Institutional Partnerships

Belltown Business Association

Antioch University Seattle (AUS) and the Belltown Business Association (BBA) have formally entered into a collaborative partnership on the Education for Social Engagement Project - Learning in the Service of Self and Society. BBA and AUS will provide a range of in-kind support for mutual benefit. The shared goal is to: 1) improve community relations among the businesses, residents, low-income housing operators, and social services in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, and 2) strengthen the identity and branding of Belltown as a thriving business, residential, and civic center. The first curriculum project is a Program Evaluation of the Millionair Club Charity located in Belltown.

Freehold Theatre,  Pratt Fine Arts Center, and Richard Hugo House

Designated classes at Freehold Theatre,  Pratt Fine Arts Center, and Richard Hugo House are available for credit to AUS students in the B.A. in Liberal Studies Degree Completion Program.

LEAPNOW

A study abroad education and training option through LEAPNOW is available for AUS students enrolled in the B.A. in Liberal Studies Degree Completion Program/ Global Studies concentration.

Muckleshoot Tribal College - First Peoples Program

AUS offers a B.A. in Liberal Studies Degree Completion Program at Muckleshoot Tribal College.

Current Grant Awards

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Project Title: Growing Healthy Soils & Communities with BioChar at Sammamish Valley Farm

Project Director(s): Jonathan Scherch, Core Faculty, Center for Creative Change

Project Period: 2012-2013

Awarded: $20,000

Collaborating Organizations:

• SeaChar
• Pacific Bamboo Resources
• 21 Acres
• Sammamish Valley Alliance
• Transition Woodinville

Summary: The grant will underwrite a series of sustainability education workshops with AUS students and constituents from partnering community organizations. The workshops will focus on the use of BioChar technology and will be offered on a five-acre+ organic, sustainable farmstead located in the Sammamish Valley Agricultural Production District which is preserved farmland supported by King County. BioChar is a form of charcoal that is created by heating organic waste at high temperature without the use of oxygen. BioChar can endure in soil for thousands of years giving it the potential to help mitigate climate change via carbon sequestration. Among its many benefits, BioChar produces clean energy, builds healthy soils and increases fertility, reduces the risk of water table contamination, and raises agricultural productivity. The project will consist of three, two-day, weekend workshops with 30 participants (AUS students and constituents from partnering organizations) over the academic year.

The Woods Fund of Chicago

Project Title: The Chicago Freedom Movement Reconsidered

Project Director(s): Mary Lou Finley, Core Faculty

Project Period: 2012

Awarded: $1,500

Summary: The Chicago Freedom Movement Reconsidered is a collection of essays and oral histories that re-examines the work of the Chicago Freedom Movement (1965-67) and illuminates some of its lesser-known contributions.  Many voices are included, but the focus is on discussions of the movement’s long-term outcomes, some of which are much more visible forty-plus years after its climactic moments.  This work is being prepared in the context of increased current interest in the history of the civil rights movement in the North.

C. Charles Jackson Foundation

Project Title: Developing Women’s Leadership - Around the Globe

Project Director(s): Barbara Spraker, Associate Faculty, Center for Creative Change

Project Period: 2012-2013

Awarded: $10,000

Summary: Developing Women’s Leadership - Around the Globe, will support women and organizations engaged in developing leadership competence by identifying and sharing cross-cultural leadership development needs and strategies. The project will engage key women coordinators in a variety of countries who can speak to the leadership needs of women in their country, and can identify and coordinate a small group of women in Conversation Circles - guided conversation regarding such needs as they experience them. These Conversations will both provide data as well as create interest and readiness among participants for utilizing the leadership strategies developed. Antioch University Seattle (AUS) students will participate in local Conversation Circles, and, co -design and co-facilitate a Women’s Leadership Conference on the AUS campus at the conclusion of the project. A paper and accompanying workbook entitled Developing Women’s Leadership: A Capacity Building Guide will be created for use by individuals, groups of women, or trainers of women around the globe.

