Previous Outreach Scholarship Grant Recipients

• Enhancing Diversity in Health Research Investigating Youth with Developmental Disabilities
  Dr. Melissa Pangelinan, Dr. Jared Russell, Dr. Danielle Wadsworth, Dr. Sheri Brock, Dr. Mary Rudisill, and Dr. Annie Newton
  College of Education (School of Kinesiology), School of Pharmacy (Via College of Osteopathic Medicine/Pharmacy Health Services)
  Amount: $20,000


• Improving Elder Care with Interprofessional Mobile Clinics
  Dr. Kathy Jo Ellison, Dr. E. Jean Dubois, Dr. Kristen Helms, Dr. Margaret Williamson, Dr. Patricia Marincic, and Dr. Emily Myers
  School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Learning), College of Human Sciences (Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management), College of Liberal Arts (Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work)
  Amount: $19,999


• Serving Alabama Fosters through Engagement (SAFE): A Pilot Program
  Dr. Amanda M. Evans and Dr. Jessica Fripp
  College of Education (Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling)
  Amount: $20,000


• Improving Hearing Conservation Program Effectiveness for Alabama Industries
  Dr. Richard Sesek, Dr. Mark C. Schall, Jr., Dr. Sridhar Krishnamurti, and Dr. Norman E. Youngblood
  Industrial & Systems Engineering, College of Liberal Arts (Communication Disorders, Communication and Journalism)
  Amount: $19,984


• COPE – Canine Outreach Promoting Engagement
  Dr. Morgan Yordy, Dr. W. Stuart Pope
  School of Nursing
  Amount: $19,876

2016-17 Competitive Outreach Scholarship Grant Recipients at the 2016 Outreach Scholarship Symposium

• Bridging the Gap: Developing and Implementing a Culturally-Relevant Model to Address Mental Health Care Needs among African American Children in Macon County
  Steven K. Shapiro and Ayanda Chakawa
  College of Liberal Arts (Psychology)
  Amount: $23,325.00


• Translational Cancer Genetics Research Provides Telegentic Counseling Through Video-Conferencing to Underserved and At-Risk Individuals in Rural Alabama
  Nancy Merner, Meagan Farmer, Warren Smedley, Michael Smith, and Jatunn Gibson
  Harrison School of Pharmacy (Drug Discovery and Development), UAB School of Medicine (Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center/Service Line), ADPH Division of Video Communication & Distance Learning, College of Human Science (Human Development and Family Studies)
  Amount: $25,000.00


• Promoting Environmental Education for K-5 Students From Under-Resourced School Districts in Rural Alabama
  James P. Shepard, Ms. Jennifer Lolly, and Melody Russell
  School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, College of Education (Curriculum and Teaching)
  Amount: $23,000.00


• Abilities Unlimited: A Summer Camp for Childrean and Youth with Developmental Disabilities
  Melissa Pangelinan, Sheri Brock, Danielle Wadsworth, and Alice M. Buchanan
  College of Education (School of Kinesiology)
  Amount: $25,000.00


• Growing O Grows: Engaging Alternative School Students in Research and Action about Food Security
  Hanna C. Baggett, Carey E. Andrezejewski, Sean A. Forbes, and Daniel Wells
  College of Education (Ed. Foundations, Leadership and Technology), College of Agriculture (Horticulture)
  Amount: $21,500.00


• Cultivating Community Based Research By and With LGBTQ Southerners of Color
  Kamden K. Strunk
  College of Education (Ed. Foundations, Leadership and Technology)
  Amount: $24,938.00


• Auburn University Brain Imaging Visiting Fellowship (AU Brain Camp)
  Jennifer L. Robinson and Jeffery Katz
  College of Liberal Arts (Psychology)
  Amount: $21,256.00


• Implementing Multidisciplinary Diabetes for Improved Patient Care
  Heather P. Whitley
  Harrison School of Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice)
  Amount: $25,000.00

2015-16 Competitive Outreach Scholarship Grant Recipients at the 2015 Outreach Scholarship Symposium

• Increasing Access to Autism Evaluations in Alabama: Training Professionals on Diagnostic Procedures
  Dr. Chris Correia and Dr. Polly Dunn
  College of Liberal Arts (Psychology)
  Amount: $21,054.00


• Registered Dietitian Services and the Impact on Patient Outcomes in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Alabama
  Dr. Patricia Z. Marincic, Ms. Amie Hardin, and Ms. Susan Scott
  College of Human Sciences (Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management)
  Amount: $21,250.00


