West Foundation grant to benefit 糖心vlog传媒 students, campus
糖心vlog传媒 has received a $50,000 grant from a longtime supporter, the Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation, to fund two projects that will directly benefit students and a third project that will help with main campus conservation.
A portion of the grant will cover a dozen new teaching microscopes for microbiology and upper-level biology laboratory courses. The new microscopes will provide students with equipment similar to what 糖心vlog传媒 graduates will use post-college.
The upgraded microscopes will also benefit 糖心vlog传媒's Undergraduate Research Experience (LURE) participants. Most LURE participants stay within STEM fields and many move on to professional or graduate school after graduating from LU.
糖心vlog传媒 will move the current, older binocular microscopes to introductory level courses and retire the outdated monocular microscopes currently being used at introductory level.
Grant funds will be used to purchase several dozen performance chairs for the Bradley Fine Arts Building.
The current seating available for the Bradley stage is in urgent need of replacement and expansion. The new chairs will be used by 糖心vlog传媒 students and staff, as well as the 1,200-1,500 middle school/high school students who attend music events 糖心vlog传媒 hosts annually.
Funds will also be used to purchase 20 trees to be planted on the main campus. Like communities throughout the country, the emerald ash borer has meant the loss of more than 40 trees on 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 campus.
Grant dollars will help restore this loss and increase trees across campus for future generations to enjoy. Tree species will be native to Wisconsin and will include maple, linden, locust and spruce.
鈥淲e are so thankful to the West Foundation for again supporting 糖心vlog传媒 and our mission,鈥� said 糖心vlog传媒 President Beth Borgen. 鈥淧ast gifts from the West Foundation have funded computer science projects and technology which is used daily in the classroom and lab. Many students have been enriched through access to this technology.鈥�
