Category: Fellowships

Abigail Kauerauf ’19 WBRP Jensen Fellow Summer 2017

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Project: Greening and Food Justice at the WBRP Binder #: 167 Major: English Literature, German Passion: Greening, Food Justice Organization: West Bloomington Revitalization Project Executive Summary: Abby supported the ongoing Veggie Oasis and Community Gardens for WBRP this summer. The Veggie Oasis is a vegetable gleaning program that brings unsold produce from the Downtown Bloomington Read more about Abigail Kauerauf ’19 WBRP Jensen Fellow Summer 2017[…]

Weir Fellows Program: Kickapoo Creek ’06

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Robert Guise, Erin Lohrstofer, and Tyler Miller (’06 / ’08) -as interns and Weir Fellows Program students- monitored and tested the quality of water found in Kickapoo Creek. A side project of their monitoring was to determine whether or not salting from roadways, specifically Route 51, caused a negative impact on Kickapoo Creek and, in turn, Read more about Weir Fellows Program: Kickapoo Creek ’06[…]

Zoellick Fellowship Winners Announced!

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The winners of the Zoellick Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship and $1500 to help implement their sustainable business idea were Josh Wiggs, junior Computer Science major, and Vanessa Macias, senior computer science major.  Their business idea is How ConvenIT (pronounced How Convenient). Here is a short summary: How ConvenIT is a student-run organization that provides affordable IT and software solutions Read more about Zoellick Fellowship Winners Announced![…]

2013 Weir Fellows: Nettie Rauch and Dave McGrath

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2013 Weir Fellows, Dave McGrath and Nettie Rauch worked with West Bloomington Revitalization Project to start an annual Westside 5K. Dave ’14, a risk management major from Wheaton, IL, and Nettie ’14, a Hispanic Studies and Sociology major from Shoreview, Minnesota, are both members of the cross country team and mobilized their teammates in many Read more about 2013 Weir Fellows: Nettie Rauch and Dave McGrath[…]

2011 Weir Fellows: Kaitlyn Fancher & Matt Hill

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Kaitie graduated in 2011 with a BA in Political Science. She took the fall 2010 Action Research Seminar which analyzed the infrastructure of Western Avenue Community Center (WACC). Kaitie’s project focused on the food pantry and she continued her work through the generous support of the Weir Fellowship in the spring of 2011. Hill graduated Read more about 2011 Weir Fellows: Kaitlyn Fancher & Matt Hill[…]

2012 Weir Fellows: Danny Kenny and Ryan Dyar

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Danny Kenny is an Environmental Studies & Hispanic Studies double major (2013). Ryan Dyar is a Political Science major (2014). Each student applied for the Weir Fellowship separately but combined forces to launch the IWU Peace Garden. The budget was used to buy seeds, tools, and other supplies. Both Danny and Ryan started the fellowship Read more about 2012 Weir Fellows: Danny Kenny and Ryan Dyar[…]