North Carolina State University Athletics
Athletics Staff Awarded University Seed Grant
11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
RALEIGH, N.C. - Tonya Washington, Assistant Athletics Director for Student Athlete Development, is among the seventeen campus and extension faculty and staff at North Carolina State University that received 2007-08 University Extension, Engagement and Economic Development Grants. The University Standing Committee on Extension, Engagement and Economic Development awarded a total of $169,666 in seed funds to assist NC State personnel in developing strategies that address critical issues facing North Carolinians.
The principal investigators and their projects represent nine of NC State's 10 colleges as well as N.C. Sea Grant and NC State's athletics department. Their proposed efforts will engage students, community partners and experts at NC State and other institutions in addressing critical issues such as affordable housing, small business development, educating farmers about herbicide resistance in invasive plants, health education in minority populations, and nonprofit advocacy.
"These projects represent the diversity of ways NC State faculty reach out to audiences throughout the state," said Dr. James Zuiches, vice chancellor of extension, engagement and economic development, "and we expect many of these innovative pilot efforts to grow as a result of future external funding."
Washington’s project, titled “Champions in the Community, NC State Student Athletes as Community Leaders,” aims to provide student athletes with a strong theoretical foundation on leadership and character education and instill a sense of civic responsibility. A three-tiered training program connecting 550 student athletes with 120 middle school students will provide NC State athletes practical experience in the development of leadership activities and character education. Washington believes the project will become an interdisciplinary model of how leadership development can support student athlete success.
Additional information about all 17 funded projects can be found at NC State's Extension, Engagement and Economic Development Web site at http://www.ncsu.edu/extension/ under "EEED News."
The principal investigators and their projects represent nine of NC State's 10 colleges as well as N.C. Sea Grant and NC State's athletics department. Their proposed efforts will engage students, community partners and experts at NC State and other institutions in addressing critical issues such as affordable housing, small business development, educating farmers about herbicide resistance in invasive plants, health education in minority populations, and nonprofit advocacy.
"These projects represent the diversity of ways NC State faculty reach out to audiences throughout the state," said Dr. James Zuiches, vice chancellor of extension, engagement and economic development, "and we expect many of these innovative pilot efforts to grow as a result of future external funding."
Washington’s project, titled “Champions in the Community, NC State Student Athletes as Community Leaders,” aims to provide student athletes with a strong theoretical foundation on leadership and character education and instill a sense of civic responsibility. A three-tiered training program connecting 550 student athletes with 120 middle school students will provide NC State athletes practical experience in the development of leadership activities and character education. Washington believes the project will become an interdisciplinary model of how leadership development can support student athlete success.
Additional information about all 17 funded projects can be found at NC State's Extension, Engagement and Economic Development Web site at http://www.ncsu.edu/extension/ under "EEED News."
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