OA-FALL 2023 MAG-LINKS 1

July 2022 The Wabash River Regional Development Authority (RDA) announced that SMWC’s proposal would be one of 23 projects to be funded through the $20 million Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) program. SMWC received a $1.5 million grant to expand its equestrian and athletic facilities. Plans for the funds include updating the existing outdoor and indoor equine arenas, expanding parking for horse trailers, creating a pasture management system and improving equine event amenities August 2022 SMWC received $702,775 from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its initiative, Indiana Youth Programs on Campus (IYPC). IYPC grant funding enabled SMWC to launch Challenging Ambitions and Maximizing Potential (C.A.M.P.) at The Woods in June 2023 and established a new Office of Pre-College Outreach. Fifty campers attended the first session, studying areas in equine, exercise science, nursing, sustainability and global leadership.

September 2022 The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Archives and the Sisters of Providence Archives moved to a new shared space in Rooney Center as part of an ongoing collaboration between the two institutions.

January 2023 Woods Online had a boost to its enrollment for Spring 2022 2023. Much of the growth was owed to offering the new Paramedic Science to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (PM to BSN) Program – just one of two programs in the country. May 2023 SMWC received a $250,000 planning grant through Lilly Endowment Inc.’s College and Community Collaboration (CCC) initiative. The grant will enable SMWC to partner with the West Central Indiana region in unique and creative ways.

February 2023 SMWC received $500,000, through a grant received by Vigo County from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). The funds will assist with the exterior restoration of the Conservatory of Music, including limestone and brick, roof, downspouts and eaves, to help protect the building from leaks and continued degradation.

16TH PRESIDENT DOTTIE L. KING, 2010-2023

May 2023 SMWC announced a $250,000 gift over three years from Union Health Systems to expand the Paramedic to BSN (PM-BSN) program.