Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

VIVA Open Adopt Grants, Fall 2023 Awards

VIVA is pleased to announce 25 VIVA Open Adopt Grants awards were awarded to individuals at 15 institutions. The VIVA Open Adopt Grant program provides support for the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus and to ensure that the results of those efforts are available to Virginia educators. Adopt grant awards are $2000. These awards have an anticipated student cost avoidance of $1,430,451 and will impact 16,105 students. 

Instructor: Araceli Bachner
Institution:  Northern Virginia Community College
Course: CST126: Interpersonal Communication
Resource to Be Adopted: Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $24,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 600

Instructor: Prajakta Belsare
Institution:  James Madison University
Course: IT340: Data Science and Machine Learning
Resource to Be Adopted: Python Data Science Handbook
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $12,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 120

Instructor: Fabiana Cesa
Institution:  Northern Virginia Community College
Course: ART 150: History of Film and Animation
Resource to Be Adopted: Moving Pictures
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $13,500
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 270

Instructor: Judy Crouchman
Institution:  Tidewater Community College
Course: Art 100: Art Appreciation
Resource to Be Adopted: Introduction to Art
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $152,991
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 900

Instructor: Stephen Davies
Institution:  University of Mary Washington
Course: CPSC/DATA 350: Applicaations of Databases
Resource to Be Adopted: Database Design – 2nd Edition
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $14,998
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 250

Instructor: Maria Paz G Esguerra
Institution:  Bridgewater College
Course: HIST 318: African American History
Resource to Be Adopted: Freedom's Story: Teaching African American Literature and History
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $9,024
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 95

Instructor: Samira Fallah
Institution:  University of Mary Washington
Course: MGMT301: Principles of Management
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Principles of Management
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $49,700
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 700

Instructor: Adria Goldman
Institution:  University of Mary Washington
Course: COMM 340: Introduction to Communication and Rhetoric
Resource to Be Adopted: Communication in the Real World
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $7,750
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 125

Instructor: Kim Gregory
Institution:  Central Virginia Community College
Course: CHD 166: Infanct and Toddler Programs
Resource to Be Adopted: Infant and Toddler Care and Development
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $5,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 50

Instructor: Cheryl Huff
Institution:  Germanna Community Colleg
Course: PHI 100: Intro to Philosophy
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $180,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 1,800

Instructor: Carolyn Hurley
Institution:  Northern Virginia Community College
Course: CST 110: Introduction to Communication
Resource to Be Adopted: Communication in the Real World
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $33,750
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 500

Instructor: Jonathan Jones
Institution:  James Madison University
Course: HIST 225: United States History
Resource to Be Adopted: American Yawp
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $17,456
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 875

Instructor: Ratanmani Joshi
Institution:  Tidewater Community College
Course: CHM 241 and 242: Organic Chemistry 1 and 2
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Organic Chemistry
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $102,500
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 625

Instructor: Corina Ladd
Institution:  Tidewater Community College
Course: PLS 241: Introduction to International Relations
Resource to Be Adopted: International Relations
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $9,500
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 100

Instructor: Thomas Little
Institution:  Emory & Henry College
Course: History 111: American Civilization to 1861
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax U.S. History
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $40,500
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 450

Instructor: Qingsheng Liu
Institution:  James Madison University
Course: CHEM 132: General Chemistry II
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Chemistry 2e
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $72,600
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 1,100

Instructor: Graeme Mack
Institution:  University of Richmond
Course: HIST 199: The Making of Civil War America
Resource to Be Adopted: American Yawp
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $79,072
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 800

Instructor: Benjamin Melusky
Institution:  Old Dominion University
Course: POLS331: State and Local Government
Resource to Be Adopted: State and Local Government and Politics
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $42,044
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 175

Instructor: Deanna Mihaly
Institution:  Virginia State University
Course: SPAN 212/213: Intermediate Spanish I and II
Resource to Be Adopted: Conversaciones Corrientes
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $22,400
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 700

Instructor: Charuta Mirajkar
Institution:  Brightpoint Community College
Course: BIO 101: General Biology
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Biology 2e
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $393,750
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 5,250

Instructor: Anh Ngo
Institution:  Norfolk State University
Course: BUS363 Financial Market and Institutions
Resource to Be Adopted: Money and Banking
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $39,119
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 125

Instructor: Barnabus Otoo
Institution:  Bridgewater College
Course: CHEM 306/310 – Organic Chemistry II /w Spectroscopy
Resource to Be Adopted: OpenStax Organic Chemistry
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $25,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 100

Instructor: Xinyue Ren
Institution:  Old Dominion University
Course: IDT 617: Foundations of Instructional Technology
Resource to Be Adopted: Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology and Experiential Learning in Instructional Design and Technology
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $21,000
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 75

Instructor: Ryan Sincavage
Institution:  Radford University
Course: GEOL 105: Exploring the Earth
Resource to Be Adopted: Introduction to Earth Science
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $19,800
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 120

Instructor: Wendy Snow
Institution:  Longwood University
Course: READ 664: Evaluation of ad Practicum in Emergent Literacy
Resource to Be Adopted: Methods of Teaching Early Literacy
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $42,998
Students Impacted Over 5 Years: 200