Virginia Union University

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

PROJECT WILL INCLUDE LOST REVENUE, REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES ALREADY INCURRED, TECHNOLOGY COST ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSITION TO DISTANCE LEARNING, STUDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE, FACILITIES, AND TRAINING.

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HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION, TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, TO PAY FOR ON-LINE LICENSING FEES, AND INTERNET SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED LEARNING

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

DISCRETION WILL BE USED IN DETERMINING WHICH STUDENTS ARE IN SIGNIFICANT NEED BY PRIORITIZING THE GREATEST NEEDS OF STUDENTS. AN ESTABLISHED MAXIMUM FUNDING THRESHOLD WILL BE USED FOR EACH STUDENT.

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

PROJECT PURPOSE:VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY'S (VUU) CONNECTING MINORITY COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM WILL ENHANCE, EXPAND AND IMPROVE BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS, CONNECTIVITY AND DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR ITS CAMPUS FACILITIES, FACULTY, STAFF, AND PRIORITIZED STUDENTS AS WELL AS THOSE MOST IN NEED WITHIN THE ANCHOR COMMUNITY. ACTIVITIES:VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY PLANS TO IMPROVE THE CAMPUS AREA NETWORK WITH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES TO WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY AND HIRE ADDITIONAL IT STAFF. THE UNIVERSITY WILL PROVIDE COMPLIMENTARY BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS AND LOANED EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING LAPTOPS, TABLETS, HOTSPOTS, ROUTERS) FOR PRIORITIZED STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THEIR PATRONS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO OFFER DIGITAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIORITIZED STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ANCHOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS BY SUBSIDIZING TRAINING OR EDUCATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS COSTS. STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY PATRONS WILL NEED TO TAKE DIGITAL SKILLS TRAININGS PRIOR TO RECEIVING LOANER EQUIPMENT. TECHNOLOY TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND IN-NEED COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND WIRELESS COVERAGE, CONNECTIVITY, AND RELIABILITY ON CAMPUS FOR VUU'S STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF. VUU WILL PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED BROADBAND ACCESS AND EQUIPMENT TO QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME/IN NEED STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES. THE UNIVERSITY EXPECTS TO SEE AN INCREASE AMONG FACULTY AND ANCHOR COMMUNITY PATRONS IN BROADBAND USAGE FOR DIGITAL AWARENESS AND INCLUSION TRAINING, DISTANCE EDUCATION, ITS SUPPORT, MBE BUSINESS USAGE, NON-PROFIT SERVICE, SMALL BUSINESS, STEM AND STEM, TELEHEALTH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. BENEFICIARIES: THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE ANCHOR COMMUNITY IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. VUU PLANS TO EXPAND BROADBAND SERVICES, ACCESS, ELIGIBLE EQUIPMENT, DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, DISTANCE LEARNING USE AND IT CAPACITY ON THE MAIN CAMPUS AS WELL AS TO THOSE MOST IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE ANCHOR COMMUNITY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF APPLICABLE): THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM (FUTURE ACT)

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION PLAN: A PLAN FOR STRENGTHENING IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT VUU

UPWARD BOUND

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: COACHING FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS (CAPS) IN STEM

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM (FUTURE ACT)

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY TRIO TALENT SEARCH PROJECT

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

VUU UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY (VUU) MCNAIR PROJECT

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, CULTURE, RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

2017 HPF HBCU - VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: ENSURING THE VITALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY PHYSICS AND PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAM

TARGETED INFUSION PROPOSAL: VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RUI: EXPERIMENTAL SUBATOMIC PHYSICS AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY -THIS AWARD SUPPORTS ONE VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY (VUU) PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS WORKING WITH HIM IN MAKING IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO TWO HIGH-IMPACT MEASUREMENTS AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE NEUTRON. THE AWARD WILL STRENGTHEN THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO VUU FACULTY IN PHYSICS BY OUTFITTING A SLOW CONTROLS DEVELOPMENT FACILITY THAT WILL BE USEFUL FOR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS. STUDENT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE ADDED AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPOSURE TO A WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH FACILITY THAT HOSTS A MULTI-NATIONAL GROUP OF EXPERIENCED SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, AND THESE PARTICIPANTS WILL GAIN TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT WILL BE INVALUABLE FOR THEIR FUTURE STEM CAREERS. THIS AWARD IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF PHYSICS AND THE HBCU-UP PROGRAM WITHIN THE DIVISION OF EQUITY FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEM. THE PLANNED RESEARCH CONTRIBUTES TO THE BONUS12 AND TDIS EXPERIMENTS AT JEFFERSON LAB, WHICH ENABLE THE STUDY OF NEAR-FREE NEUTRON TARGETS AND SEEK TO FURTHER REFINE THE NEUTRON STRUCTURE FUNCTION. KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEUTRON STRUCTURE FUNCTION CURRENTLY REPRESENTS A GAP IN THE COMMUNITY?S UNDERSTANDING, AND AFFECTS NEUTRINO SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS. THE PROPOSED WORK CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SLOW CONTROLS SYSTEM TO MONITOR DRIFT AND TARGET GAS SYSTEMS FOR THE TDIS EXPERIMENT. IN A SEPARATE LINE OF INQUIRY, THE PI WILL COLLABORATE ON UTILIZING AI AND PUBLISHED STRUCTURE FUNCTION DATA FOR A NEW F2A CALCULATION. WORK TO THIS END HAS PROVEN INTERESTING TO THE SUBATOMIC PHYSICS COMMUNITY AND THIS METHOD WILL BE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE PARAMETERIZATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE, IN THAT IT UTILIZES AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK THAT IS TRAINED TO CALCULATE THIS QUANTITY, COMPARED TO INTERPOLATION/EXTRAPOLATION FROM FITTING ROUTINES. 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.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: SUBATOMIC PHYSICS AT VUU

