WIC Development Grants Awarded
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Spring 2005

Valley Library
Anne-Marie Dietering, Proposer

Goal: A group of OSU librarians is interested in learning about graduating seniors' knowledge, experiences and attitudes about research and writing. On behalf of the project group, Anne-Marie Deitering has been awarded a WIC grant (matching Library funds) to conduct the study, which has received IRB approval. Grant funding will provide incentives for graduating seniors to complete an online survey and participate in a focus group. Additionally, the grant will support the equipment necessary to collect and analyze the data. The College of Science (COS) is represented by four courses and CLA by five courses.

Food Science and Technology
Dan Smith, Proposer

Goal: Dan Smith (FS) has been awarded travel funding to present the results of a WIC-related research project at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Conference (NACTA) in Wooster, Ohio, this June. Smith's poster presentation, "A Laboratory and Writing Intensive Course in Food Analysis," is about FST's experience developing and executing a course that integrates laboratory work with intensive writing.

School of Education
Michael Dalton, Proposer

The School of Education will initiate two new double degree programs in the fall of 2005 (workforce Settings and Community Settings) which will qualify graduates to teach in a variety of workplace and community environments. Michael Dalton and Darlene Russ-Eft have received funding from WIC to develop the three-credit WIC course (ED 417) for the students working towards a degree in Workforce Settings and Community Settings.

College of Business
Keven Malkewitz, Proposer

Keven Malkewitz has been awarded WIC funding for a Phase II Grant (COB matching) supporting research on Visual Fluency in Writing. Based on the knowledge that the visual characteristics of written texts influence the ease, speed, and accuracy with which readers comprehend texts (documents, PowerPoint, tables, graphs, etc.), Malkewitz will conduct research on the topic and create guidelines for writers wishing to achieve visual fluency. He will disseminate information he's collected to WIC faculty and the broader OSU community. Top