The EWU Foundation Start Something Big (SSB) Program seeks innovative proposals from faculty and staff that will enhance the university and its mission, support the university’s Strategic Plan, provide opportunities for development and research as well as increase student participation. Since 2010 Eastern Washington University Foundation has awarded more than $203,000 in grants to faculty and staff impacting student success.
Projects Supported by Start Something Big Grant Funds
| Quarter | Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2016 | Robin O'Quinn, Laurie Morley & Camille McNeely | Biology/PEHR | Curriculum Development for a New Sustainability Major |
| Winter 2016 | Tara Haskins & Vince Aleccia | Education | Cultural Competence & Equity Pedagogy |
| Winter 2016 | Sheila Woodward | Music | John Lennon Educational Bus Visit to EWU |
| Winter 2016 | Jennifer Thomson | Geology | Rocky Mountain Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America |
| Winter 2016 | Kendra Sherrill | Theater/Film | The Best of EWU Film |
| Winter 2016 | Kristina Ploeger | Music | The Music of Karen P Thomas |
| Winter 2016 | Luis Matos | Biology | Synthesis & Analysis of Pinene in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii… |
| Winter 2016 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2016 AWP Conference |
| Fall 2015 | Teena Carnegie | English | Madcap Flare & Single Sourcing |
| Fall 2015 | Emily Messina | PEHR | Therapeutic Recreation Services for the Spokane Isabella House |
| Fall 2015 | Eric Abbey | Chemistry | Development of a New Hydrogen Fuel Carrier |
| Spring 2015 | Jeffrey Sanders | Theater/Film | Twelfth Night with Modern Theater |
| Spring 2015 | Susan Ruby | Psychology | WISC-V Kit & Manual |
| Spring 2015 | Don Richter | Engineering & Design | Delta Robot Project |
| Spring 2015 | Pete Porter | Theater/Film | Best of EWU Film |
| Spring 2015 | Yesenia Lazaro | Academic Success | Arts Culture and Outdoor Recreational Program |
| Winter 2015 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Bringing High School Students to Campus for Masterclasses with Featured Artists |
| Winter 2015 | William Williams | Psychology | Reactive vs Proactive Aggression in Maltreated Children |
| Winter 2015 | Martin Weiser | Engineering & Design | Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition Team |
| Winter 2015 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | Association of Writers & Writers’ Programs Annual Conference |
| Winter 2015 | Lisa Bilich | Dental Hygiene | Increasing Success & Retention of DNHY Students |
| Fall 2014 | Natalie Kusz | Creative Writing | Writers in the Community |
| Fall 2014 | Elisha Miranda | Theater & Film | Travel Expenses for Aurora Gerrero |
| Fall 2014 | Chadron Hazelbaker | PEHR | Changing Masculinity in Sports |
| Fall 2014 | Julia Salerno | Music | Residency & Performance with Violinist Sarah Whitney |
| Fall 2014 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2015 Get Lit! Festival |
| Fall 2014 | Yun Tian | Computer Science | Purchase GPU Cards |
| Fall 2014 | Laurie Morley | PEHR | APPLE Conference |
| Fall 2014 | Sharon Laing | Psychology | Healthcare from Community Health Centers |
| Fall 2014 | Camille McNeely | Biology | Nutrient Levels in Watersheds |
| Fall 2014 | Don Richter | Engineering & Design | Robot Conveyor Project |
| Fall 2014 | Kyle Larson | Engineering & Design | SAE Baja Vehicle Competition |
| Spring 2014 | Chad Pritchard | Geology | LiDAR Imaging of the Spokane Fault |
| Spring 2014 | Don Richter | Engineering & Design | Fanuc Sensor Interface Project |
| Spring 2014 | LaToya Brackett | Africana Studies | Students of Color Symposium |
| Spring 2014 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Recruiting Latino Students : Beginning a Mariachi Ensemble |
| Spring 2014 | Teena Carnegie | English | Building Collaborations to Reduce e-Waste & Increase Student Experimental Learning |