• Pilot of an Evaluation Protocol to Assess the Uptake of Treatment Innovations within Juvenile Corrections
  Dr. Christine M. Wienke Totura and Dr. Jan Newman
  College of Liberal Arts (Psychology)
  Amount: $21,150.00


• Reach Out to Assist Medicare Beneficiaries
  Dr. Salisa C. Westrick
  Harrison School of Pharmacy (Health Outcomes Research and Policy)
  Amount: $21,219.00


• Auburn University Brain Imaging Visiting Fellowship (AU Brain Camp)
  Dr. Jennifer L. Robinson and Dr. Jeffrey S. Katz
  College of Liberal Arts (Psychology)
  Amount: $16,207.00


• Opelika Grows: Planting Seeds for Sustained Localism
  Dr. Sean A. Forbes, Dr. Carey E. Andrzejewski, Dr. Brian A. Parr, and Dr. James D. Spiers
  College of Education
  Amount: $16,456.00


• Community Health Investment Program (CHIP)
  Dr. E. Jean Dubois and Dr. Margaret Williamson
  School of Nursing; Harrison School of Pharmacy
  Amount: $21,250.00


• Edamame in Alabama: Farmer Market Links for the Introduction and Evaluation of a Nutritious and Valuable Specialty Crop
  Dr. Beth Guertal and Dr. David B. Weaver
  College of Agriculture (Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences)
  Amount: $12,066.00


• Effect of Discount Coupons and Healthy Food Awareness Education on Healthy Food Purchase and Obesity
  Dr. Tannista Banerjee
  Business (Economics)
  Amount: $17,440.00


• Identifying and Celebrating Diversity in Alabama - A Community Partner Initiative
  Dr. Tessa W. Carr
  Liberal Arts (Theater)
  Amount: $15,260.00


• Science in Our Own Backyard: Investigating the Wetumpka Impact Crater
  Dr. David T. King, Jr. and Dr. Lucille W. Beardsley
  College of Sciences and Mathematics (Geology and Geography)
  Amount: $19,757.00

• DESIGNhabitat 5: Net Zero Ready Prototype Documentation
  Justin Miller and Robert Sproull
  College of Architecture, Design and Construction
  Amount: $18,200.00


• Improving Community Re-entry for Ex-Offenders by Partnering with the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles
  Melanie Iarussi and Peggy Shippen
  College of Education
  Amount: $18,174.00


• The Auburn University Stream Team: Preparing the Next Generation of Water Scientists
  Christopher J. Anderson, Eve Brantley, Michelle Cole and Eric Reutebuch
  School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Agriculture and AU Water Resource Center
  Amount: $11,538.00


• Strategic Community Revitalization Plan for Inner City Montgomery, AL--Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail along Oak, Jeff Davis, Holt, & Mobile Streets
  Jay Mittal, John J. Pittari, Sweta Byahut and Charlene Lebleu
  College of Architecture Design and Construction
  Amount: $18,200.00


• Mathematics for All: Making the Common Core Standards Accessible
  Margaret M. Flores, Vanessa Hinton, Megan Burton, and Michel Smith
  College of Education, and College of Science and Mathematics
  Amount: $18,076.00


• A Fit Force: Improving the physical readiness of citizen soldiers
  Danielle D. Wadsworth
  School of Kinesiology
  Amount: $18,072.00


• Development of a Service learning course that will prepare Veterinary Students to plan, organize and carry-out Public Veterinary care to Underserved Communities
  Barbara W. Kemppainen, Dawn Boothe, Stephanie Ostrowski, John Schumacher, Julie Gard, and David Pugh
  College of Veterinary Medicine
  Amount: $18,200.00

• Effectiveness of a MyPlate Social Marketing Campaign for Family Child Care Providers Enrolled in the Family Child Care Partnerships Program in Alabama
  Onikia Brown and Ellaine B. Miller
  Auburn Cooperative Extension Service and College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Using Positive Behavior Support in Physical Education (PBS-PE)
  Alice M. Buchanan, Vanessa Hinton and Margaret Flores
  College of Education
  Amount: $20,786.00


• Bridging a Curriculum Gap in Prisoner Education: A Collaboration of Colleges Innovating Solutions
  Doug Goodwin, Kyes Stevens and Alan Wilson
  College of Science and Mathematics, College of Agriculture, and College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Improving e-Pharmacy Literacy among Seniors through Intelligent Agent Technology
  Wi-Suk Kwon and Veena Chattaraman
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $19,956.00


