The Ferris Foundation Board of Directors extended $48,812.59 in Exceptional Merit Grant Awards to 9 faculty members. Recommended by the Gifts and Grants Committee, the following proposals will receive a portion of the funding:

• Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck, Biology Instructor, College of Arts & Sciences, FSU Storm Water Protection Project
• Greg Gogolin, Professor, College of Business, Enhance Digital Forensic Capabilities for ISI and ISM courses
• Sarah Hinkley, Michigan College of Optometry, Low Vision Rehabilitation Device Workshop and Grand Rounds
• Paul Klatt, College of Arts & Sciences, FSU Osprey Web Cam Project
• Russ Leonard, Associate Professor, College of Technology, Biodiesel Lab
• Grant Snider, Humanities Department Head, College of Arts & Sciences, Humanities Partnership with Camp Idlewild of Michigan
• Terry Doyle, Professor, University College, Integration of Movement/Exercise into READ 106 courses
• Patrick English, Assistant Professor, College of Technology, Fuel Cells in Transportation
• Scott Herron, Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Lower Michigan Wild Rice Camp

The Gifts and Grants Committee develops policies and procedures, and recommends additional resources for Exceptional Merit Grants and Foundation for Excellence Scholarships.

The committee also monitors scholarship awards for compliance with donor specifications, recommends and monitors grant disbursement, and recommends student scholarship recipients for the Foundation Scholarship.

For more information or to make a gift to Ferris State University, please contact The Ferris Foundation at (231) 591-2365 or www.ferris.edu/foundation. Details about establishing scholarships or endowments may be obtained from the Advancement Office at (231) 591-3825.