Grants Awarded 2006-2007

Student – Faculty Research Proposals

Jack Mulder, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Nicholas Engel, Hope Student, Class of 2008
“Kierkegaard and Dogma: Catholic Engagements with Kierkegaard”

Curtis Gruenler, Associate Professor of English
Katherine Masterton, Hope Student, Class of 2008
“The Poetics of Enigma: Riddles, Rhetoric, and Theology in Piers Plowman and Its
Contemporaries”

First Year Seminar Course Development Proposals

Carol Simon, Professor Philosophy
“Called to Hope”

Scott VanderStoep, Associate Professor of Psychology and Department Chair
“After Hours: Avocation, Volunteerism, and Leisure in our Spare Time”

First Year Seminar Module Development Proposals

Jesus A. Montaño, Associate Professor of English and Director of Ethnic Studies
“At the CrossRoads of Difference and Ethnicity: Thinking about the Intersections of
History, Race, and Identity”

Senior Seminar Course Development Proposals

Elizabeth A. Trembley, Associate Professor of English and Director of FOCUS and SOAR
“Spiritual Writing: Inside and Out”

Alternative Placement Internship Proposals

Amanda J. Barton, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, and
Director Pre-Health Professions Program for The CrossRoads Project
David DeVisser, MD, Pre-Med Advisor Assistant and AED Advisor Assistant
Barb Osburn, Campus Ministry
“Uganda Externship”

Katy Sundararajan, Chaplain, Campus Ministries
“India Internship”