- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/grant-writing/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:16:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student discovers passion for bookbinding /news-archive/2019/12/18/bookbinding/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:16:32 +0000 /news/?p=75282 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student discovers passion for bookbinding]]> In 2018, Mitchel Gundrum, a former executive information technology support specialist living in San Francisco, was ready for a career change.听 鈥淚 did some research and realized 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock had the best professional and technical writing program online,鈥 said Gundrum, a Wisconsin native. 鈥淚 was working full-time, so I wanted to get my bachelor鈥檚 degree but needed the flexibility of an online program.鈥听 One of Gundrum鈥檚 spring 2019 classes included grant writing with Dr. Barbara L’eplattenier, professor of rhetoric and writing. Through this class, Gundrum wrote and earned a $19,500 grant from the Windgate Foundation for his favorite nonprofit, the San Francisco Center for the Book.听 The nearly $20,000 grant will help extend the center鈥檚 visiting instructors program, which provides workshops and lectures on the arts of letterpress printing and bookbinding. The funds will cover travel, housing, and lecture fees for six additional instructors for the center鈥檚 2020 lecture series. Additionally, the grant will help students in need attend the workshops by covering class material fees and a student stipend.听 鈥淭he grant writing class was an amazing opportunity to get support for their organization,鈥 Gundrum said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very difficult to get such a high level of instruction in such a niche market like bookbinding. To be able to get classically trained instructors in San Francisco is a great opportunity. I am beyond words at how well the project turned out. I鈥檓 trying hard not to get a big head over my first grant being successful, but it does make me want to try my hands at more grant writing.鈥听 After his success in the grant writing class, L’eplattenier recommended Gundrum apply for the. He spent the summer working as an archivist intern for the Lincoln Archives Digital Project, which is dedicated to digitizing all federal records housed within the National Archives created during President Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 administration.听 鈥淚 applied with Dr. Barb鈥檚 blessing. She gave me some assistance during the application since I tend to be a very lengthy, verbose writer,鈥 Gundrum said. 鈥淚 worked to digitally archive and translate more than 500 documents from 1861-1865, the years of Lincoln鈥檚 presidency.鈥 The internship gave Gundrum a chance to get his foot in the door and gain some professional experience.
These are a selection of some of the Gundrum's bookbinding work.

These are a selection of some of the Gundrum’s bookbinding work.

鈥淚 jumped at the opportunity,鈥 Gundrum said. 鈥淔or me, it was beneficial to work at the archives, to learn new technology, and to work with older documents that need to be preserved for the future.鈥 L’eplattenier said Gundram is a great example of how 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students can use their classes to pursue meaningful interests. 鈥淢itch is passionate about bookbinding and used the grant-writing class to develop a deeper relationship with an organization that focuses on bookbinding,鈥 L鈥檈plattenier said. 鈥淭hen he used the requirements of his internship through The Washington Center to interview and network with prominent people in the book restoration world like Elmer Eusman, head of the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress, and Katie Wagner, senior paper conservator at the Smithsonian Institute Libraries. It’s really exciting and a wonderful example of how students can build on what they’ve learned in their classes with other experiences that 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers鈥 Gundrum, who graduated with his bachelor鈥檚 degree this month, has already embarked on the next step in his professional career. He has enrolled in the two-year bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School in Boston, one of a handful of programs in the country that offers hands-on book arts education taught by traditionally trained instructors. The two-year, comprehensive bookbinding program teaches students how to make, restore, and preserve books and other printed treasures.听 鈥淩estoring old books and bringing them back to life is something that really clicked for me. I am out here in Boston to learn to professionally repair and restore old bindings,鈥 Gundrum said. 鈥淚 never thought I would go to school again after my bachelor鈥檚 degree, but here I am.鈥]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown offers first for-credit courses /news-archive/2019/08/14/downtown-center-classes/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:40:33 +0000 /news/?p=74882 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown offers first for-credit courses]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown has reached another milestone with the addition of the center鈥檚 first for-credit class offerings for the fall 2019 semester.