| Spring 2014 | Dr. Imamura & Dr Simmons | Computer Science | Accelerated Video Launch Pad for Enhanced Musical Interaction 3.0 AVLEMI |
| Spring 2014 | Dave Dean | Information Technology | Faculty & technology Boot Camp |
| Winter 2014 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Recruiting First Generation Latino & Hispanic Students through Focused Cultural Events |
| Winter 2014 | Mindy Breen & Ginelle Hustrulid | Engineering & Design | VCD Workshops: Creative Coding |
| Winter 2014 | Mindy Breen & Ginell Hustrulid | Engineering & Design | Inside/Outside Gallery |
| Winter 2014 | Don Richter | Engineering & Design | Delta Robot Project |
| Winter 2014 | Michael Waldrop | Music | Steel Drum Ensemble Equipment |
| Winter 2014 | Susan Ruby | Psychology | Instruments to Maintain in the Martin 141 Testing Library |
| Winter 2014 | Julia Salerno | Music | Jazz & Classical Violinist Stanley Chepatis Workshop |
| Winter 2014 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2014 Get Lit! Festival |
| Winter 2014 | Tara Haskins & Jane Liu | Education | School Partnership |
| Winter 2014 | Andrea Castillo | Biology | Identifying Novel Intracellular Acting Helicobacter pylori proteins |
| Fall 2013 | Travis Denton | Chemistry/Bio Chem | The Fight Against Maple Syrup Urine Disease Optimization of a Gas Chromatography… |
| Fall 2013 | Rober t Gerlick | Engineering & Design | Thermal Radiation Laboratory Experiment |
| Fall 2013 | Awlad Hossain | Engineering & Design | Promoting Engineering Challenges & Skills @ EWU through Bridge Bash Competition |
| Fall 2013 | Dr. Imamura & Dr. Simmons | Computer Science | Accelerated Video Launch-Pad for Enhanced Musical Interaction 2.0 |
| Fall 2013 | Robin O’Quinn & Laurie Morley | Biology/PEHR | Community Sustainability Outreach: Phase 1 |
| Fall 2013 | Patrick Winters | Music | Visit/Interview College & Band Conductors & Implement Their Successful Techniques @ EWU |
| Fall 2013 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Recruiting First Generation Latino & Hispanic Students through Focused Cultural Events |
| Spring 2013 | LTC Jason Pape | Military Services | Cadet Basic Training Program |
| Spring 2013 | Jonathan Johnson | English | What a Poet Call Love Play Script Development |
| Spring 2013 | Bayyainah Jefferies | Africana Student Education | EWU-MLK Family Outreach |
| Spring 2013 | Molly Orheim | Retention Specialist | The Academic’s Success Center’s Art & Culture Program |
| Spring 2013 | Laurie Morley | PEHR | Growing Classroom/Garden Workshop/Training |
| Spring 2013 | Molly Ayers | Community Engagement | Eagle Volunteers Outreach Program |
| Spring 2013 | Dana Elder | Honors Program | Phi Kappa Phi Enhancement |
| Spring 2013 | Steve Simmons | Computer Science | Accelerated Video Launch Pad |
| Spring 2013 | Michael Waldrop | Music | Washington Day of Percussion |
| Spring 2013 | Robin O’Quinn | Biology | Science for Gardners |
| Spring 2013 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Distinguished Lecture Series |
| Winter 2013 | Barb Brock | PEHR | National Happiness Initative |
| Winter 2013 | Awald Hossain | Engineering & Design | Human Powered Paper Vehicle |
| Winter 2013 | Lynne Feller Marshall | Music | Bassoonarama 2013 |
| Winter 2013 | Travis Denton | Chemistry/Bio Chem | Research Materials & Medicinal Chemistry |
| Winter 2013 | Awald Hossain | Engineering & Design | Promoting Engineering Challenges & Skills at EWU Through Bridge Bash Competition |
| Winter 2013 | Ann O’Kelley Wetmore | Dental Hygiene | Tracking Critical Thinking Skills on Dental Hygiene Students |
| Winter 2013 | Doreen Nicholas | Communication Disorders | Speak Out! Eastern Washington |
| Winter 2013 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2013 AWP Conference Attendance |
| Fall 2012 | Sheila Woodward | Music | Distinguished Lecture Series |
| Fall 2012 | Julia Salerno | Music | String Quartet Performance, Sybarite5 |
| Fall 2012 | John Marshall | Music | Guest Artist for CELLObration |
