Iowa Lakes Community College was awarded a $587,298 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The award will support the establishment of a Veterans Center of Excellence at the College's Estherville, IA campus from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Center will provide direct services and implement innovative strategies to improve postsecondary opportunities for...
Independence Community College received a $1,032,565 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant period runs from December 31, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The grant will support Independence Community College's efforts to foster post-secondary employment, apprenticeship, internship, and higher education opportunities for rural communities in...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,225,606.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant supports a partnership between Independence Community College, a Tribal agency, an arts center, and an employment office to enhance career and college preparation in rural Kansas and Oklahoma. The funding will be used to develop innovative educational strategies, expand...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Cowley County Community College a $225,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the college's IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS AND RETENTION USING DATA AND INTRUSIVE ADVISING project from October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2025. The project aims to provide intrusive advising and leverage student data to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand opportunities...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, supports the development of an interprofessional healthcare simulation initiative at Inver Hills Community College (IHCC) in Rosemount, Minnesota. The grant funding will enable IHCC, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, to create innovative educational programs that prepare students...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 was made on August 13, 2024 to Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). This congressionally directed grant funding is intended to support a wide range of economic development and community development activities that...
The Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, doing business as Normandale Community College, received a three-year, $949,864 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant funding will support the development of a new Student Resource Center and Student Healthcare Center at Normandale Community College in order to enhance student support services and make...
The Rhode Island College was awarded a two-year, $500,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the college's Professional and Continuing Studies Innovation and Leadership Program (ILP) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. As described in the FIPSE program, the funding will assist the college in implementing institutional...
Ivy TECH Community College Of Indiana was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The award will support the IVY ON THE GO! MOBILE EDUCATION UNIT project from September 1, 2022 through August 30, 2024. The project aims to provide innovative outreach and educational services to residents across Indianapolis, Indiana through a mobile...
The Salt Lake Community College received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant was awarded under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to support the College's SLCC College Internship Program from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The two-year project funding will allow the College to directly provide community college students expanded postsecondary opportunities through...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Indian Hills Community College a three-year, $2,014,289 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support the Iowa College and Career Transition Counselor Initiative to expand one-on-one counseling services for high school juniors, seniors, and first-year college students. Fifteen Iowa community colleges will each hire additional transition counselors to help students identify career pathways, enroll in postsecondary education, and ensure success. Counselors will provide advising, career exploration, assistance applying for aid and admissions, entrance exam preparation, and academic planning. In addition to serving students, counselors will collaborate with schools, families, and college staff. Sub-awards were provided to each of the fifteen community colleges to support hiring counselors and delivering these services between September 2022 through August 2025.