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Adora Curry-Nicholson, a 糖心Vlog传媒LR graduate student in the Professional and Technical Writing program, has received a $2,000 Heritage Grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Department of Arkansas Heritage. The grant will fund an African American oral history project to be sponsored by Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Morrilton. In 2009, Hopewell Presbyterian participated in an ethnological research project researching the impact of the church on the Morrilton community. The new grant will be used to collect the oral histories of the church鈥檚 congregation and families from the Morrilton community and its surrounding area. Curry-Nicholson, a native of Aurora, Colo., said she enrolled in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR program with the goal of becoming a grant writing consultant. 鈥淚 had my doubts about my abilities in grant writing, but after studying under Barbara L鈥橢plattenier, associate professor of rhetoric and writing, and landing four out of four grant proposals from 2010-2011, I have the validation I needed to become a freelance grant writer,鈥� Curry-Nicholson said. L鈥橢plattenier expressed her own expectations for Curry-Nicholson鈥檚 future success as a grant writer. 鈥淚 have every expectation that Adora will succeed in her grant writing career,鈥� L鈥橢plattenier said. 鈥淪he is a smart, hardworking individual who has great talent and perseveres. I was honored to have her in my class.鈥� Curry-Nicholson said she learned as much about grant writing as she did about Hopewell Presbyterian. 鈥淲hat I enjoy most about grant writing is learning about the various organizations established to make our world a better place,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hether it is an organization to decrease poverty, to educate children through technology, or to save animals from being euthanized, non-profit organizations give me hope. I am proud to help these groups attain the capital needed to further their causes.鈥