2024 Institutional Impact Grant Recipients
The list of institutions receiving 2024 Institutional Impact Grants, along with the names of their projects and project leaders, are included below:
Arizona State University
Cultivating Civic, Moral, and Epistemic Virtues Among Undergraduates in Arizona’s Public Universities
Joan McGregor, Tyler DesRoches, Cristy Guleserian, and Juliann Vitullo
Belmont University
Leading With Character and Purpose
Nathan Webb and Lori Baker
Brandeis University
Developing Just Actors and a Just Community: Character Education as Active Participation and Respectful Inclusion at Brandeis
Anita Hill and Daniel Kryder
Campbell University
Character, Initiative, and Calling: Educating Leaders for Purposeful Lives and Meaningful Service
Faithe Beam and Borrée Kwok
Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America Virtue and Character Initiative
Peter Kilpatrick, Andrew V. Abela, and Thomas W. Smith
George Fox University
The Character and Leadership Initiative:
Bridging the Curricular and Co-Curricular Divide
Travis Pickell and Joseph Clair
Harvard University
The Virtues for Academic Flourishing Initiative
Tyler J. VanderWeele and Brendan W. Case
Hope College
Accelerating Character Development through a Gratitude- and Generosity-Based Model of Higher Education
Daryl Van Tongeren and Nicole Dunteman
King University
Thoughtful, Resourceful, Responsible: Three Years Forming Character at King
Glenn E. Sanders and Laura Ong
Montclair State University
Planting the SEEDS of Character Growth: Developing Civic and Community Responsibility through Ethical Inquiry using Virtual Reality
Jennifer Brown Urban
Purdue University, in collaboration with Tuskegee University, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and University of New Hampshire
Integrating Character Development in Engineering and Computing Undergraduate Courses
Marisa Exter, Iryna Ashby, Steve Frezza, Mihaela Sabin, and Cassandra Thomas
Seattle Pacific University
Classrooms That Cultivate Character: A Psychologically-informed Intervention and Assessment of Christian Virtues
Brittany M. Tausen, Thane M. Erickson, and Krystle Jalalian-Chursky
Tuskegee University & California State University, Los Angeles
Building the Character Collaborative: Designing an Inter-Campus, Cross-Cultural Character and Leadership Education Program Rooted in the Philosophy and Vision of Booker T. Washington
David Augustin Hodge, Sr., Kathy Cooke, and Rolundus Rice
United States Military Academy & Wheaton College
Character in the Core Curriculum: How Values-Based Institutions Fare In Forming Student Character
Elise Dykhuis, James Cornwell, Peter Meindl, and LTC Benjamin Elliott
United States Naval Academy
Cultivating Virtue in the Military Academies
Edward Barrett
University of California, Berkeley
Applying the Science of Character to Bridge Differences in Higher Education
Juliana Tafur
University of California, Irvine
Educating for Virtuous Intellectual Character (EVIC)
Duncan Pritchard
University of Mississippi
“The Character of Leaders” Initiative: Integrating Moral, Civic, and Intellectual Virtues
Deborah S. Mower and Melissa L. Jones
University of Notre Dame
Learning Becomes Service: Expanding Character Education Programs at the University of Notre Dame
Suzanne Shanahan and Meghan Sullivan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Leadership Education Institute
Zachary Herrmann and Taylor Hausburg
University of Tulsa
Honors Education as Character Education
Jennifer A. Frey, Matthew Post
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia Engineering Character Strength Initiative (ECSI)
Rosalyn W. Berne and Jesse Pappas
Virginia Tech & Colorado School of Mines
Building a Culture of Compassion in STEM Education: Empowering Faculty as Agents of Institutional Change
Qin Zhu, Michele Deramo, and Jill Sible
Whitworth University
Call and Character: Educating Mind and Heart at Whitworth University
David Henreckson and Nathan King