FULBRIGHT ANNOUNCES 2004-2005 PROGRAMS

For over 50 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The most commonly known Fulbright Program is the Traditional Fulbright Scholar program, which provides competitive awards for faculty members to lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. This year, some 900 awards in 140 countries will be available under the Traditional Fulbright Scholar program. Information is available at: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/ .  The application deadline is August 1, 2003.

For information on other Fulbright programs and for applications, visit: http://www.cies.org/Fulbright_programs.htm .  Also, hardcopies of the Fulbright 2004-2005 Fulbright Award catalog are available in the Academic Grants Office, DS108.

FOCUS ON GRANTS: CSCCE WELCOMES NEW INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR

The Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement announces the arrival of Sharon Benz to its staff. Ms. Benz is serving as internship coordinator for the Center. Her chief responsibility will be to develop opportunities for Daemen students to intern with community organizations who are working in the neighborhoods in which the Center is partnering, as well as organizations in the City of Buffalo who are concerned with community development.

Richard Knaub, Executive Director, says that he is delighted Ms. Benz has joined the Center. Dr. Knaub says: "Sharon has more than 30 years of experience as a public school teacher and guidance counselor, including a decade of experience on the West Side and in developing internships for students. We look forward to working with our Office of Cooperative Education and Career Development to provide new and exciting internship opportunities for Daemen students."

Ms. Benz, a retired Buffalo Public School guidance counselor, previously directed the internship initiative at the Buffalo Alternative High School's "City as School" program. She holds a M.Ed. in social studies and a M.Ed. in school counseling, both from the University at Buffalo.

Ms. Benz, who works on Mondays-Wednesdays, can be reached at 839-8524.

FOCUS ON GRANTS: CSCCE ESTABLISHES WEST SIDE PARTNERSHIP

The Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement is pleased to announce the development of a community partnership on Buffalo's West Side, in the Massachusetts Avenue-Connecticut Street corridor. The partnership is Daemen's second community partnership, and is modeled after the Seneca-Babcock partnership. The Center is working with the West Side Community Collaborative (WSCC), a grouping of residents, block clubs, educational institutions, and community agencies that are working on neighborhood housing, crime, education, business development, services, and community health and wellness on Buffalo's West Side. Other partners include West Side Neighborhood Housing Services, West Side Community Services, Connecticut Street Association, and WNY United Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

With the financial support of the John R. Oishei Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Center and WSCC will jointly open and operate a storefront office on Connecticut Street. The storefront will serve as an office for Daemen students and Center personnel working in the community, an office for the WSCC's full-time coordinator, and a space for community events and meetings.

The Center, which is already working on initiatives on the West Side, expects that Daemen students will work on some neighborhood initiatives over the summer, with Daemen service learning students to likely start their activities, including tutoring and mentoring of Buffalo schoolchildren, in the West Side in Fall 2003.

The Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement and its projects have received support from the Oishei Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Providence Fund, KeyBank USA, The Junior League of Buffalo, The Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, and in-kind support from Computers for Children, Inc. For more information about the Center, visit its website at http://www.daemen.edu/sites/CSCCE

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Q. I am interested in looking up what types of foundations have supported other colleges. Do you have any resources?

A.The Academic Grants Office recently ordered the Foundation Center's Grants for Higher Education 2002-2003. This 580-page directory covers grants to colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad for: student aid, university research and faculty development, capital support and endowments, academic libraries, graduate and professional education, and to education associations active in the field.

What is especially helpful about the directory is that grants are listed by recipient, foundation, state, and subject area. To browse this directory or request information to be copied from it, contact the Academic Grants Office or stop by DS 108.

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