July 2012 Scholarly News
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GRANTS
Emily K. Akerson (Associate Director, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services) and Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation in
Health and Human Services) received $42,517 from the Virginia Department of
Social Services for "Healthy Families Page County" to continue to
meet the needs of at-risk families by providing education, resources and
support.
Emily K. Akerson (Associate Director, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $2,500 from the Shenandoah
Community Foundation for "Healthy Families Shenandoah County" to
maintain ongoing home visiting services, transportation, support and advocacy
for new families.
Dr. David F. Brakke (Dean, College of Science and
Mathematics; Professor, Biology and Geology and Environmental Science) received
$71,500 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for "Climate Change
Resilience Analysis of Brook Trout Habitat for the Eastern Brook Trout Joint
Venture, Phase 2" to develop a catchment level assessment and climate
change resiliency ranking for brook trout populations throughout their current
range from Georgia to Maine.
Dr. Harold M. Butner (Associate Professor, Physics and
Astronomy) received $5,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for "Herschel Observations of Solara-Type Stars with Planets,
Planetesimals and Dust" to perform basic research related to analysis of
the Herschel data and planetary observations.
Dr. Elizabeth S. Edwards (Assistant Professor, Kinesiology)
received $2,000 from the LPGA Foundation to support the LPGA-USA Girls Golf of
Harrisonburg at JMU.
Dr. Klebert B. Feitosa (Assistant Professor, Physics and
Astronomy) received $35,000 from Research Corp. for "Transient Glassy
Dynamics of Dense Emulsions at the Particle Level" to conduct the
transient fluidization required of a simple yield stress fluid at the particle
level by closely probing the onset of flow of a dense non-adhesive emulsion
confined to flow in a narrow channel.
Kimberley A. Foreman (Associate Dean, Human Resources and
Administration, College of Business; Lecturer, Accounting) received $315,481
from the Institute of Certified Professional Managers to maintain the
organization's national headquarters on the campus of JMU.
Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin (Director, Furious Flower Poetry Center;
Professor, English) received $6,900 from the Virginia Commission for the Arts
to sponsor "Sheer Good Fortune: A Tribute to Toni Morrison."
Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation
in Health and Human Services) received $25,000 from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Community Services Board to provide interpretation services to
non-English-speaking clients. Hartzler-Weakley
received $9,581 from the Virginia Department of Social Services for the Gus
Bus: On the Road Reading Road Show to combine the strengths of the Healthy
Families of Page County program with the Reading Road Show's Gus Bus program to
help at-risk new parents and young families. Hartzler-Weakley received $1,975 from the Office on Children and
Youth for teen pregnancy prevention.
Dr. John T. Haynes (Assistant Professor, Geology and
Environmental Science) received $20,915 from the U.S. Geological Survey to
support bedrock mapping in the west half of the Monterey SE 7.5' Quadrangle in
Virginia.
Jane Hubbell (Associate Director, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services) received $113,010 from the Virginia
Department of Health for the Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia to
improve campus-based suicide prevention and intervention at Virginia
institutions of higher education. Hubbell
received $6,313 from Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery Inc. to provide
services to individuals affected by brain injuries, maximizing rehabilitation
and contributing to the community.
Dr. Margaret M. Kyger (Assistant Dean, College of Education;
Associate Professor, Exceptional Education) received $89,248 from the U.S.
Department of Education for "RISE: Restructuring K-12 Special Education
Program to Build Resilient, Informed Special Educators" to offer
integrated training and practice opportunities that will enhance the
competencies of beginning special education teachers for providing effective
services and instruction in academic subjects to children with high-incidence
disabilities in K-12 classrooms.
Susan F. Lamb (Business Manager, WMRA-FM) received
$26,232 from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Public Broadcasting Board
to provide radio reading service for the print handicapped.
Dr. Carole L. Nash (Assistant Professor, Integrated Science
and Technology) received $29,000 from the National Park Service to provide
archaeological services for Shenandoah National Park by reviewing proposed
project work that could impact archaeological resources and inspecting the
proposed project area in the field, when required, to assess the impact of the
proposal.
Kenneth F. Newbold Jr. (Director, Research and Innovation)
received $211,700 from the Shenandoah Valley Partnership to provide quality
economic development support services for its regional members, to prospects,
existing business and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. Newbold received $49,347 from the
Shenandoah Valley Technology Council to support the salary for the Shenandoah
Valley Technology Council coordinator/director, an assistant and operational
expenses.
Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for
Innovation in Health and Human Services; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for
Global Nonviolence) received $41,912 from the Virginia Department of Health for
the Wise Woman Every Woman's Life Program to oversee the provision of services
and delivery of the program to provider sites.
Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer (Associate Professor, Geology and
Environmental Science) received $9,846 from the Virginia Department of Mines,
Minerals and Energy to support geologic mapping and stratigraphic analyses of
the eastern half of the Rileyville 7.5' Quadrangle, Virginia.
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