, CWP

Requested funds will be used for compensation to develop an inclusive teaching practice for justice involved people during a week long trip in California by visiting local jails/prisons, community reentry sites, and attending the Correctional Educational Association

• Alicia Schaeffer, CASL, LLC

I request funding for registration fees to attend the Annual National #AntiracistBookfest (https://bit.ly/3dDhWfE), which will grant me access to 9 workshops/panels and the recordings. By attending the event, I will gain skills about communicating in an inclusive way, about how to teach students to do the same, and about how diverse students can publish their writing. Please note that registration closes on Wednesday, April 21st.

• P.F.Potvin, CASL, LCC

I request funding for registration fees to attend The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) will hold its annual convention in a virtual format November 18-21, 2021; this year the convention theme is “Equity, Justice, and Anti-racist Teaching.” The convention directly aligns with my teaching of writing and will help expand inclusivity in my courses.

• Patricia Hartshorn, CASL, Phys. Sci.

The State of Michigan and the United States Government currently auction off public lands to the highest bidder. These lands belong to the Native American tribes and should be returned to them. I want to raise awareness of the continued injustice perpetrated against our indigenous people.

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWP

I am requesting funding to develop an inclusive teaching practice for justice involved people during a week long trip in California by visiting local jails/prisons, community reentry sites, and attending the Correctional Educational Association.

Summer 2020

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds to support the speaker Mr. Abelardo Almazan-Vazquez on gender neutral pronouns and languages

• Mike Vanhemert. COB, Business

I'm applying for a maximum award of $1,000 to cover registration fees for two conferences and related hotel expenses for one of those two, assuming it is held face-to-face in mid-October. The "START/END" dates referenced above are for the Digital Pedagogy Lab 2020 (DPL) being held virtually this year, while the October 15 - 17 Lilly Conference / Traverse City remains scheduled at present as a face-to-face presentation.

• Jerilyn Mannion, CASL, LCC

25 hours of coursework and research on inclusive teaching, and time spent to implement these methods into course development of beginning and intermediate French hybrid courses.

• Grace Helms-Kotre, CEHHS, HHS

I am requesting funds to participate in the “Summer Session on Contemplative Practices in Education” hosted by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Winter 2020

• Jill Darling, CASL, LCC

Thoughtful poetic pedagogy cracks open students’ worlds in revelatory ways while keeping poet-teachers on their own cutting edge. This panel will explore such pedagogies including the use of collaboration to leverage students’ learning; teaching Ecojustice using interactive and speculative storytelling to develop creative and speculative responses to global environmental justice challenges; helping students address forms of erasure through books like Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas; using everyday objects, "Skinny Poems," "Lunes," and other techniques as launch pads for socialization, language, meaningful interaction; and generating poetry and visual art with K-8 students. These topics will stimulate conversation about expanded possibilities for the “poetic: and the “pedagogical” in classrooms, communities, and the larger world.

• Mark Douglass, CASL

To attend the CODA National Conference

• Jennifer Coon, COB

For registration, and additional funds for travel costs such as mileage or lodging, to attend MSU Summer Intensive on Community Engaged Learning.

• Lina Jawad, CEHHS

For attendance at the National Higher Education Learning Conference (NHETC)

• Bushra Hussain, CASL

To attend the International Conference in Magnetism

• Ahmet Tuncez, COB

Funds to attend the 2023 FMA (Financial Management Association) Annual Meeting, October 2023 in Chicago, Illinois

• Katherine La Commare, CASL

To attend the Michigan Community College Biologists Conference

• Kristian Stewart, CEHHS

To attend the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA)

• Katherine Majeske , COB

To train for earning the SAP TS410 certification titled "Integrated Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA"

Winter 2022

• Shalini Jayaprakash, CASL, CWP

Funds to attend the WGST Writing Retreat

Summer 2022

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds to attend the American Translators Association (ATA) Certification Exam

• Jason Sprague, CASL, LPA

Funds for American Academy of Religion membership and Annual Meeting conference registration

• D Smrt, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to attend the International Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (iMOBTS) conference

• Junghee Yoon, CASL, Psyc

Funds to support Phase 2 data collection study titled, Pathways of Purpose among Diverse Groups from Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood

• Marcus Harris, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to attend the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (C������U) Annual Conference in San Diego in October

• Sergey Gladyshe, CECS, ECE

Funds to attend the International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technology (ICECET 2022) Conference

Fall 2022

• Grace Helms Korte, CEHHS, HHS

Funds to attend the Dare to Lead: Leadership Intensive Experience through Tici’ess

• Katherine La Commare, CASL, Biology

Funds to attend the Michigan Community College Biologists Conference in Mt. Pleasant in October

• Karen Caldwell, CEHHS, Education

Funds to attend the 102nd National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

• Christine Fischer, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds for memberships and attendance at the Association for Business Communication (ABC) and Midwest Academy of Management conferences for AY 2022-2023

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWW

Funds to attend the American Society of Criminology Conference in Atlanta, GA.

• Claudia Walters, CASL, Social Sciences

Funds to attend the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education (virtual)

• Jason Sprague, CASL, LCA

Funds for travel to presenting a paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion