IU Foundation Affinity Giving Awards More Than $450,000 in Grants Supporting Projects Advancing IU’s 2030 Strategic Plan

As part of the IMU Art Initiative, the Union Board is seeking funds to support the next phase of this project: focus on diverse student art and artists.

Laurie Frederickson
(720) 636-1405
laifred@iu.edu

Following the Walter Center's successful 2023 Philanthropy award, this project further broadens the Center's ability to serve its higher need constituents by developing a locally focused, subsidized, and comprehensive internship program. In partnership with Bloomington area social good employers, the Center will set students up for success by providing tailored, high-touch training for first-time professional experiences.

Steve Barnes
(812) 855-5264
stbarn@iu.edu

The IU South Bend Foster Youth Support Program will be the development of a comprehensive program that will address the needs of individuals coming out of the foster care system. The program will provide wrap around services for students at IU South Bend that have been part of the foster care system or are coming out of the foster care system and connect these individuals to services on campus and in the community.

Jim Pinkerton
(574) 520-4445
jimp@iu.edu

Graduate students will lead project teams of undergraduate students in developing solutions to diverse community challenges in rural communities. The real-life problem-solving projects initiated by the program directly address those local community challenges by harnessing the greatest asset at Indiana University - its students.

George Vlahakis
(812) 855-0846
vlahakis@iu.edu

COR will conduct a targeted marketing campaign to engage IU students, faculty, and staff located on multiple campuses and the public in multiple counties (Clark, Monroe, Floyd) in overdose prevention efforts. Potential trainees will engage with localized versions of the Citizen Opioid Responder (COR) online naloxone training.

Kate Wallace
(812) 855-3217
sullivak@iu.edu

The IUSOC Women's Health and Prenatal Clinic provides completely free and comprehensive services to patients in reproductive and gynecological care. With these grant funds, IUSOC will improve in-house diagnostic capacity at the clinic, increasing the number of cancer screenings and preventative care provided, and introducing a new offsite clinic triage system at Eskenazi to increase prenatal patient recruitment to the clinic.

Lauren Einterz
(317) 6405-8853
lmeinter@iu.edu

The Student Outreach Eye Clinic is a free, student-run clinic that provides screening eye exams to the underserved population in Indiana while providing medical students with first-hand exposure to ophthalmology. Students gain invaluable experience about ophthalmology and common eye complaints plaguing the community while also getting a deep understanding of the various social determinants of health our underserved population faces trying to obtain care.

Annie Malynn Troutman
anntrout@iu.edu

STEAM Education and Career Pathways is a comprehensive initiative designed to promote and improve access to community programs and services for populations living and operating in marginalized communities by providing opportunities to shadow professionals in STEAM and create interest and opportunities in the field for K-12 grade students.

Elizabeth Blevins
(812) 855-9772
eablevin@iu.edu

In 2025, IU Auditorium plans to proudly welcome back Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) for a week-long, statewide residency intentionally curated for youth, students, and community members that will celebrate diversity through the arts. The residency will be a collaboration with IU campuses, schools, and community centers across Indiana and feature programs that highlight DTH as the country's preeminent multi-ethnic ballet company and their mission to provide empowerment and access through dance.

Ryan Sheets
(812) 855-0640
rmsheet@iu.edu

This project aims to expand outreach of, participation in, and success during the IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) among Indiana high school students from historically underrepresented or marginalized backgrounds including those from rural communities. The project will accomplish these aims through expanded recruitment efforts, increased scholarship opportunities, and the development and implementation of targeted preparation and training modules.

Taylor Lee-Moore
(317) 275-2199
tayclee@iu.edu

AfroFutures: Black Women and Cinematic Storytelling emphasizes original scholarly production focused on the role of visual art in crafting disparate stories of Pan-African and African American women. Often marginalized and disenfranchised in visual and cinematic culture, this project centers the lived experiences, stories, and creative contributions of Black women as germinal both to cultural development and as critical sites of generative research excellence.

Alicia Kozma
(812) 855-7632
akozma@iu.edu

The Kelley Challenge, a pre-college program from the Kelley School of Business-Indianapolis, gives high schools and community programs access to Kelley employer partners, company developed business cases, and Kelley Career Development professionals. The proposed project would expand the Kelley Challenge to include Kelley-Bloomington and add more educational partners.

Rob Clendening
(812) 855-3302
roclende@iu.edu

The CREST Summer YPAR Institute is a 5-day intensive program for high school youth to develop research skills through a methodology known as YPAR (youth participatory action research). YPAR is an innovative approach to positive youth and community development in which young people are trained to conduct systematic research to improve their lives, their communities, and the institutions intended to serve them.

Brayden Bridgeman
(317) 278-3748
bwbridge@iu.edu

The IU Black Student Leadership Conference is a student leadership event that provides a platform from which to address issues that impact Black students from all campuses. The conference exists to promote academic excellence, coalition building, diversity education, leadership development, peer relationships, personal empowerment, and overall student success.

Elizabeth Blevins
(812) 855-9772
eablevin@iu.edu

This project will support the pre-departure and socialization experiences of Black IU Bloomington undergraduate students who will study abroad. Given the bevy of travel novelties needed to feel confident about studying abroad, this project addresses the various travel needs of Black undergraduate students.

Elizabeth Blevins
(812) 855-9772
eablevin@iu.edu

Explore IU is a one-day on-campus open house for students in grades 10-12 from historically marginalized backgrounds. Attendees are introduced to the academic, cultural, and social opportunities available at IU Bloomington, and the application, admission, and enrollment processes.

Jessica Parry
(812) 855-0717
jjparry@iu.edu

This project seeks to mount and frame 38 celebrity handprints made by inductees into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (BFHFI) between 1974-1992 for permanent preservation/display in the Black Film Center & Archive’s (BFCA) office.

Dr. Novotny Lawrence
(812) 855-6041
wnlawren@iu.edu

The Health Career Exploration Academy is designed to introduce young people to the many health related career opportunities. The project is a collaboration between IU Fort Wayne and the Kelley Career Center of the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne.

Marissa Lewis
(260) 257-6764
marmelch@iu.edu

Student National Dental Association (SNDA) Impressions Program is designed to expose underrepresented pre-dental students to a career in dentistry, with a long-term goal to help mitigate the access to care crisis. By fostering a sense of community and support, we can contribute to the creation of lasting connections that will benefit current and prospective students throughout their academic and professional journeys.

Sydney Reynoso
(317) 278-1850
sydmking@iu.edu

Since 1974, the African American Dance Company (AADC) has been a precious jewel in the IU crown. Through a year-long series of events and a culminating celebratory weekend, the IU African American Dance Company 50th Anniversary Celebration will both honor the shining legacy of AADC and its community, as well as concretize AADC's place in both IU and United States Black dance history.

Stafford C. Berry, Jr.
(919) 672-5310
berryst@iu.edu

Terrilyn Douglas
(812) 855-3676
jdennie@iu.edu

The QSU's OASIS Project aims to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ students by cultivating an open, safe, and vibrant queer culture at IU Bloomington. The OASIS Project will pursue these objectives by creating new LGBTQ+ programming for undergraduate and graduate students, broadening the scope of existing QSU programming, and expanding QSU marketing efforts.

Nalini Krishnan
(260) 750-2967
niskrish@iu.edu

Our team at IU School of Dentistry (IUSD) is initiating a project to enhance cultural competency and LGBTQIA+ awareness among dental faculty, building on insights gained through our previous work. The project ultimately aims to create a more inclusive environment at IUSD, improving dental education, and patient care outcomes, thereby promoting oral health equity.

Dr. Anubhuti Shukla
(317) 278-7872
anshukla@iu.edu

The IU LGBTQ+AA scholarship program provides academic and emergency scholarships to students on all IU campuses. These scholarships recognize academic achievement and leadership, invest in student futures, and help students who have been financially disowned by their families stay in school.

Patricia Riveire Stumpf
(812) 855-5700
priveire@iu.edu

DEI Ambassadors will expand the inclusive environment on campus to better include the IU Fort Wayne students within the PFW resources including The Multicultural Center, Disability Access Center, and The Q Center. Ambassadors will provide programing aspects through co-branding and marketing to better include the IU Fort Wayne campus community.

Marissa Lewis
(260) 257-6764
marmelch@iu.edu

The LGBTQ+ Center connects LGBTQ+ and allied students to the resources they need to be successful with a tailored approach in an accessible environment. Through collaboration with the IU School of Social Work, BSW, and MSW students will practice skills in working with LGBTQ+ students through light case management, harm reduction, and resource referral.

IU Indianapolis
(317) 278-8333
lbtqcntr@iu.edu

The Intensive First Year Seminar, Queer Activism, and Public Issues provides a crucial entry point for queer high school students and their allies to begin their transition to Indiana University. Grant funds will support summer housing for incoming freshman enrolled in the course and additional staff time needed to provide a supportive, welcoming, high-impact residential program.

Tanya Koontz Orbaugh
(812) 855-6418
tkoontzo@iu.edu