FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2005
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124

Wicker Center for Creative Learning to award mini-grants to teachers for innovative programs

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Kindergarten through university educators still have time to submit proposals for mini-grants made possible through the Roger F. Wicker Center for Creative Learning at Mississippi University for Women.

The mini-grants up to $2,000 must fund innovative, action-based programs that directly affect student achievement. Funds may not be utilized for field trips or basic curriculum needs, and recipients will be responsible for submitting a complete report to the Wicker Center for Creative Learning within 60 days of project completion.

Seven area teachers were the first to receive the mini-grants totaling more than $9,000 in December. Twenty-one proposals were submitted.

There are two award periods annually. The proposal deadline for fall proposals is April 30 and Oct. 31 for spring grants. Awardees will be notified within six weeks of the proposal deadline and funds will be available within three weeks of notification.

“We look forward to receiving your exciting proposals, which will enable you to provide students with a more creative, enhanced educational program,” said Kate M. Brown, associate director. “If your grant is awarded, you will be invited to present your project at the Center’s dissemination conference.”

Funded by a congressionally-directed grant through the Department of Education, the mission of the Wicker Center for Creative Learning is to provide innovations in teaching, learning opportunities, service and educational research across Mississippi and beyond.

For more information, contact the Wicker Center for Creative Learning at (662) 241-6101.