2025 GRAND Reception Honorees

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Mina Chun and Michael Hillis – grant from the Ventura County Office of Education to support development of a Teacher Residency Program.
Brian Collins – grant from the Philosophical Learning and Teaching Organization to support the annual Summer Philosophy Institute.
Matthew Fienup and Dan Hamilton – grants supporting the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting's work on the Ventura County economic forecast and the U.S. Latino GDP Report.
Christine Cano, Katherine Hoffmann, and Ryan VanOmmeren - grant from the John Stauffer Charitable Trust to support the Stauffer Endowed Chair of Analytical Chemistry.
Richard Holigrocki – grants from the City of Oxnard, Southern Smoke Foundation, and Gene Haas Foundation to support the Community Counseling Centers.
Dena Jenson – grants from the Amgen Foundation, the McCune Foundation, and the Smith-Hobson Foundation to support the Center for Nonprofit Leadership.
Sabith Khan – grant from the International City/County Management Association to support nine students to complete a capstone project exploring ways that the City of Moorpark can create opportunities to improve residents' economic mobilit.
Alison McCormick and Diane Rodriguez-Kiino - grant from the University of California to support the California Reading and Literature Project.
Allison Moore – grant from the Amgen Foundation to support the Community Scholars for Black Lives Fellowship Program.
Adina Nack and Tanya Wicks – grant from Kaiser Permanente to support the Public Health Internship Program, providing stipends to Public Health minors to complete internships at local nonprofits.
Moses Penumaka - grants from the Vesper Society and Bolick Foundation to support the Theological Education for Indigenous Leaders (TEIL) program.
Raymond Pickett – grants from Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Lilly Endowment to support the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and work to develop a new, non-degree at the seminary.
Teresa Potts, Financial Aid – grants from the Ahmanson Foundation to support the Ahmanson Collegiate Scholarship Program and the Ahmanson Veterans Scholarship Initiative.
Lorri Santamaría - grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to support professional development for CLU faculty and staff.
Melissa Spence and Tymika Wesley – grant from the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity to study the effectiveness of the Pathways to Teaching Residency program.
Samuel Thomas – grant from the G.A. Foster Legacy Foundation to support the Religion Department's course redevelopment and student research scholarship program.
Colleen Windham-Hughes - grants from the Samuelson Foundation and Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church to support renovations on the Samuelson Chapel and Samuelson Aquatics Center.
Matthew Yates – grant from the Institute for International Education to help students who are eligible for Pell grants obtain a U.S. passport and encourage participation in study abroad.