<h2>Current Initiatives<!-- #993$ --></h2><strong><img height="140" border="0" width="650" alt="initiatives pic" src="/id0904f67a805e5496" align="left" /><br class="clear" /><br />Faculty in Residence Program: $20,000</strong><blockquote> <p>• An annual amount of $20,000 will provide the faculty member with two course releases, travel expenses, instructional materials and a graduate assistant.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Speaker Series: $270,000</strong></p><blockquote> <p>• Naming of the Series - $250,000<br /><br />• Sponsoring individual speakers (e.g., funding the speakers’ fees, travel expenses, promotional items) - $10,000<br /><br />• Course load release for Faculty Coordinator - $10,000 annually</p></blockquote><p><strong>Weight Management Clinic: $1.5 Million</strong></p><blockquote>• Endowed Professorate – $1 million<br /><br />• Named Weight Management Clinic - $250,000<br /><br />• Expansion of laboratory facility, e.g., additional exam rooms, exercise training rooms, etc. - $250,000<br /><br />• Hiring of clinic staff/technician - $40,000 annually<br /><br />• Graduate Assistantships - $8,000 annually per Graduate Assistantship</blockquote><p><strong>Cougar Literacy Clinic: $15,000</strong></p><blockquote>• Tuition support for 6 children to attend tutoring- $1,000 annually<br /><br />• Four laptops and software to enhance children’s learning experience- $4,000<br /><br />• Updating the children’s book collection and providing books for children to take home to practice reading - $10,000</blockquote><p><strong>Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic: $25,000</strong></p><blockquote>• Digital video camera and tripod, two digital recorders, digital camera, and printer ink for Children’s Language and Articulation Self Books - $2,000<br /><br />• Computer (Laptop/desktop) with touch screen which runs software for Communication Evaluations (Both general evaluations/AAC) - $2,000<br /><br />• Speech Generating Devices for Augmentive/Assistive Communication Evaluation – $3,000<br /><br />• Sensory/Language Intervention Items, accessories, and Dress-ups for imagination play-based therapy - $4,000<br /><br />• New furniture, carpeting, and cabinets for therapy rooms and Clinic - $14,000</blockquote><p><strong>Attention and Behavior Clinic: $20,000</strong></p><blockquote>• Video camera monitoring equipment to facilitate supervision of Clinic activities - $6,500<br /><br />• Graduate assistant which is responsible for scheduling, ordering materials, file management, and daily activities of the Clinic - $7,650<br /><br />• Two-way microphones and Apple iPod Shuffles to facilitate observations and allow communication between children, students, and supervisors – $850</blockquote><p><strong>Endowed Scholarships: $1 million</strong></p><blockquote>An endowed scholarship of $150,000 will provide one student a full year of tuition. Endowed scholarships have a minimum endowment of $15,000. </blockquote>