The grants will be used to support initiatives aimed at first-generation college student success and mental health and wellness.

Valley Health Systems contributed $25,000 to the school to enhance its simulation lab, helping to ensure healthcare students are learning on updated technology.

Davenport University is seeing its largest on campus population ever, and saw nearly 1,000 new students joining the campus community on move in day.

Bay College and the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center have teamed up to host two Cards of Hope events for community members to write cards to veterans for Suicide Prevention Month.

Stuart Jones has accepted the executive director position at Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Research Institute, and will begin in January. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station at Gull Lake.

The grant will support the enhancement of oncology education in nursing.

Nashville Diaper Connection, which supplies student parents with a diaper scholarship for their young children, has a presence at ten other Tennessee colleges and universities.

The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant will help Tennessee Tech provide resources to students from underserved rural areas in Tennessee to help them continue their education.

The project has been in the works since the Fall 2022 semester and aims to be a more convenient way for students and faculty to move about campus, in addition to being more sustainable than physical ID cards.

The $50,000 Student Engagement, Retention and Success (SERS) grant comes from the Tennessee Board of Regents and will fund a number of elements of the school’s project “Well-Being Initiative: Cultivating Mental Wellness at Columbia State.”