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The Three-College Collaboration is pleased to announce the first round of awards in the Mellon Presidential Innovation Project Fund. We were gratified to see the number, quality, and variety and applications. Proposals came from across the campus constituencies – students, faculty, and staff – and with projects leaders from all three colleges.
Proposals were evaluated by faculty, staff, and student committees as appropriate, final decisions being made by the provosts, the director and associate director of the Collaboration, and approved by the presidents. All 12 of the successful projects involve participation from all three colleges. Several of the projects build on the Collaboration’s new sustainability program. A total of $58,850 was awarded.
The project titles, team members and their affiliations are:
Three-College Transportation Alternatives
Project leader: Thomas Dugger, Student, Olin College; other team members: Colby Sato and Avery Louie, Olin students; Roger Crafts, Dean of Student Life, Olin College; Samantha Flattery, Shirley Lu, Iris Lin, Christina Rieth and Sophia Mo, Wellesley students
Applicable Mathematics across the Three-College Collaboration
Project leader: Oscar Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Wellesley College; other team members: Alex Diesel, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Wellesley College; Megan Kerr, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Wellesley College; Aaron Hoffman, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Olin College; Sarah Spence Adams, Associate professor of Mathematics, Olin College; Steven Erikson, Chair of Mathematics and Science Division, Babson College
Entrepreneurship Field Trips
Project leader: Steve Gold, Senior Partner for Entrepreneurship, Olin College; other team members: Kate Grandjean, Assistant Professor of History, Wellesley College; Candida Brush, Division Chair for Entrepreneurship, Babson College; Janet Strimaitis, Managing Director of the Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College
Careers in Sustainability: Job Fair and Career Education
Project leader: Vicky Keller, Associate Director, Career Curriculum, Babson College; other team members: Eric Sullivan, Associate Director center for Work and Service, Wellesley College; Sally Phelps, Director of Post Graduate Planning, Olin College
Provisional Aesthetics: International Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Project leader: David Kelley, Assistant Professor of Art, Wellesley College; other team members: Michele Oshima, Director of Sorenson Arts Center, Babson College; Helen Donis-Keller, Professor of Biology and Art, Olin College; Danielle Krcmar, Artist in Residence, Babson College
Asian-American Identity in Higher Education
Project director: Yoon Sun Lee, Associate Professor of English, Director of American Studies, Wellesley College; other team members: Elena Creef, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Wellesley College; Koichi Hagimoto, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Wellesley College; Soo Hong, Assistant Professor of Education, Wellesley College; James Kodera, Professor of Religion, Wellesley College; Nikhil Rao, Associate professor of History, Wellesley College; Karen Shih, Assistant Dean of Intercultural Education, Wellesley College; Rachel Shuen, President, Wellesley Asian Alliance; Pan Asian Council members; Michele Oshima, Director, Sorenson Center, Babson College; Xinghua Li, Assistant professor, Babson College; Mark Chang, Associate Professor, Olin College; Olin and Babson student representatives
Shared Library Platform to Support Sustainability Certificate Program
Project leader: Dee Magnoni, Library Director, Olin College; other team members: Jack Cahill, Manager of Research and Instructional Services, Babson College; Heather Woods, Director, Research and Instructional Support, Wellesley College
Student-Inspired and Created Murals
Project leader: Stephanie Osser, Ceramics Studio Manager and Instructor, Babson College; other team members: Olin, Babson and Wellesley student representatives
Global Student Leader Consortium
Project leader: Amir Reza, Director of International and Multicultural Education, Babson College; other team members: Karen Zuffante Pabon, Director of Slater International Center, Wellesley College; Alison Black, Assistant Dean of Student Life, Olin College
Three-College Participation in the USA Science & Engineering Festival
Project leader: Cathy Summa, Director of the Science Center, Wellesley College; other team members: Vikki Rodgers, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Babson College; Chuck Winrich, Director of Natural Science, Babson College; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Associate Professor of Physics, Olin College of Engineering
On-line Platform for Social Good
Project leaders: Miguel Vazquez and Alina Rodriguez, Students, Babson College; other team members: Melissa Hawkins, Director of Service and Stipend Programs, Wellesley College; Lisa Thomas, Director of Community Engagement and Multi-faith Programs, Wellesley College; Rebecca Schutzengel, Olin College student
Pedagogical Research and Training
Project leaders: Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Associate Professor of Physics, Olin College and Veronica Darer, Senior Lecturer, Wellesley College; other team member: Nathaniel Karst, Assistant Professor in the Math and Science Division, Babson College
