Albright College

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE CARES ACT INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE CARES ACT STUDENT EMERGENCY AID

INCREASING ACHIEVEMENT, PROGRESSION AND PERSISTENCE TO GRADUATION

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INITIATIVE

PR NUMBER 09CH11567 - INSTRUMENTATION AND EQUIPMENT FOR THREE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABS. THIS IS A NEW CONGRESSIONALLY-DIRECTED PROJECT FOR FY2009.

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTALLY-ORIENTED SCIENCES (ACES) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: SUPPORTING THE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH STEM DISCIPLINES

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE CARES ACT STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

ENHANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FACILITIES - NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT PROJECT

THE ALBRIGHT COLLEGE CAMPUS AWARENESS RESPONSE AND EDUCATION (CARE) PROGRAM FOR ISSUES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATING VIOLENCE AND STALKING

EQUITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE - ALBRIGHT COLLEGE PROPOSES A GLS CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TITLED “EQUITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE,” TO SUPPORT CAMPUS-WIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND TRAINING TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY TO BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS IN SUICIDE PREVENTION AND PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE, TRAUMA-INFORMED NETWORK, AND ULTIMATELY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES EARLY AND EFFECTIVELY. ALBRIGHT COLLEGE IS A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN READING, PENNSYLVANIA, A MID-SIZED CITY WITH A POPULATION CONSISTING OF 56.5% PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND 30.9% OF RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY. ALBRIGHT’S STUDENT POPULATION, WHICH THE PROJECT WILL SERVE, MIRRORS THE REGION’S POPULATION IN THAT OVER HALF OF THE STUDENTS ARE LOW-INCOME, 45.1% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND 35.1% ARE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT’S FOCUS POPULATION IS FIRST-GENERATION AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE FULL ALBRIGHT STUDENT POPULATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY AND ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. GOAL 1: CREATE COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COLLABORATIVE NETWORKING FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND INCREASED AWARENESS OF INDICATORS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING SUICIDAL AND SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS. OBJECTIVE 1.1: ESTABLISH A CROSS-AGENCY ADVISORY COUNCIL TO INCREASE COLLABORATION AMONG CAMPUS PARTNERS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, STUDENT GROUPS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE THAT PREVENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 3. EVIDENCE OF ACHIEVING 1.1 WILL ENTAIL THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, MEETING MINUTES, THE NUMBER OF ENGAGED STAKEHOLDERS, AND NEW MOUS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OBJECTIVE 1.2: INCREASE AWARENESS AND SERVICES FOR FIRST-GENERATION AND LOWER-INCOME STUDENTS, AS INDICATED BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENT REFERRALS TO BERKSHIRE PSYCHIATRIC FOR LONGER-TERM THERAPY AND THE NUMBER OF PSYCHIATRY HOURS USED BY STUDENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. GOAL 2: INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTION OF SUICIDE, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. OBJECTIVE 2.1: TRAIN 85% OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO BE GATEKEEPERS WHO CAN IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF TRAUMA AND/OR WHO ARE IN CRISIS, AND INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE AND HOW TO REFER FOR HELP. YEARLY, THE COLLEGE WILL CONTRACT A KEYNOTE SPEAKER ON TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE FOR ALL STAFF, FACULTY, AND STUDENTS. USING WORKSHOPS, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL TRAIN FACULTY IN YEAR 1, ATHLETICS IN YEAR 2, AND STUDENT AND CAMPUS LIFE IN YEAR 3, RESULTING IN 85% OF FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS RECEIVING TRAINING, AS MEASURED BY ATTENDANCE RECORDS. OBJECTIVE 2.2: INCREASE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS TO THE ALBRIGHT COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS IN HARD COPY AND DIGITAL FORMS AND CONDUCT A CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF ACCESS THE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 3. GOAL 3: PROMOTE HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIORS, REDUCE STIGMA AND NEGATIVE PUBLIC ATTITUDES, AND FOSTER A CAMPUS COMMUNITY WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED IN ENSURING THAT EACH STUDENT EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISTRESS IS IDENTIFIED, SCREENED, AND REFERRED. OBJECTIVE 3.1: INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS OFFERED TO STUDENTS TO TEACH THEM HELP-SEEKING COPING SKILLS, STUDY SKILLS, GOAL SETTING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND INDICATORS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. ONE WORKSHOP WILL BE CONDUCTED PER WEEK TO TARGET STUDENTS IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 3. OBJECTIVE 3.2: INCREASE VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SCREENINGS AND ASSESSMENTS USING CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS FROM ONE TIME PER YEAR (CURRENT) TO THREE PER YEAR IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 3.

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DIRECTED GRANTS

BUILDING CAPACITY TO RECRUIT FUTURE STEM TEACHERS IN PENNSYLVANIA -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EFFECTIVE SECONDARY STEM TEACHERS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE MODELS FOR RECRUITING MORE INDIVIDUALS TO STEM TEACHING CAREERS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TWO LOCAL HIGH-NEED HIGH SCHOOLS AND A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL STUDY HOW HIGH SCHOOL DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AND TRANSFER FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COULD PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO STEM TEACHING CAREERS. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS PARTNER INSTITUTIONS WILL BE SURVEYED TO INVESTIGATE BARRIERS AND INTERESTS IN STEM TEACHING CAREERS. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE MODELS FOR RECRUITING FUTURE SECONDARY STEM TEACHERS THAT COULD INFORM OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PROJECT AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH MUHLENBERG HIGH SCHOOL, READING HIGH SCHOOL, READING AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI) AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE. THE OVERARCHING PROJECT GOAL IS TO INVESTIGATE NEW MODELS FOR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STEM MAJORS WHO PURSUE SECONDARY STEM EDUCATION TEACHER CERTIFICATION AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY STRENGTHENING STEM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, RECRUITING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO STEM RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AT SRI, AND EXAMINING DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS TO DETERMINE HOW TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR STEM TRANSFER STUDENTS TO PURSUE A CO-MAJOR IN SECONDARY STEM EDUCATION. FURTHER, THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE CURRENT STEM MAJORS? IMMERSIVE TEACHING EXPERIENCES AS A MECHANISM TO RECRUIT FUTURE SECONDARY STEM TEACHERS. ALL PROJECT EFFORTS WILL BE INFORMED BY SURVEY DATA COLLECTED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ALBRIGHT COLLEGE STUDENTS TO INVESTIGATE INTERESTS IN AND BARRIERS TO STUDENTS PURSUING STEM TEACHING CERTIFICATION. EVALUATION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD COMPOSED OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ACROSS ALBRIGHT DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (NOYCE). THE NOYCE PROGRAM SUPPORTS TALENTED STEM UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE K-12 STEM TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED, EXEMPLARY K-12 TEACHERS TO BECOME STEM MASTER TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON THE RETENTION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF K-12 STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

BAT POPULATION SURVEY AND HABITAT EVALUATION AT VAFO AND HOFU

ENHANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FACILITIES - NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT