Grant Awards 2007 None Awarded Grant Awards 2006 *Broome County Syringe Exchange Program (BCSEP*) $5,000 A partnership between the Southern Tier AIDS Program, Inc. and Binghamton University's Public Administration Program. Goal is to implement a Syringe Exchange Program in Broome County utilizing a community-based collaboration. Collaboration to be developed with community service organizations, human services organizations, Binghamton University faculty and students, local politicians, law enforcement officials, faith community representatives and concerned citizens.   *Catalysts for Intellectual Capital Leadership Initiative* A partnership between Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition and Binghamton University's School of Education. Goal is to help bridge the gap between Binghamton University and the surrounding community, educate students about opportunities in the Greater Binghamton area, provide a forum for discussion about economic progress, enhance integrated university/community investment in human capital development and develop ways to expand career opportunities to retain students in Binghamton. $5,000 Grant Awards 2005 Ecological Investigations at the BU Nature Preserve $6,200 Environmental Studies Program. The purpose of this grant is to provide opportunities for hands-on experiences at the campus nature preserve for 7th grade students in the Binghamton City School District. Many of these young men and women are urban students who have had limited to no experience in nature. It will also target Binghamton University Environmental Studies students (2 student interns and nature preserve guides) who will also gain experience working in environmental education. The Story Garden at Discovery Center of the Southern Tier $3,800 A partnership with the Junior League of Binghamton and the School of Education and Human Development. The purpose of this grant is to develop a literary based children's interactive garden that will be located on the grounds of the Discovery Center. The Story Garden will reflect themes of exemplary children's stories through 12 vignettes. The garden will serve the community of children, families and students as a site to promote literacy in our community. It will be an ideal location for elementary school field trips related to literature and science. It will also offer an off campus site for BU students to pursue field experience including research, observations and interactive opportunities with young children. Grant Awards 2004 GEOGRAPHY OF TECHNOLOGY: an oral history of industry in the Southern Tier 1930 - 1980 $5,625 The Center for Technology & Innovation, Inc., Binghamton, NY Anthropology and History Departments, Binghamton University A collaboration between the Center for Technology & Innovation, Inc., and Binghamton University anthropology and history departments will create a digital archive on The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier and the Watson School of Engineering will partner with a local sculptor to create an original interactive sculpture for the "Southern Tier Technology" by conducting oral history interviews with local high-tech retirees. This oral technology timeline will place local manufacturing and technological advances in the context of national innovations and industrial trends. The recordings are to be housed at the University and local historical societies. BROTHER-TO-BROTHER Mentorship Program $5,625 Binghamton City School District, Binghamton, NY School of Education and Human Development, Binghamton University The Division of Human Development at Binghamton University in partnership with the Binghamton City School District will develop a mentoring program for racially and ethnically diverse ninth grade male students from Binghamton High School who are at risk of attrition. Binghamton University student mentors will work with the high school students in a series forums, designed to increase retention rates by promoting attendance, improving academic performance and develop a cultural awareness of this target population. A quantitative and qualitative assessment will be conducted to assess the efficacy of the mentorship and will look at variables such as self-esteem, life satisfaction, adjustment to school, sense of belonging, stressors, social support and ethnic identity. Grant Awards 2003 Don’t Pass Me By: Creating an interactive outdoor sculpture for the Discovery Center $25,000 The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Binghamton, NY Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton University The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier and the Watson School of Engineering will partner with a local sculptor to create an original interactive sculpture for the entrance to the Discovery Center. The sculpture will be an introduction to the "please touch me" experiences that exist throughout the museum. Engineering students will design and conduct analyses of the structure to insure that the support of the sculpture is capable of sustaining weight loads, environment and use; and an art student will work with the sculptor to learn the techniques and reflect on the connection between artist and engineer roles. Grant Awards 2002 Equity in Children’s Access to Healthcare: Utilizing Telehealth Technology $17,000 Institute for Child Development (ICD), Binghamton University Binghamton Pediatric Center, United Health Services (UHS), Binghamton, NY The telehealth project is a collaborative effort between UHS and ICD in an attempt to develop and implement video teleconferencing