RESEARCH, CURRICULUM AND THE ARTS
Grant received to study high-risk
drinking and behavior AUGUST 2009 :: The William & Mary School of Education received a federal grant to study high-risk drinking and behavior among college students. The two-year grant, totaling $276,804, was provided by
the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug- Free Schools. The School of Education was one of 20 recipi- ents across the country to receive the grant. Jill Russett, who has been appointed project coordinator
to oversee the grant, said the project will focus on solutions to prevent and reduce high-risk drinking among college students. Charles F. Gressard, an associate professor in the counseling program in the School of Education, will serve as project director. The project staff partnered with the Office of Student
Affairs to develop the grant proposal for the project, which will support a variety of substance-abuse programs and research activities on campus. Funded programs include prevention and education
programming in collaboration with the fraternities and sororities, continued research on the topic, and collaboration of key stakeholders with an interest in substance-abuse out- reach efforts on campus.
Rare Michelangelo drawings come to the Muscarelle — This past spring, the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary was the only U.S. venue for “Michelangelo: Anatomy of Architecture,” an exhibit featuring some of the Renaissance artist’s rarest — and most treasured — drawings, depicting the anatomy of the human body and architecture. Above, Pina Ragionieri, director of the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy — which houses the finest collection of Michelangelo drawings — takes a moment between installing drawings borrowedfromhermuseumtoreadtheMuscarellenewsletter.
Federal grant received to expand
science and engineering education OCTOBER 2009 :: A William & Mary program to encourage science and engineering educa- tion in middle schools was taken to the national level after receiving $900,000 in federal funding last October. The STEM Education Alliance at the
School of Education received the funding as part of its ongoing partnership with the U.S. Department ofDefense’s National Defense Education Program (NDEP). The program — which works with school districts to encour- age middle school students to explore careers in science, technology, engineering
Charles F. Gressard (left) and Jill Russett at the School of Education, who will oversee the grant project on high-risk drinking and behav- ior among college students
and mathematics (STEM) — has received more than $3.8 mil- lion in federal support. The new funding will enable officials to expand their
reach to eight states, including Virginia, and will also support two newinitiatives:an educationalmagazine for middle school teachers and the launch of
thewww.stemeducation.org website. Under the direction of Gail Hardinge,
Associate Professor of Education Gail Hardinge, project director of the STEM Education Alliance based at William & Mary
16 The College of William & Mary / President’s Report 2010 / THE YEAR IN REVIEW
clinical associate professor at the School of Education, the STEM Education Alliance works with school divisions near Navy bases to develop curriculum programs. The goal is to improve student interest and attitude toward STEM careers; strengthen peer, family and school support; and increase the number of students taking college-preparatory math- ematics and science courses.
STEPHEN SALPUKAS
COURTESY OF THE MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART
STEPHEN SALPUKAS
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