Faculty Senate President Debra Moore announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. that the iFALCON campaign was approved to receive a Title V Grant.
The grant, which was something the ASCC was struggling to obtain last spring, has been granted for a period of five years in which the school will receive a total of $514,163 for the first year.
The iFALCON campaign has been implemented is most classrooms for the past year in order to teach and enhance student studying skills and learning capabilities.
Two of its founders were last year’s ASCC president, Michael Barrita, and the new dean of Humanities and Social Science Bryan Reece.
Moore thinks the funds this grant will provide will come to a great benefit not only to the staff that is participating in this campaign, but mainly to the students.
“This is a great campaign and the fact that we got this grant is even greater,” she said. “It will help provide the tools and supplies the school needs to make this campaign go even further.”
As one of the founders of the iFALCON campaign, Barrita is extremely content and thinks this is a great opportunity to help prepare the next generation.
“iFALCON is something students should not only be proud of because it was made by students to help students, but should also take into practice,” he said. “I guarantee it will be beneficial to them.”
He also feels a great sense of accomplishment in part of everyone who worked on the campaign including the Dean of Humanities and Social Science Bryan Reece, ASCC cabinet members and everyone from Public Affairs.
But most of all, he said he is glad that the school, as well as the state, has recognized how much potential the campaign has and how much success it can bring to those students who make use of it.
Connie Mayfield stated that she firmly believes the grant will provide resources to the faculty so that they may proceed in contributing to student success.
“The faculty did not have many resources available to it so that it may continue to implement the campaign and encourage students to practice these study habits,” said the dean of Fine Arts.
Students like art major Jennipher Padilla, who had no idea what iFALCON was, hope that now that the school makes good use of the money to promote and implement it.
She said, “I had not idea what the campaign was about. Although I had never heard of it, it does sound very useful and like something I would consider practicing.”
