Recipient | Funder | Grant Total | Purpose and Impact of Grant |
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HACC Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Program | Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | $2,344 | HACC will develop and present three hands-on, interactive GIS workshops at GIS Day 2014. The overarching goal of this project is to increase exposure to GIS technologies for high school students and teachers, while incorporating environmental education into GIS Day. |
HACC Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Program | American Association of Community Colleges (MentorLinks) | $20,000 | This project will prepare technicians to work in the geospatial technology field and offer professional development for GIS professionals in Central Pennsylvania. The College will update HACC’s GIS credit curriculum and add new credit and noncredit workforce development. The grant will also allow HACC to offer interdisciplinary faculty development to help HACC geosciences and social sciences faculty to integrate GIS into their curricula. |
HACC’s Lebanon Campus | United Way of Lebanon County | $10,000 | HACC is launching a 20-week College and Career Readiness for English Language Learners program to increase Hispanic student enrollment in noncredit and credit programs that will lead to family-sustaining employment. HACC will prepare 50 intermediate and advanced English-as-a-second-language (ESL) learners for college-level coursework and non-credit workforce training that will improve their job prospects. |
HACC’s Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artist Series | The McCormick Family Foundation | $7,500 | The McCormick Family Foundation will support the 2014-15 Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artist Series at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the Harrisburg Campus. The series includes distinctive, diverse, high-quality, professional offerings of live dance, music, theater and family events for regional residents. It also provides opportunities for curriculum enhancement and audience education through professional artist residency activities. |
HACC’s Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artist Series | William R. and Esther Richmond Foundation | $5,000 | The William R. and Esther Richmond Foundation will support artist residency activities for the 2014-15 Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artist Series. |