Student Success Funded Proposals
As part of Mizzou’s work to strengthen student success, there was a call for proposals for units could complete to request funding to support efforts that enhance teaching and learning. President Choi and Provost Ramchand are pleased to announce the 51 proposals which received funding through MizzouForward to enhance student success. An overview of the funded proposals are below. We will provide updates as the units begin to use the funding to enhance student success across our institution.
| Department/Unit | Contact Person | Project Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Amy Moum | Renovation and technology enhancements for 2-06 Agriculture Science Building |
| Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Amy Moum | Conversion of 2-07 Agriculture Science Building to a technology enhanced active learning (TEAL) classroom |
| Animal Sciences | Bryon Wiegand | Upgrades to audio-visual technology in two classrooms. |
| Architectural Studies | Bimal Balakrishnan, Lyria Bartlett, and Deborah Verniz | Create an outdoor space for the installation of large-scale fabrication and design prototypes where students can evaluate and test their artifacts in real-world conditions. |
| Arts & Science Dean’s Office | Nicole Monnier | Creation of an Arts & Science undergraduate space on campus to provide an physical space that is easily accessible personnel dedicated to their academic success through advising, high impact learning opportunities, career readiness, as well as a sense of belonging. |
| Biochemistry | Sharyn Freyermuth | Update of equipment and to improve infrastructure and support of the teaching laboratories in Biochemistry. |
| Biological Sciences | David Schulz | Creation of two new teaching microscopy labs that can serve up to 48 students at a time with 24 new high quality teaching microscopes. |
| Center for Academic Success & Excellence | Elijah Thorn | Creation of a multi-media room/production studio inside the CASE office including renovation, production equipment, laptops and other technology required to produce content to enhance access to these student success resources. |
| College of Education & Human Development | Jennifer Fellabaum-Toston | Renovate 202 Townsend into a Technology-Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classroom |
| Civil Engineering | Praveen Edara | Enhancements to increase capabilities in providing hands-on experiences and visual learning for undergraduate students and K-12 outreach, particularly for the visualization and understanding of structural and ground movements. |
| Electrical Engineering | Ye Duan | Purchase of MiddleVR software, which is essential to support teaching and learning of students in immersive visualization environments. |
| Engineering | Noah Manring | New Torsion Testing Machine |
| Engineering | Noah Manring | Audio & video equipment upgrades to Ketcham Auditorium |
| Engineering | Noah Manring | Renovation to Pulsed Power Building |
| Engineering – Information Technology | Brian Maurer | Enterprise edition of the Boston Dynamics Spot robot |
| Engineering – Information Technology#2 | Brian Maurer | Addition of a full body scanning, including finger and facial capturing, capabilities into our existing Extended reality (XR) curriculum and lab capacity. |
| Extension | Michael Krauch | Expanding the technology, tools and physical classroom modifications to increase audience reach and improve capacity for learning. |
| Geological Sciences | Mian Liu, Sarah Jacquet | Update the Geological Science Teaching Collection. |
| Graduate School | Jeni Hart | The MU Graduate Student Success Center will be a dedicated space to function as a social and intellectual hub for current graduate students, and a place for peer and near peer interactions for recruitment and retention of graduate students, and mentoring of students seeking national prestigious fellowships and awards. |
| Health Professions | Rose Hayden | Updates to the main student lobby in Lewis and Clark Halls. |
| Health Professions | Stephanie Reid-Arndt | Purchasing computers for students engaged in electronic health/medical records documentation associated with providing patient care in SHP teaching clinics. |
| Health Professions – Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences | Kathy Moss | Creation of an Image Analysis Lab |
| Health Professions – Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences – Nuclear Medicine | Kathy Moss | Creation of a Nuclear Medicine Teaching Laboratory in Lewis Hall |
| Health Professions – Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences – DMU | Kathy Moss | Investment in ultrasound scanning equipment for the DMU Teaching Laboratory |
| Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering | James Noble | Upgrade to an AR learning platform by integrating state-of-the-art indoor real-time location technology and the 3D full-body motion capture system. |
| Information Science & Learning Technologies | Cynthia Dudenhoffer | Creation of a WeMake space that includes diverse and current technologies that will allow SISLT, the CEHD, and other units across campus to utilize the lab’s functionality to re-energize the coursework, research, outreach, and student activities centered around the space. |
| Law | Ben Trachtenberg | Enhancements to Classroom 7 in Hulston Hall |
| Law Enforcement Training Institute | John Worden | Funding a virtual realty training system to be used to train law enforcement officers on campus and around the state. |
| Libraries | Deb Ward | Purchase of ebooks would support the success of all students by providing easy 24/7 access to the materials. |
| MU Fire and Rescue Testing | John Worden | Funding for a virtual realty system to be used for training members of the fire service throughout the State of Missouri. |
| Music | Julia Gaines | Updates to the AV/IT in the Music portion of the Fine Arts Building. |
| Natural Resources | Patrick Market | Updated equipment in the soil lab. |
| Natural Resources | Patrick Market | Upgrade the current computing infrastructure, and also purchase a suite of broadcast-ready weather graphics and equipment to allow for the production and dissemination of quality weather forecasts and seasonal climate outlooks to the University of Missouri campus and beyond. |
| Natural Resources | Robin Rotman | Creation of healthy classrooms in the School of Natural Resources |
| Nursing | Sharon Zahn | Support for EHR Go supports nursing students as they learn to use technology in their implementation of practice human-centered care. |
| Nutrition and Exercise Physiology | Jill Kanaley | MUFITT aims to markedly enhance the experiential learning of our students which will build-on and complement the MU campus vision of translational and precision medicine. |
| Occupational Therapy | Crystal Gateley | New technology and software for classroom instruction, lab equipment and supplies for hands-on student learning in classrooms and clinics and board certification test preparation materials. |
| Office of Financial Success | Jim Green | Development of a new workshop outlining financial planning concepts concentrating on student financial aid processes and availability. |
| Physics and Astronomy | Paul Miceli | Upgrades to the Advanced Physics Laboratory (APL), instrument acquisition and computer software. |
| Physics and Astronomy/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Paul Miceli and Carlos Wexler, Physics; Craig Kleuver | The Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Physics Departments are proposing a new cross-listed laboratory course to be called Mechatronics Laboratory. |
| Plant Science & Technology | Heike Buecking | Purchase of advanced biotechnology lab equipment to enhance newly renovated teaching lab space within the Agriculture Building. |
| Political Science/Teaching for Learning Center | Lael Kaiser, Tori Mondelli | Redesign project to incorporate Game-Based Learning (GBL) which leverages innovative, experiential, and multi-modal opportunities for increased student engagement and learning. |
| Student Success Center | Christina Brown | Updates to the Student Success Center space on the lower floor. |
| Student Success Center | Christina Brown | Updates to the Student Success Center space on the main floor. |
| Student Unions Facilities | Tracy Schultz | Updates to 10 classrooms in Strickland Hall |
| Surgery | Andrew Wheeler | The Department of Surgery in collaboration with the College of Engineering received funding to support the educational training of medical students, surgical residents in multiple specialties and surgical fellows in the discipline of surgical techniques, as well as engineering students with an interest in 3-dimensional (3D) printing. |
| Textile and Apparel Management | Jung Ha-Brookshire | Updates and re-envisioning of Kitty Dickerson and Knipschild Design Labs. |
| Undergraduate Research | Christina Brown | Addition of a soundmasking system |
| Veterinary Medicine | Kile Townsend | Purchase of a SynDaver Equine Head Model to provide the review of basic anatomy and for students to get hands on experience prior to working with an animal. |
| Visual Studies | Lee Ann Garrison | Purchase of new and up-to-date film production equipment. |
| Visual Studies | Deborah Huelsbergen | Creation of a student centered, flexibility based, state-of-the-art professional graphic design studio |