Bowling Green , Ky. - Western Kentucky University will offer a workshop designed to provide an intensive introduction into the process of grant writing and administration during the 2007 Winter Term.

The workshop is designed for local government elected officials and program staff, community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, volunteers and community leaders, government consultants, education faculty and staff, and Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduate students.

Topics covered will include grant researching, proposal development, budget development, ethical considerations, grant administration and more. The instructor, Dr. Victoria Gordon, director of the Center for Local Government in the WKU Political Science Department, has 15 years experience in local government including successful grant writing and administration. The course will also feature guest speakers from a variety of fields.

The workshop is sponsored by the Center for Local Governments, the WKU Department of Political Science, the ALIVE Center and WKU Continuing Education. CEU’s are available for participants with at least 90 percent attendance.

The workshop will meet Tuesday, Jan. 9; Thursday, Jan. 11; Tuesday, Jan. 16; and Thursday, Jan. 18, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All classes will be held in Grise Hall on the WKU campus.

A registration form and more information on the course are available at www.wku.edu/winter.

For questions regarding registration, contact Sharon Woodward, WKU Continuing Education, at (270) 745-1910 or by email at continuing.education@wku.edu.

For more information on the workshop, contact Dr. Victoria Gordon, Director, WKU Center for Local Government, (270) 745-6192.

Continuing Education is a unit of the WKU Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO). DELO delivers quality credit and non-credit educational opportunities to individuals, organizations and the public using flexible and accessible formats. For more information on DELO, go to www.wku.edu/delo.  

GRANT WRITING AND ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP REGISTRATION DATES AND FEES
Early Bird Registration – $99 before Dec. 8
Regular Registration – $150 on or before Dec. 15
Late Registration – $200 after Dec. 15
Reminder: WKU will be closed during the last two weeks of December.

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For information, contact Bill Oldham at (270) 745-1926.

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