听 Aspiring writers should flock to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown, located at 333 President Clinton Ave., which will offer two three-credit courses from the Department of Rhetoric and Writing this fall.听 Prof. Barbara L鈥檈plattenier will teach Grant Writing from 6-9 p.m. on Mondays, beginning Aug. 19. Students will learn about every stage of the grant-writing process, discover the resources available in the philanthropic community in Little Rock, and complete at least one grant application before the end of the class. The class focuses on non-profit grant writing. 鈥淪tudents in my grant-writing classes have raised $535,519 for non-profits in local communities over the past 17 years,鈥 L鈥檈plattenier said. 鈥淎lumni of the class have continued on to successful grant writing careers, both as grant writers and grant managers. People of all experience levels have taken this class.鈥 On Tuesdays, Greg Graham, professor and director of the Little Rock Writing Project, will offer a Memoir class from 6-8:40 p.m. from Sept. 10 to Nov. 5. This course introduces students to the study and practice of memoir as a genre with an emphasis on narrative structures, techniques, and research methods appropriate to extended nonfiction. 鈥淪tudents will join a community of writers at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown on nine Tuesday nights and receive coaching from a professor who will engage with your story and respond according to your level of experience,鈥 Graham said. 鈥淲e鈥檒l read published memoirs, and we鈥檒l read about the memoir-writing process, but mostly we鈥檒l write and respond to one another鈥檚 writing.鈥 ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student earns $1,500 grant for Cabot-based nonprofit /news-archive/2018/03/02/ua-little-rock-student-earns-1500-grant-cabot-based-nonprofit/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:06:01 +0000 /news/?p=69616 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student earns $1,500 grant for Cabot-based nonprofit]]> Belinda White, a graduate student in the professional and technical writing program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, experienced first-hand the benefits of engaging with the community while being inside the classroom. During the spring 2017 semester, White took Dr. Barbara L’eplattenier鈥檚 grant writing course and composed a grant proposal for A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend in Cabot, Arkansas. White recently got word that her proposal was accepted, and the non-profit organization received $1,500 in funding from the Petco Foundation. According to White, A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend provides veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder with dogs trained to assist them in their daily activities. Many of the dogs come from local animal shelters, and others from the Paws in Prison program. 鈥淚 wrote the proposal last spring, so I鈥檇 kind of think about it every once in a while going, 鈥榃ell, I guess maybe that didn鈥檛 work out,鈥 because I never heard anything else about it,鈥 White explained, 鈥渁nd then all of a sudden I did, and it was like, 鈥榳ow.鈥欌 For an assignment in L’eplattenier鈥檚 grant writing course, White was tasked with locating a non-profit organization that would assist in providing the details necessary for drafting a thorough grant proposal. After surveying her options, White was sold on working with A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend. 鈥淚 love dogs,鈥 she said, 鈥渁nd mental health doesn鈥檛 seem to get enough attention, so when I was looking around for what I could do, I found that organization and thought working with it would be worthwhile.鈥 After deciding on the organization, White worked with the Veteran’s Best Friend team to identify areas where financial assistance was most needed. Because the foundation was fairly new and had only been in existence for a couple of years, there were more than a few areas that were worthy of aid and improvement. 听 Ultimately, the foundation decided on using the potential funds to pursue Assistance Dog International (ADI) certification, a certificate that sets the standard for the assistance dog industry, ensuring that dogs are treated humanely, clients are treated with respect and dignity, and training is delivered in a professional way at all times. 鈥淚n order to be ADI certified, the foundation needs to have handicapped ramps and the doors need to be widened for wheelchair accessibility, so they were looking forward to doing some of these things to be able to get that certification,鈥 White said. Now that White has seen her in-class assignment take root in the real world, she encourages other students to seek the same experience. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 say enough about this grant writing class,鈥 White exclaimed. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great course for anybody, regardless of what their major is. You never know how grant writing could be beneficial for you, whether it鈥檚 in your work or a charity that you鈥檙e passionate about. The process of understanding and having a grant proposal funded is an eye opening experience.鈥 White said that this success has motivated her to want to write more grant proposals in the future. White is expected to graduate from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with her master鈥檚 degree in summer 2019.]]>