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: HIGHLY STABLE NANOPARTICLE-DOPED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR APPLICATIONS IN WATER PURIFICATION

TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: SUBATOMIC PHYSICS AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MOBILITY ASSIGNMENT

CATALYST PROJECT: STRENGTHENING THE BIOLOGY PROGRAM AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY WITH COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

MBRS RISE PROGRAM AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

CATALYST AWARD: PH REGULATION IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN

POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF NANOPARTICLE-DOPED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR WATER PURIFICATION APPLICATIONS AND ENHANCED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE HIP-HOP AS A PHILOSOPHICAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC FORCE IN SENEGAL AND EXAMINE HOW YOUNG AFRICANS USE HIP-HOP TO QUESTION TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRICA.

THE VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART WILL PILOT A PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY. THE PROGRAM WILL CREATE 24 INTERNSHIP POSITIONS OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VALENTINE MUSEUM, VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE, AND THE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY. INTERNS WILL LEAD TOURS, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS, PARTICIPATE IN MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGNS, AND NETWORK WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, AND OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. EACH INTERN WILL CREATE AND DEVELOP A RESEARCH PROJECT USING THE MUSEUM?S COLLECTIONS THAT WILL CULMINATE IN EITHER A PUBLIC EVENT PRESENTING RESEARCH, AN EXHIBITION, OR TANGIBLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. THE PROJECTS WILL BE DOCUMENTED THROUGH A WEBSITE, HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRAM FOR THE CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

PHYSICS AND PRE-ENGINEERING MAJOR AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

PLANNING GRANT FOR VUU STEM UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY WILL DIGITIZE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE HARTSHORN MEMORIAL COLLEGE COLLECTION FROM THE ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT THE L. DOUGLAS WILDER LIBRARY. THE COLLECTION DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF HARTSHORN MEMORIAL COLLEGE, A WOMEN’S COLLEGE AND HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE THAT MERGED WITH VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY IN 1932, AND CONTAINS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND PRIMARY RESOURCES SUCH AS DOCUMENTS, CATALOGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND CORRESPONDENCE. PROJECT STAFF WILL TRAIN AND WORK WITH PAID STUDENT INTERNS TO DIGITIZE THE COLLECTION AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION THROUGH AN ONLINE DATABASE. BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS OF HBCU AND WOMEN’S HISTORY.

HBCU-UP NSF WORKSHOP AND OUTREACH DAY AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

NEH PUBLIC IMPACT PROJECT AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY [THIS PROJECT'S TARGET AUDIENCE IS BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS IN RICHMOND, THE SAME COMMUNITY HARTSHORN MEMORIAL COLLEGE (HMC) STUDENTS, AND MAGGIE L. WALKER FOCUSED ON. AT A TIME WHEN BLACK WOMEN?S RIGHTS ARE BEING THREATENED, IT IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE FORMER CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY REMEMBERS ITS LESS WELL-KNOWN HISTORY AS A CAPITAL OF BLACK FEMALE EMPOWERMENT. FIGURES LIKE MAGGIE L. WALKER AND THE ALUMNI OF HMC DEMONSTRATE THAT BLACK WOMEN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN DESTINY AS WELL AS THE DESTINY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES; HENCE, TELLING THEIR STORIES IN A COMPELLING WAY CAN BE AN EMPOWERING WAY FOR BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS TO CONNECT TO THEIR LEGACY AND CAPACITY.]

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SUMMER MUSIC EDUCATION CAMP FOR STUDENTS.

2018 HPF AACR - VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

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