{"id":60540,"date":"2020-08-27T03:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=60540"},"modified":"2020-08-17T13:17:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:17:59","slug":"women-philanthropy-awards-grant-for-art-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_27_2020\/women-philanthropy-awards-grant-for-art-studio","title":{"rendered":"Women &#038; Philanthropy Awards Grant for Art Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women &#038; Philanthropy, a volunteer organization that promotes The University of Toledo through grants to UToledo, has given its 2020 grant in the amount of $65,000 to Barbara Miner, professor and chair of the Art Department.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will assist in the creation of the University\u2019s Axon Lab\/Studio, which will be the first dedicated digital design and fabrication studio on campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_22_2018\/apply-for-2018-grant-from-women-up-to-76000-available\/women-philanthropy-logo-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Women-Philanthropy-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-48150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Women-Philanthropy-logo.jpg 408w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Women-Philanthropy-logo-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a>The new lab\/studio space will build on collaborations across multiple academic disciplines and colleges, and will provide new opportunities for collaboration in STEMM fields and in new curricula development, according to Miner. It will serve as an innovative learning hub where technology, creativity and interdisciplinary practices converge, as students are provided with resources that meet the newest industry standards in relation to software and hardware, and community partnerships are enhanced with new tools and resources. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe creation of this lab space is pivotal to bringing together traditional skills and contemporary practices in order to prepare  our students for the meteoric pace of job\/life changes globally. We are so very grateful for this support from Women &#038; Philanthropy,\u201d Miner said.<\/p>\n<p>With this grant, Women &#038; Philanthropy has given a total of 21 grants totaling $623,687 to The University of Toledo over the past 10 years.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to support the University while building relationships among a community of generous, forward-thinking women,\u201d Dee Talmage, chair of Women &#038; Philanthropy, said. \u201cThrough this grant, we are excited to provide students with state-of-the art technologies as they prepare for contemporary careers or admission to graduate studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women &#038; Philanthropy at The University of Toledo was chartered in 2006 and made its first award to UToledo in 2008.  Through this giving circle, members of diverse backgrounds and interests work collaboratively to make positive, meaningful and immediate impacts at the University.<\/p>\n<p>Applications and guidelines for 2021 grants will be available in late fall.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utfoundation.org\/give\/women-philanthropy\/\"><strong>Women &#038; Philanthropy website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $65,000 grant from Women &#038; Philanthropy will be used to help create the UToledo&#8217;s Axon Lab\/Studio, which will be the first dedicated digital design and fabrication studio on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,60,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60543,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions\/60543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}