Former ENGL 7712 Student Lands $449K Grant

Vanessa Cogdell Moore, a 2019 graduate of the College of Education Certificate in Distance Education and Administration, is the co-founder of Fish Out Of Water, a Fayetteville-based non-profit career development center that seeks to advance education and training among individuals seeking transitions. While finishing her COE certificate program, she also took the English department’s Grant and Proposal Writing course to learn how to prepare grants in support of her organization’s efforts.

Moore recently learned that FO2W has been awarded a two-year, $449K federal grant to support the organization’s “Anchors Up” initiative, a youth development program that helps Bladen County middle- and high school students to set and pursue healthy life goals through workshops, coaching, and access to community health resources. The proposal received funding through the Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education grant program.

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