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Grantseeking Workshop Series The workshop series for VU faculty and staff is sponsored by the Lumina Center, the Office of Institutional Advancement, the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources, and the Teaching Resource Center. Presenters include Sandy McMullen, Lumina Center Director; Kathy Groth, Corporations and Foundations Coordinator; and Rick AmRhein, Dean of Library Services. Other topic-specific presenters and guest speakers will also be featured in the series. Advance registration is required for all workshops and attendance is limited to VU faculty and staff. Seating is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Contact Sandy McMullen directly at ext. 5494 or send an e-mail to her. All workshops will be held from 8:00 - 9:30a.m. in Christopher Center Room 261B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Semester Workshops November 15, 2007: “Seeking Support from Corporations and Foundations ” Presenters: Kathy Groth, Coordinator, Foundations & Corporations,
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This workshop will focus on identifying private funding sources for faculty projects and campus programs. Topics to be covered include: • Lessons learned from a successful foundation proposal Reserve your spot by November 9, 2007, if you want to attend. Please follow the reservation contact information found at the top of this column. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Past Workshops October 18, 2007: “Finding Statistical Information” Presenter: Becky Byrum, Government Information Services Librarian, Christopher Center
The hands-on workshop will focus on finding census data from American FactFinder. Participants will explore American Community Survey and other U.S. Census products, as well as learn how to compile detailed tables and make geographic comparisons. Other statistical tools from federal, state, and international sources will be demonstrated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 27, 2007: “Introduction to Grantseeking on Campus” Presenters: Sandy McMullen, Lumina Center Director
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 2006: “Fundamentals of Budget Preparation” The workshop focused on budget preparation and is beneficial for faculty
and staff who will be preparing program budgets or who just want to learn
more about the basics of budgeting. Sample budgets will be provided for
in-class discussion and exercises. Topics covered included: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2006: “Outcomes & Evaluations” This workshop focused on formulating outcome-based evaluation plans for grant projects. Topics covered included: • Defining outcomes based planning and evaluation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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