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Check out what grants have been recently awarded!
Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant program
Funding Agency:Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Project Director(s):Paula Linker
Synopsis:Lake Land College received an award of $27,475 for the Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant Program from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. This award will support the establishment of a Community Technology Center at Lake Land's Adult Education Center by funding the equipment, staff, and curriculum necessary to reach program goals. The goal of the Eliminate the Digital Divide program is "to increase access to computers and telecommunications technology and related training for populations residing in under-served communities." Program activities provide technology literacy training and assist residents in competing in the emerging global economy.
Community Investment Grant
Funding Agency:Pioneer Hi-Bed International, Inc.
Project Director(s):Mark Niemerg
Synopsis:Lake Land College received a $4,000 Community Investment Grant from the Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Grant funds will be used for tiling the College's Land Laboratory in order to remove excess water from the research area. While many of the plots are used as educational tools for Lake Land's agriculture programs, the area is also currently being utilized by Pioneer Hybrids as a demonstration and training site for the Pioneer sales force, as a "show plot" for local producers, and as a site to gather 3rd party yield data. In addition, DuPont herbicides are utilized on this land to demonstrate the effectiveness of their products.
Safety and Educational Grant program
Funding Agency:Illinois Public Risk Fund
Project Director(s):Andrea Imes
Synopsis:Lake Land College has been selected by the Illinois Public Risk fund to receive a grant award in the amount of $10,200.00. This is the largest grant the college has ever received under the program. The project period runs from May 9, 2011, to April 30, 2012, and grant funding will be used for several campus safety projects, including a barrier gate to block the alley along the bookstore, longer floor mats for several buildings that have slick floors in inclement weather, an online safety training program, and air purifier filters for the fitness center.
Adult Education's GED Plus program
Funding Agency:Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Project Director(s):Brian Haskins
Synopsis:Lake Land College has been selected by the Dollar General literacy Foundation to receive a grant award of $6,782.72. This award will support Adult Education's "GED Plus" program, which helps students develop skills, not only in GED completion, but also in work readiness and college preparedness. Lake Land's Adult Education program plans to serve approximately 312 district students enrolled in GED preparatory courses. "GED Plus" transitional resources and events will be offered at various locations throughout the district, and this grant will assist these students by offsetting the costs of transportation to course sites. Upon completion of the program, students will have the resources and competencies required to be better prepared for the workforce and/or transition into post-secondary education.
TRIO Educational Talent Search
Funding Agency:United States Department of Education
Project Director(s):Lori Ohnesorge
Synopsis:Lake Land College has been awarded a second TRIO Educational Talent Search grant beginning September 1, 2011. The total award is approximately $1,150,000, with an annual award of $230,000 over the next five years. The Talent Search program identifies and assists individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The goal of Talent Search is to increase the number of youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who complete high school and enroll in and complete their postsecondary education. Outreach advisors travel to the target schools to provide an array of direct services to participating students, including academic, financial, career, and personal counseling; career exploration and aptitude assessment; assistance in completing college admissions and financial aid applications; focused workshops for participants and their families; organized college and cultural experiences; and coordination of tutor and mentor activities.
Comprehensive Training in 21st Century Green Job Training
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Project Director(s): Ron Sanderson
Synopsis: Lake Land College has been selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to receive a Community Based Job Training (CBJT) grant. The College received its total request of $2,542,762 for the three-year project and is the only institution in Illinois to receive a CBJT award in 2010. Out of 323 applications submitted by community colleges and other eligible organizations nationwide, 41 received funding in this fifth and final round of CBJT grants. This is the largest single competitive grant award in the history of the College.
The project, Comprehensive Training in 21st Century Green Job Training, was developed because many of the College's current technology programs are changing as a result of the global carbon-reduction movement and require new skill sets for current workers, and because new and emerging industries within the green workforce are projected to grow within the region. This project will focus on training incumbent workers and the high number of dislocated and unemployed district residents for careers in green technology, such as building retrofitting, solar and wind power, and smart grid technologies. To meet the varying needs of local employers in a variety of closely related green job industries, the College will utilize industry feedback to adapt existing courses, develop new curricula, and create several flexible training options to better address the needs of non-traditional students.
Growing Agricultural Science Teachers
Funding Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Project Director(s):Ron Sanderson
Synopsis: Lake Land College received a Growing Agricultural Science Teachers (GAST) Grant to promote the profession of Agriculture Education through recruitment and retention activities. This is the second year that ISBE has offered this grant program and the second consecutive award to Lake Land College. Through this grant, Lake Land will purchase marketing materials and provide outreach to 15 in-district high schools that have existing Agriculture Education programs, provide paid internships for 8 Lake Land College and 8 high school agriculture students to gain relevant work experience, award 8 scholarships of $500 each for Spring Semester 2010, provide individual mentoring to Lake Land students interested in agricultural education careers, and deliver professional development to 35 high school and college instructors.
Alternative Energy Training Project
Funding Agency: Lumpkin Family Foundation
Project Director(s): Joe Tillman
Synopsis: Lake Land College has received a grant award from the Lumpkin Family Foundation in the amount of $94,175. Grant funds will be used to purchase training equipment and materials for wind and solar technician courses, including a 10 kW wind turbine on a 90 ft. tower, a 1 kW solar PV installation, materials for a 500 W student-built wind turbine on a 50 ft. tower, portable wind anemometers, and other related laboratory materials.
WIA Manufacturing Training Grant
Funding Agency: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Project Director(s): Rob Westcott
Synopsis: Lake Land College has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the Illinois department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) under the WIA Manufacturing Training GrantsAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. Lake Land's Center for Business and Industry partnered with Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) in this project. Both institutions will use grant funds to assist participating employers in the respective community college districts with implementation of Manufacturing Reliability Excellence, which is a structured methodology for improving plant Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and ensuring long-term reliability of critical manufacturing assets.
Thermal Efficiency for Public Facilities Program
Funding Agency: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Project Director(s):
Synopsis: Lake Land College has been awarded a grant of $280,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) under the Thermal Efficiency for Public Facilities ARRA program. This funding has been allocated by DCEO to pay a portion of the costs of installing 140 wells, and for geothermal conversion of the Northwest classroom building, the Learning Resource Center, and the Webb Hall classroom building.
Community Renewable Energy Program
Funding Agency: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Project Director(s): Joe Tillman
Synopsis: Lake Land College has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the Illinois department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) under the ARRA Community Renewable Energy Program. This funding has been allocated by DCEO for the purchase and installation a 100kW wind turbine on Lake Land's campus.
Cooperative Work Study Program
Funding Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education
Project Director(s): Tina Moore
Synopsis: IBHE selected Lake Land College to receive a Fiscal Year 2010 Cooperative Work Study Program (CWSP) Grant in the amount of $27,600, which was the fifth largest of the 22 awards to community colleges and among the top 20 largest awards for all 51 colleges and universities. Ten employers, including two local city governments, have committed their participation for 2010. All employers will pay 50 percent of students' wages, and students will be required to complete three learning objectives and to research Illinois job opportunities in their career field. The program is designed to create new employer/college partnerships and to encourage many employers to join Lake Land's existing co-op employment program. Employers in that program pay 100 percent of student wages.
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