Funded Grants

Academy of Fine Arts

Funding Source:
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Middle and High School art students

Goals/Objectives:
To provide enriched instruction, instill values, foster discipline, and encourage an appreciation of and participation in the performing and  visual arts.

Project Director:
Nina McGrath, Director, Fine Arts Academy

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$2,500

Duration of Grant:
December 12, 2006-August 31, 2007

Academy of Fine Arts

Funding Source:
G.A.C. Halff Foundation

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Middle and High School art students

Goals/Objectives:
To provide enriched instruction, instill values, foster discipline, and encourage an appreciation of and participation in the performing and  visual arts.

Project Director:
Nina McGrath, Director, Fine Arts Academy

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$5,000

Duration of Grant:
September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007

Academy of Fine Arts

Funding Source:
National Endowment for the Arts

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Middle and High School art students

Goals/Objectives:
To support the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Philip's College arts faculty, San Antonio Symphony musicians, and other professional artists will give weekend and summer classes in music, theater, and visual arts.

Project Director:
Nina McGrath, Director, Fine Arts Academy

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
None

Amount of Grant:
$10,000

Aircraft Technology Program

Funding Source:
San Antonio Area Foundation

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Multi-modal transportation students

Goals/Objectives:
To purchase digital reference materials for the aircraft technology program library

Project Director:
Rafael Brisita, M.S., Chair, Multi-modal Transportation

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$10,000

Duration of Grant:
June 1, 2005-May 31, 2006

Allied Health Scholarship Program

Funding Source:
Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Occupational Therapy Assistant and Respiratory Care

Goals/Objectives:
To provide financial assistance to needy students

Project Director:
Rebecca Sanchez, M.S., Chair, Allied Health Department

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$5,000

Duration of Grant:
August 15, 2006-December 31, 2006

Brackenridge School Building Renovation Project

Funding Source:
City of San Antonio

Funding Type:
City of San Antonio Community Development Block Grant

Target Population:
East Side Community

Goals/Objectives:
To fund renovation of the Historic Brackenridge School Building

Project Director:
Federico Zaragoza, Ph.D.

Collaborations:
St. Paul United Methodist Church

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$533,335

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2004-September 30, 2006

Continuing Success: Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS)

Funding Source:
U.S. Department of Education

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Pell-recipient students who are parents of children ages one to five years

Goals/Objectives:
To provide quality and affordable child care services for the students who are financially disadvantaged and who are in need of child care services for their young children at the St. Philip's College Child Development Center.

Project Director:
Brenda Perry-Williams, Coordinator, Child Development Center

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
David Trujillo, M.S.

Amount of Grant:
$595,556

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2005-September 30, 2009

First Generation College Student Program

Funding Source:
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Funding Type:
State Agency

Target Population:
First Generation College Students

Goals/Objectives:
To provide individualized academic counseling, one-on-one tutoring, access to special services and financial assistance.

Project Director:
C. L. Leonard, M.A. Director of College Partnerships

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$75,000

Duration of Grant:
September 1, 2005-May 31, 2007

Ford Salute to Education Community School Fund

Funding Source:
Ford Foundation

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Automotive students

Goals/Objectives:
To purchase equipment

Project Director:
William Fuller

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$2,500

Duration of Grant:
September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007

Planning Grant for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Self-Analysis

Funding Source:
National Science Foundation, Historically Black College and University

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students

Goals/Objectives:
To conduct a self-analysis of the STEM gatekeeper courses and develop a plan for eliminating barriers to student success

Project Director:
Mary Cottier, Chair, Mathematics Department; William Davis, Chair, Natural Sciences Department

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Roy Johnson, M.S. Director of Evaluation and Research, Intercultural Development Research Association

Amount of Grant:
$49,680

Duration of Grant:
June 1, 2005-December 1, 2006

Presidential Scholars Project (PSP)

Funding Source:
National Science Foundation

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Talented, but financially needy STEM students

Goals/Objectives:
To increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates and transfer students by providing scholarships and a laptop for full-time students.

Project Director:
Alex Ruiz-Velasco, M.S., Professor, Natural Science Department

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$436,378

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2006-September 30, 2011

Project Advance

Funding Source:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Head Start)

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Current Head Start teachers who are employees of Parent/Child Incorporated

Goals/Objectives:
To increase the number of PCI Head Start teachers who obtain their bachelors degree to meet the new Head Start mandate requiring classroom teachers to have a minimum of an undergraduate degree.

Project Director:
Pamela Ray, M.S. Director, Early Childhood Studies Program

Collaborations:
Parent/Child Incorporated and The University of Texas at San Antonio

Evaluator:
Roy Johnson, M.S., Director of Evaluation and Research, Intercultural Development Research Association

Amount of Grant:
$728,235

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2005-September 30, 2010

Proyecto Alimento

Funding Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Hispanic Serving Institution

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Culinary Arts majors

Goals/Objectives:
Aims to increase the number of students who obtain a degree in Nutrition by implementing strategies that will increase the number of students who will enroll at SPC as Culinary Arts majors, are retained from one year to the next, and will transfer to the University of the Incarnate Word where they will complete a degree in Nutrition.

Project Director:
Mary Kunz, M.S., R.D. Chair, Tourism, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Program

Collaborations:
University of the Incarnate Word

Evaluator:
Arturo Vega, Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio

Amount of Grant:
$348,433

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2005-September 30, 2007

Rose R. Thomas Writing Center

Funding Source:
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation

Funding Type:
English and Speech students

Target Population:
English and Speech students

Goals/Objectives:
To purchase new computers and computer software for Writing Center

Project Director:
Anetia Ports

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$3,000

Duration of Grant:
June 1, 2005-May 31, 2006

St. Philip's College Culture Fest

Funding Source:
Fiesta San Antonio Commission, Inc.

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
Community

Goals/Objectives:
SPC Culture Fest provides an official Fiesta event for the college and the community

Project Director:
John Martin, Student Life Department

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$6,000

Duration of Grant:
January 1, 2006-August 31, 2006

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

Funding Source:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources Services Administration

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Financially disadvantaged Associate Degree Nursing students

Goals/Objectives:
To provide financial support for whom attending college would create a financial hardship.

Project Director:
Shirley Carson Davis, MSN Chair, Nursing Department

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$15,866

Duration of Grant:
October 1, 2006-September 30, 2007

Springview Miller Building

Funding Source:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Hispanic Serving Institution Assisting Communities

Funding Type:
Federal

Target Population:
Economically disadvantaged and minority students

Goals/Objectives:
To help prepare students for careers in community and economic development

Project Director:
Federico Zaragoza, Ph.D.

Collaborations:
None

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$600,000

Duration of Grant:
October 16, 2003-October 16, 2006

University of Texas Leadership Program

Funding Source:
Metlife Foundation

Funding Type:
Private Foundation

Target Population:
St. Philip's College students

Goals/Objectives:
Initiative for Student Success

Project Director:
Angie Runnels

Collaborations:
University of Texas at Austin

Evaluator:
Internal

Amount of Grant:
$10,000

Duration of Grant:
December 6, 2005-May 31, 2006

 

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