• Medicare Part D Plan Selection Assistance for Seniors in Alabama
  Salisa C. Westrick
  Harrison School of Pharmacy
  Amount: $19,990


• Macon a Movable Feast: A Celebration of Food and Health in Macon County, Alabama
  Norbert Wilson, Michelle R. Worosz, Conner Bailey, Claire Zizza, and Jocelyn Zanzot
  College of Agriculture, College of Human Sciences, and College of Architecture, Design and Construction
  Amount: $20,000.00

• Integrated Design & Construction Outreach: Cordova, AL, Long Term Recovery
  Joshua Emig
  Architecture and Building Science
  Amount: $24,777.00


• Empowering Distressed Communities through Digital Signage Technologies for Effective Recovery from Disasters
  Chetan S. Sankar
  College of Business
  Amount: $27,000.00


• Developing Career and College Competencies: Preparing At-Risk Students to be Successful in Career and College Opportunities
  Amanda Evans
  College of Education
  Amount: $27,543.00


• Health-Enhancing Physical Education Initiative - Butler County Schools
  Pester Hastie
  College of Education
  Amount: $24,805.00


• Green Teams- Leading Green and Saving Green in Four Alabama Public Schools
  Lisa Kensler
  College of Education
  Amount: $26,964.00


• Developing a Virtual Community Support Network to Promote Rural Entrepreneurial Sustainability
  Sang-Eun Byun
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $26,982.00


• Tele-Health in Guatemala: Serving Hearing Healthcare Needs of Impoverished Children
  Kelli M. Watts
  College of Liberal Arts
  Amount: $12,312.00


• Auburn University Summer Science Institute
  Allen Landers
  College of Sciences and Mathematics
  Amount: $26,972.00

• No grants awarded this year

• No grants awarded this year

• Mathematics in Motion: Bridges between Visual Mathematics and Public Education
  Andras Bezdek
  College of Sciences and Mathematics
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Preservice Science Teachers Volunteering in an After-School Program: Service Learning through Environment Education Projects
  Carolyn Wallace
  College of Education
  Amount: $9,668.00


• An Evaluation of Attachment Training for Mentoring Effectiveness
  Elizabeth Brestan Knight
  College of Liberal Arts
  Amount: $15,149.00


• Alabama Partnership for Research and Training on Positive Academic and Behavior Supports
  DaShaunda Patterson
  College of Education
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Advanced Inferential Control of Kamyr Digesters
  Jin Wang
  College of Engineering
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Auburn University Audiology Outreach in Guatemala
  Sandra Clark-Lewis
  College of Liberal Arts
  Amount: $14,769.00

• Water Education for Alabama: WET
  Lorraine Wolf and Ming-Kuo Lee
  College of Sciences and Mathematics
  Amount: 6,380.00


• Enhancing the Educational Skills of Alabama's Prison Population
  Margaret Shippen and Keyes Stevens
  College of Education
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Alabama Partnership for Research and Training on Positive Academic and Behavior Supports
  Gregory Ern
  College of Education
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Auburn All STARS
  Nancy Barry, Edna Brabham & Bruce Murray
  College of Education
  Amount: $10,000.00


• Communication Infrastructure Pilot Project Proposal for Alabama's Black Belt
  Prathima Agrawal
  College of Engineering
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Making a Rural Health Promotion Connection: Caring for Alabama's Volunteer Citizen Servants
  Constance Smith Hendricks and Libba Reed
  College of Nursing
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Bridging the Digital Divide to Enhance Internet Technology Among the Elderly
  Veena Chattaraman, Juan Gilbert, and Wi-Suk Kwon
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $10,000.00

• Providing Diagnostic Services to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Training, Tele-Health, and Service Demonstration Project
  Jennifer M. Gillis
  College of Liberal Arts
  Amount: $19,992.48


• Improving the Basic Literacy Skills of Incarcerated Males in Two Alabama Correctional Facilities
  Margaret Shippen
  College of Education
  Amount: $19,997.50


• The Design Seed Outreach Project
  Tsai Lu Liu
  College of Architecture, Design & Construction
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Water Education for Alabama's Black Belt (WET)
  Ming-Kuo Lee
  College of Science and Math
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Camp KEMET (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics Equilibrium and Technology) Academy
  L. Octavia Tripp
  College of Education
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Outreach Project between AU, Harrison School of Pharmacy and the University of South Alabama, BreathMobile Program to improve asthma care in public school children
  Karen F. Marlowe
  School of Pharmacy
  Amount: $10,000.00

