Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act (FUTURE) |
Project Name | Activity Directors | Purpose |
Nursing | Shelley Johnson
| Improve licensure pass rates. |
STEM Student Success Initiatives | Richard Alo | Retention, progression and graduation in STEM. |
Brooksville Training Program | Fred Gainous | Research training labs designed to enhance student learning through hands-on and virtual delivery in: 1) Veterinary Diagnostic, 2) Plant and Genetics, 3) Water and Soil, and 4) a multipurpose laboratory. |
Academic Technology Integration Project | Franzetta Fitz | Provides innovative learning resources in STEM and health profession that will assist faculty and staff to improve teaching and learning processes by leveraging advanced technology to promote effective learning. |
Interdisciplinary Health Science Initiatives | Mary Simmons | Enhancing “Life-like” learning experiences for students in health professions through simulation. |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) |
Academic Success Institute | Terri Little-Berry | Provides an exceptional experience through intrusive advising and counseling designed to address mental health and improve students’ academic success, with an expected outcome of increasing the University’s progression, retention and graduation rates. |
Enhancing Undergraduate Student Success | Lewis Johnson | Provides an exceptional experience through tutoring and academic coaching designed to improve students’ academic success, with an expected outcome of increasing the University’s progression, retention and graduation rates. |
Engineering Learning Community | Charmane Caldwell | Bridge program that provides engineering undergraduate students with specialized tutoring and peer-to-peer support. |
Online Education/Distance Learning | Franzetta Fitz | Increase online learning programs and courses offered to include other alternative delivery methods. |
Honors Program | Emma Dawson | Infuse honor courses across disciplines and provide continuous peer-to-peer support to improve progression and graduation of the honor students. |
Academic Support-Library | Faye Watkins | Provide and increase electronic library resources to faculty and students. |
Teacher Education and Certification | Allyson Watson | Increase the number of certified teachers in elementary and secondary education. |
Strengthening Institutional Effectiveness | Beverly Barrington | New degree programs, specialized accreditation, administrative research and reporting. |
Institutional Development and Capacity Building | Shawnta Friday-Stroud | Improve the fiscal stability utilizing administrative tools such as: training, software and research materials. |
International Study (Exchange Program) | William Hyndman | Infuse international programing in selected curriculars. Enhance and improve student awareness of and encourage international internship opportunities, regulatory requirement and safety measures while abroad. |
Enhancing Financial Literacy | Shawnta Friday-Stroud | Provide training to students and parents to reduce student debt and improve the University’s Cohort Default Rate. |
Strengthening Business Infrastructure through Operational Excellence | Sandi Smith-Anderson
| Improve knowledge base of institutional business platforms and processes for faculty and staff through administrative management training designed to improve customer service and delivery. |
Technology Infrastructure | Robert Seniors
| Implement, maintain and upgrade academic and administrative technology in delivering access, business processes, cybersecurity for all internal and external technological access points. Upgrading labs with state-of-the-art equipment and software in various labs. |
Elementary and Secondary Education Outreach | Lewis Johnson Patricia West | Provides academic support and STEM experiences to elementary and secondary education students designed to develop their academic skills and pursue postsecondary education. |
Undergraduate Research Programs | Lewis Johnson | Increase the number of students receiving research experiences in programs of strategic emphasis. |
Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) |
Pharmacy Program Administration | Johnnie Early | Provide fellowships, scholarships and support curricular revisions designed to improve licensure pass rates. |
Minority Graduate Engineering | Carl Moore
| Provide fellowships and scholarships designed to increase the number of students graduating with doctoral degrees in underrepresented disciplines. |
Advancing Graduate Studies in Environmental Sciences | Victor Ibeanusi | Provide fellowships, scholarships and assistantships designed to increase the number of students graduating with doctoral degrees in underrepresented disciplines. |
Enhancing Library Resources and Services for Graduate | Faye Watkins | Increase access to library resources for faculty and students in graduate programs of strategic emphasis. |
Enhancement of J.D. Program at the College of Law | Deidre Keller
| Provide fellowships and scholarships designed to increase the number of students graduating with professional degrees in Law. Develop and revise curricula designed to improve Bar pass rates. |
School of Architecture Graduate Enhancement | Andrew Chin | Provides assistantship support in an underrepresented discipline. Improve students’ industry knowledge through lecture series and state-of-the-art equipment. |
Enhancing Graduate Programs in Health. | Jullet Weaver | Provide tutoring, research assistantship and support for specialized accreditation. Develop and revise curricular in Physical and Occupation Therapy, conduct data analytics designed to improve licensure pass rates. |
Enhancing Graduate Programs in Science | Richard Alo | Providing financial support and assistantships for masters, and Ph.D. students in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Information Systems. Revamp research labs to 21st century state-of-the-art facilities. |
Strengthening Academic Programs in Nursing | Shelley Johnson
| Support major curricula revisions, modifications and program development. Conduct data analytics, provide tutoring and pre-testing tools designed to improve licensure pass rates. |