technology in an innovative way to provide equitable access to expert healthcare to children in the souther tier. Healing Our City Through Expressive Arts $ 8,000 Mental Health Association of the Souther Tier, Inc., Binghamton, NY School of Education and Human Development, Binghamton University A collaborative effort of SEHD and the Art Department faculty and students along with human service agencies of downtown Binghamton to provide access to expressive arts healing process for residents with special needs and weekend healing programs for the population at large. Grant Awards 2001 Communication Technology Assessment Center $11,000 Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC), Binghamton, NY School of Education and Human Development (SEHD), Binghamton University Create a Communication Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) for people with communication disabilities. This program will augment the existing STIC loan program that offers other technology devices such as power wheelchairs and computers. CTAC will coordinate all aspects of communication assessments, assist clients to acquire communication technology, and provide experiential learning for University SEHD students in the availability, applicability, and use of these devices. Given appropriate communication devices, children and adults can actively participate in social conversation, education, and all aspects of community life. Student Mentors for Binghamton Adolescents $ 8,550 Binghamton University Counseling Center, Binghamton University Family and Children’s Society, Binghamton, NY Expand a pilot program, begun in 2000 under a grant from the Rose/Ross Fund, designed to engage adolescent sexual abuse survivors in a mentoring relationship with Binghamton University students. The Mentoring Project will be a for-credit, yearlong internship for seniors or Masters level students. Student mentors will provide positive role models, acquaint adolescents with university and community resources and engender hope and encouragement for the adolescent’s future goals. Campus - Community Mediation Project $ 5,000 Office of University Ombudsman, Binghamton University ACCORD, Inc., Binghamton, NY Train student mediators will encourage cooperative and constructive resolution of conflict within and between the University and local communities. Mediation, as a voluntary process of conflict resolution, helps parties develop mutually acceptable solutions. This program will create a mediator pool that more closely resembles Broome County’s diverse population with respect to race and ethnicity, and provide much needed assistance with youth services programs. Vestal School Foundation Summer Enrichment Program $ 1,750 Vestal School Foundation, Inc., Vestal, NY BU Continuing Education and Summer Programs, Binghamton University Provide 10 scholarships for low-income students to participate in a pilot summer science enrichment program to be conducted by teams of University faculty, graduate students and Vestal science teachers. This science immersion curriculum will help students make connections between science process and science content, including laboratory and fieldwork related to real world applications. The course will be a prototype for a countywide program to be offered in future summers Grant Awards 2000 Restoration: Harry L. Johnson Fountain and Sculpture $10,000 City of Binghamton, Department of Planning, Housing & Community Development, Binghamton, NY Public Archeology Facility and Art/Art History Department, Binghamton University To research, repair, and document the fountain's bronze sculpture, "Boy with Fish", designed by Charles Keck, located in Recreation Park, Binghamton, NY. The City of Binghamton, Susquehanna Heritage Area, and the West Side Coalition will restore the reflecting pool and plumbing mechanisms. Refugee Orientation Booklet $10,000 Refugee Resettlement Office, InterReligious Council, Binghamton, NY Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), Binghamton University To research and translate an orientation booklet for new refugees and secondary migrants to help them adjust to life in our community and become self-sufficient . The booklet will include information about local community and government services in Broome and surrounding counties. Two pilot booklets in Russian and Ukrainian will be produced and distributed. Student Mentors for Binghamton Adolescents (SiMBA) $ 5,000 University Counseling Center, Binghamton University Family & Children's Society of Broome County, Binghamton, NY To pilot a program to train and supervise University students as mentors for adolescent victims of sexual and other abuse. The student mentors will promote positive outcomes, acting as role models for these teens at a very important time in their development. BACK TO TOP Grant Awards 1999 Curriculum of Acceptance and Respect, Grades K - 3 $15,000 Roberson Museum & Science Center, Binghamton, NY School of Education & Human Development, Binghamton University To develop and pilot a curriculum on acceptance and respect for grades K-3 in collaboration with the Binghamton City School District that is interdisciplinary, hands-on and experiential. PC Xchange $10,000 Catholic Charities of Broome County, Binghamton, NY School of Management, Binghamton University To provide children of low-income families the opportunity to access computer technology by upgrading donated, outdated computers and training these children and their families to use the computer, Internet, and basic word processing software. BACK TO TOP Last Revised 7/05