• L.I.F.E. in Science: Leadership Institute for Females Exceptional in Science
  Toni Alexander & Mary Lou Ewald
  College of Sciences and Mathematics
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Developing a Viable Retail Food Services Operation at the Rural Heritage Center in Thomaston, Alabama
  Robin Fellers
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $6,233.00


• The Twenty Thousand Dollar House: Phase III
  Andrew Freear
  College of Architecture, Design & Construction
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Prime III Ushering in a New Age of Electronic Voting
  Juan Gilbert
  College of Engineering
  Amount: $14,064.46


• Camp KEMET (Knowledge, Excellence in Mathematics Equilibrium and Arts Project
  Kimberly King-Jupiter
  College of Education
  Amount: $18,000.00


• Supporting the Efforts of the Black Belt: Superintendents' Coalition to Close the Achievement Gap
  Cindy Reed
  College of Education
  Amount: $16,000.00


• Building a Professional Knowledge Community for Problem-based History Study
  John W. Saye
  College of Education
  Amount: $15,000.00

• No grants awarded this year

• A Comprehensive Sickle Cell Medication Management and Education Program Supporting Juvenile Patients in the Lee County and Opelika School Systems
  Gregory Kochak
  School of Pharmacy
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Benchmarking Childhood Obesity in Alabama Through Body Scanning
  Pamela Ulrich
  Department of Consumer Affairs
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Prevention of Relapse and Recidivisim for Incarcerated Adolescents of Alabama
  Margaret Keiley
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $20,000.00


• DESIGNhabitat II: Bridging the Gap
  David Hinson
  School of Architecture
  Amount: $23,189.00


• Providing Group Parent-Child Interaction Therapy to Community Families
  Elizabeth Brestan
  Department of Psychology
  Amount: $18, 636.96


• A Community Outreach Center for Design and Construction
  D.K.Ruth, Linda Ruth, Emily Myers, and John Gaber
  College of Architecture
  Amount: $20,000.00

• Providing Group Parent-Child Interaction Therapy to High-Risk Families
  Elizabeth Brestan
  Department of Psychology
  Amount: $15,000.00


• Grow Your Own Jobs in West Alabama: AU's Outreach to Thomaston, Ala.: Phase II
  Robin Fellers
  College of Human Sciences
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Digital Microscopy in Earth Science
  Willis Hames
  Department of Geology and Geography
  Amount: $16,000.00


• Building the Persistent Issues of History Learning Community
  John Saye
  Curriculum and Teaching
  Amount: $19,000.00


• Black Freemen's Farm Environmental Art and Sciences Outreach Project for Black Belt Alabama Youth
  Upton Hatch
  AU's Environmental Institute
  Amount: $12,000.00


• Tailoring the Encyclopedia of Alabama for the K-12 Community
  Jeff Jakeman
  Department of History
  Amount: $19,720.00


• Untitled: Documentary Film re: Lowndes CO Public School System
  Jim McKelly
  Department of English
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Center for Memory and Healthy Aging
  Kathy Jo Ellison and Arlene Morris
  School of Nursing
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Youth Experiences in Science
  Marllin Simon and Robert Lishak
  Department of Physics and Department of Biology
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Pilot Testing an Early Childhood world Citizenship Curriculum: A Community Collaboration
  Mary Rudisill and Alice Buchanan
  Department of Health and Human Performance
  Amount: $19,000.00


• A Community Outreach Center for Design and Construction
  D.K.Ruth, John Gaber and Linda Ruth
  Department of Architecture/Building Science
  Amount: $20,000.00

• Gaining Access to Pharmacy Services: Hale County
  Debbie Byrd and Charles Taylor
  School of Pharmacy
  Amount: $25,000.00


• West Alabama Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program
  Keenan Grenell and Cal Clark
  Department of Political Science
  Amount: $25,000.00


• Grow Your Own Jobs
  Robin Fellers
  Department of Nutrition and Food Science
  Amount: $21,500.00


• West Alabama Aquaculture Honors Program
  Len Vining and Greg Whitis
  Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
  Amount: $20,000.00


• Creating the Leadership Sumter County Program
  William Sauser
  School of Business and AU's Environmental Institute
  Amount: $10,000.00