BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Nebraska State College System

4/12-4/13/07 Board Meeting Minutes
Grant Applications
The following grant applications and awards were presented to the Board for information.
Chadron State Applications
• False River Wetland Education through Maps and Aerial Photography
(WETMAPP) Barataria-Terebonne National Estuary Program) -- $13,000
• Learning Healthy Personal and College Lifestyle CHOICES from a Student-Team
(National Collegiate Athletic Association) -- $30,000
• Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country, a Traveling Exhibition to Libraries
(American Library Association) -- $1,000
Wayne State Applications
• Combinatorial Matrix Theory (CURM: Center for Undergraduate Research in
Mathematics at Brigham Young University & National Science Foundation) --
$16,600
• Effects of Body Composition on Glucose and Insulin Response to 6 Weeks of
Progressive Resistance Training in Young, Healthy Females (National Strength
and Conditioning Association) -- $5,000
• Nebraska Business Development Center (U.S. Small Business Administration
through the University of Nebraska at Omaha) -- $55,000
• Wayne State College Violence Prevention Project (U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Violence Against Women) -- $299,975
Wayne State Awards
• Black History Month, “Daughters of Africa” (Nebraska Arts Council) -- $500
• Geographic Educators of Nebraska 06-07 (National Geographic Education
Foundation) -- $72,000
• Language Arts Festival (Nebraska Humanities Council) -- $600
• L.I.F.E.: Literacy Is For Everyone (Nebraska Coordinating Commission for
Postsecondary Education Improving Teacher Quality: State Grant Program) --
$59,899
• Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Arboretum Project (Lower Elkhorn
Natural Resources District) -- $3,932.50
• NAS Travel Expenses 07 (The Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Inc.) -- $660
• Nebraska Business Development Center (U.S. Small Business Administration
through the University of Nebraska at Omaha) -- $57,000 (revised amount)
• Northeast Nebraska Educator Development Cohort for K-6 Paraprofessionals
(Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Improving Teacher
Quality: State Grant Program) -- $99,993.60
• Plains Writer’s Fiesta (Nebraska Humanities Council) -- $1,000
• Service Learning and Social Capital: Bridging Youth, Communities, and Higher
Education in Northeast Nebraska (Corp. for National Service/Midwest
Consortium for Service Learning in Higher Education/University of Nebraska-
Lincoln) -- $20,000
Contracts and Change Orders
The following contracts and change orders were presented to the Board for information.
Chadron State Contracts
• Nelson Physical Activity Center – (professional design services for mechanical
room access) - $10,500
• Heat Plant – (professional design services for access stairs to tunnel) - $2,400
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