It’s Celebration of Faculty Week at Concordia University.
In a typical year, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs would host an event to honor the faculty and staff whose hard work resulted in gifts of grants for the benefit of the university. This year, the decision was made to cancel the in-person gathering due to COVID.
Nevertheless, we are taking a moment to celebrate our colleagues for their important work and the direct impact it has on students. The following individuals from Concordia’s Mequon and Ann Arbor campuses (listed in alphabetical order) received grants between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2020.
*Please note that multiple people beyond those listed played a vital role is securing grants. The names listed reflect the principal investigators.
Office of Advancement
- Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by A.O. Smith Foundation
Diane Ames, School of Nursing
- Chronic Illness Management in Teams of Urban Multidisciplinary Scholars (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Jennifer Becker and Jim Pingel, School of Education
- Project INVEST (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Mike Brown, School of Pharmacy
- Scholarship Funding (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by CVS Health Foundation
Sharon Chappy, School of Nursing
- Concordia/Fresh Meals On Wheels Wellness Program (Fiscal year 18 &19) | Funded by Retirement Research Foundation
- Enhancing Geriatric Nursing Education and Community Outreach (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by Russell & Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust
Chris Cunningham, School of Pharmacy
- Preclinical Assessment of Medications for Alcohol Abuse (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mary Dittmar, School of Nursing
- Southeastern Wisconsin-Enhancing Regional Technology Commercialization (Virtual Learning) (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by National Science Foundation
Randy Duncan, Campus Ministry and Ryan Peterson, President’s Office
- CUAA Spring Mission Trips (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Brauer Foundation
Elizabeth Evans, CELT, and Rachel Pickett, School of Arts and Sciences
- Integration of Vocation and the University Global Learning Outcomes (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Network on Vocation in Undergraduate Education
Cindy Fenske, School of Nursing
- CUAA School of Nursing Simulation Equipment (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Edward F. Redies Foundation and Edwin J. & Ruth M. Shoemaker Foundation
Steven Gerner, Student Life
- Concordia Collective: S.M.A.R.T. Lab (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Charles E. Kubly Foundation
Ken Harris, Batterman School of Business
- Launch MKE Business Academy (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Bader Philanthropies
Jill Krell, School of Nursing
- Nursing Clinical Education in Mexico (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Theodore W. Batterman Family Foundation
Erin Laverick, School of Arts and Sciences, and the late Gerry Dzuiblinski
- The Hamlet Project (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Buhr Foundation and Jensen Foundation
Sarah Lovern, Hilary Madinger, Mark Schmitz, School of Arts and Sciences, and Pedro Zavala, School of Pharmacy
- Environmental Research Projects (Fiscal year 18 &19) | Funded by Mick A. Naulin Foundation
Joseph McGraw, School of Pharmacy
- Urinary Excretion of N-acyl Homocysteine Metabolites and Cardiovascular Risk (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by Medical College of Wisconsin
Elliott Moeser, School of Education
- African American Youth Initiative (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Bader Philanthropies, Anon Charitable Trust, Green Bay Packers Foundation, E.C. Styberg Foundation, Forest County Potawatomi Foundation, and Racine Community Foundation
- Leaders-in-Training (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- African American Male Initiative (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Waukesha County Community Foundation and Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County
Robby Mueller, School of Pharmacy
- Spanish Seminar (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by CVS Health Foundation
Michael Oldani, School of Pharmacy
- I-CORPS Sites: Southeastern Wisconsin-Enhancing Regional Technology Commercialization (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by National Science Foundation
Darcy Paape, Campus Ministry
- Women’s Leadership Institute: Intergenerational Communication Strategies (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Ryan Peterson, President’s Office
- Student Scholarships and Maier Center Endowed Chair Position (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Hilda E. Bretzlaff Foundation
- CUAA Student Scholarships (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Frederick E. Schmid Foundation
- Concordia University Wisconsin-Ann Arbor: A Multi-State Partnership to Improve Student Outcomes & Financial Efficiency (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by Department of Education
Jim Pingel, School of Education
- Student Scholarships (Fiscal year 18 & 19) | Funded by Robert M. and Margaret J. Lampert Foundation
Sarah Ray, School of Pharmacy
- Community-Based Population Health Pharmacy Intern Program (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust
Dan Sem, Batterman School of Business
- Development of ER beta agonists to treat post-menopausal memory decline (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by National Institute of Health
- I-Corps: Vivid Microscopy LLC: Imaging Thiols to Understand Oxidative Stress (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by National Science Foundation
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by National Institute of Health
- Liberty, Virtue, and Economics Summit (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by Acton Institute
- Healthcare Economics Summit and The Purple Solution (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by Charles Koch Foundation
Sandy Slater, School of Pharmacy
- The Influence of Active Living Policies and Environments on Body Weight (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- The Chicago Plays! Initiative: Evaluation of a Natural Experiment to Increase Park Use (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by University of Illinois
- The Evaluation of the Meet Me at the Park Initiative (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by National Recreation and Park Association
- Meet Me at the Park (Fiscal year 19) | Funded by National Recreation and Park Association
Giannina Vernon, School of Nursing
- School of Nursing White Coat Ceremony (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Amanda Williams-Contreras, Theater
- Upgrade of CUAA’s theater equipment, lighting, and storage (Fiscal year 18) | Funded by Oscar and Kenneth Haab Foundation
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