| Fall 2012 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2013 Get Lit! Festival |
| Fall 2012 | Phil Doyle | Music | Jazz Dialogues: Music at the Speed of Light |
| Fall 2012 | Keith Adolphson | Mathematics | Technology, Tablets and Mathematics |
| Spring 2012 | Paul Schimpf | Computer Science | Development of New Embedded Systems Program Course |
| Spring 2012 | Stacey Reece | Student Activities | Motivation-x.com |
| Spring 2012 | Bernadette Lopez | Career Services | Creating Business Professionals at EWU Etiquette Luncheon |
| Spring 2012 | William Loendorf | Engineering & Design | Creating a Robotic Paddle System |
| Spring 2012 | Travis Denton | Chemistry/Bio Chem | Undergrad Research in Materials & Medicinal Chemistry |
| Spring 2012 | Nick Brown | Information Technology | Annual Faculty Teaching & Technology Boot Camp |
| Winter 2012 | Hani Saad | Engineering & Design | Statics & Strength of Materials Demo |
| Winter 2012 | Lisa Poplawski | Alumni Advancement | Alumni Awards Gala |
| Winter 2012 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2012 AWP Conference Attendance |
| Fall 2011 | Karen Wanjico | Student Rights & Responsibilities | Building “Green Dot” Violence Protection Program |
| Fall 2011 | Michael Waldrop | Music | EWU Hosting NWPF with guest Greg Bissonette |
| Fall 2011 | Carol Vines | Women’s Studies Center | Weaving the Threads: Women’s Empowerment Night |
| Fall 2011 | Joanna Joyner-Matos | Biology | Testing Heat Shock Protein Response in Nematode Worms |
| Fall 2011 | Melissa Huggins | Get Lit! | 2012 Get Lit! Festival |
| Fall 2011 | Awlad Hossain | Engineering & Design | Attracting College Students Through HPPV Contest |
| Fall 2011 | Travis Denton | Chemistry/Bio Chem | Search for the Cure of Nicotine & Alcohol Dependence |
| Spring 2011 | Michael Waldrop | Music | Steel Drum Ensemble Equipment Purchase |
| Spring 2011 | Michael Waldrop | Music | Rental for Spring 2011 Vibraphone Concert |
| Spring 2011 | Dave Dean | Information Technology | Faculty Teaching & Technology Boot Camp |
| Spring 2011 | Andrea Castillo | Biology | Helicobacter Pylori Infection: Host Colonization |
| Spring 2011 | Helen Bergland | Undergraduate Studies | Civics Conference: How Can I Be the Difference? |
| Winter 2011 | Bernadette Lopez | Career Services | 2011 Work It! Conference |
| Winter 2011 | Awald Hossain | Engineering & Design | Human Powered Vehicle Student Contest |
| Winter 2011 | William Loendorf | Engineering & Design | H2GO The Untapped Energy Source: Build Track for ASME Competition |
| Winter 2011 | Don Richter | Engineering & Design | Parts/Materials to Design Project for Student ASME Competition |
| Fall 2010 | Danielle Ringwald | Get Lit! | 2011 Get Lit! Festival |
| Fall 2010 | John Marshall | Music | Recording of Double Concerto for Bassoon & Cello CD |
| Fall 2010 | Travis Denton | Chemistry/Bio Chem | Search to Cure Alcohol & Nicotine Dependence |
| Spring 2010 | Christi Wavada | Women & Gender Studies | Green Dot Training for EWU Interpersonal Violence Prevention Task Force |
| Spring 2010 | Carol Taylor | Computer Science | Research Exchange between EWU & Iwate Prefectural University – Academic & Cultural Events |
| Spring 2010 | Dave Dean | Information Technology | 3 rd Annual EWU Teaching & Technology Boot Camp |
| Winter 2010 | Claudio Talarico | Engineering & Design | Solar Energy Collection using non-conventional Electromagnetic Periodic Passive Structures |
| Winter 2010 | Bernadette Struck | Career Services | Backpack to Briefcase Networking Luncheon |
| Winter 2010 | Danielle Ringwald | Get Lit! | Selected Shorts Event at the 2010 Get Lit! Festival |
| Winter 2010 | Martin Garcia | Chicano Ed | LEAP Academic Showcase |
| Winter 2010 | Andrea Castillo | Biology | Identifying Promoters that regulate Helicobacter Pylori Cytotoxin-Associated Genes |
| Winter 2010 | Nick Burgis | Chemistry/Bio Chem | Analysis of Human ITPase Substrate Specificity by Site-Directed Mutagenesis |