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