Jiji Foundation

Project Title: Leadership Institute for Sustainable Schools and Communities

Project Director(s): Ed Mikel, Interim Dean, School of Education

Project Period: 2011-2012

Awarded: $10,000

Summary The grant will support the first year of a long-term initiative to catalyze new leadership in Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) for young people at the elementary and secondary school levels. The retreat will provide ESE training and curriculum tools for K-12 teachers and informal educators, examine alternative visions and strategies to promote dialogue for building leadership capacity across sectors, and explore trends in ESE that are occurring at the government agency, private business, nonprofit, district and school levels.  The Leadership Institute is coordinated by a core team comprised of faculty from our School of Education. The grant from the Jiji Foundation will also provide support for representatives from organizations serving tribes and communities of color to participate as core team members.

Costco Wholesale

Project Title: Impressions of Life Project

Project Director(s): Janice Hoshino, Chair of Art Therapy and Drama Therapy Specializations, School of Applied Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy

Project Period: 2011-2012

Awarded: $5,000

Summary: The grant will provide art supplies for practicum students to provide art therapy treatment. An additional $2,000 that was raised from individual donations will underwrite a portion of the cost of the clinic visits for up to 40 clients.

King County Drug Diversion Court

Project Title: King County Drug Court Mental Health Counseling Project

Project Director(s): Doug Wear, Director of the AUS Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic

Project Period: 2010-2012

Awarded: $198,000

Summary: Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, services will be provided by qualified students enrolled in clinical master's and doctoral degree program at AUS under the supervision of faculty members who are licensed psychologists or mental health professionals and offered at the AUS Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic.

Chancellor's Discretionary Academic Innovation Fund at Antioch University

Project Title: Bringing 21st Century Skills to 21st Century Students

Project Director(s): Christie Kaaland, Core Faculty, School of Education

Project Period: 2010-2013

Awarded: $75,000

Summary: The grant funds will support the design and pilot of a hybrid online M.A. degree in Education with Library Media over two years in consultation with Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Antioch University Seattle and Mansfield University were partners in a program that used a hybrid learning model funded by a $1M federal grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences. The collaboration with Mansfield University laid the groundwork to launch the proposed program at Antioch University campuses. The target audience are classroom teachers and other candidates who currently hold a teaching certificate Washington. Ultimately, the aim is to expand the program across all campuses in the Antioch University system.

Chancellor's Discretionary Academic Innovation Fund at Antioch University

Project Title: Program Evaluation Replication and Course Development Project

Project Director(s): Pat Linn, Core Faculty, Psy.D. Program, School of Applied Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy

Project Period: 2011-2012

Awarded: $94,835

Summary: The grant funds will build capacity for program evaluation (PE) across Antioch University.  Dr. Pat Linn and a colleague from the Santa Barbara campus will visit experienced program evaluators with the faculty at Antioch University New England to learn their approach to practice-based participatory evaluation. Grant outcomes include the development of a Sakai-based graduate course on PE for possible use across centers and campuses at Antioch University; service-learning opportunities for graduate students as part of the PE course; and building an infrastructure for future paid evaluation contracts with local community agencies. Generating paid positions for graduate students who have built PE skills and increasing the number of partnerships between Antioch University and community agencies are long-term project goals.

Chancellor's Discretionary Academic Innovation Fund at Antioch University

Project Title:The Expressive Therapies Summer Institute: A New Vision for Inter-Campus Collaboration

Project Director: Janice Hoshino, Chair of Art Therapy and Drama Therapy Specializations, School of Applied Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy

Project Period: 2012-2015

Awarded: $17,820

Summary: Our vision is to establish Antioch University as a national expressive therapies hub. First, the proposed project will develop a Summer Institute series at Antioch University Seattle that will provide both graduate degree credit to current Antioch University students as well as continuing education opportunities for alumni and clinicians. Students from all campuses will be invited to attend the week-long intensive training. Second, the Expressive Therapies week will integrate Antioch University campuses by rotating host campuses, thereby offering new trainings and continuing education units (CEUs) for students, alumni, and professionals in each region.  Further, attendees will have the unique opportunity to learn from faculty across the national Antioch University system. The Antioch University Seattle campus will be in close collaboration with our cross-campus partners at Antioch University New England and Antioch University Santa Barbara.