Ten student projects designed to strengthen established
scholarly collaborations or encourage new ones between Duke University and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill each have been awarded $5,000
grants.
This is the second year that a three-year grant from the
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation has
funded the collaborative projects. The success of last year's program
encouraged more submissions this semester, officials from both schools said.
"The selection process is difficult because the quality
of the submissions is so high," said Carol Tresolini, provost for academic
initiatives at UNC-Chapel Hill and co-chair of the grant selection committee.
Each project is required to include at least one public
exhibition, presentation or performance, and preference is given to proposals
made jointly by students from both universities.
The 2012 recipients are:
-- LGBTQ and Ally Leadership Retreat
-- Emerging Scholars of Media and Technology
-- Triangle Race Conference
-- The Duke-UNC South Asian Classical Music Partnership
-- Mobile Savings Innovations
-- UNC-Duke Immigrant Advocacy Network
-- Campus and Community in Comedic Collaboration "C4"
-- UNC Duke China Leadership Summit
-- Choosing for Health: A Nutrition Education and Youth
Empowerment Initiative in Durham and Chapel Hill
-- The Scientists with Stories Project: a media training
collaboration at the coastal laboratories of Duke & UNC-Chapel Hill
"Last year's grantees demonstrated highly successful
collaborative efforts between students from our two great universities, and I
have no doubt the 2012 Kenan-Biddle Partnership grantees will contribute
admirably to our mutual benefit and growth," said Larry Moneta, vice
president for Student Affairs at Duke and co-chair of the grant selection
committee.
Last year's funded projects ranged from sustainable
agriculture to contemporary poetry. For a full listing of last year's grantees,
visit http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/kenan-biddle/2011-grantees.
Visit http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/kenan-biddle for
more information about the partnership and submission guidelines.
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The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust was created in
1965 from the estate of alumnus William R. Kenan, Jr., a member of UNC's class
of 1894. The Kenan family's ties to UNC date back to 1790 when James Kenan, a
member of the University's first Board of Trustees, contributed $50 to the
construction of Old East, the nation's first state university building. The
Kenan Charitable Trust and related Kenan entities and family members
represented the single largest donor to the University's last major fundraising
drive, the Carolina First Campaign, committing nearly $70 million.