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Albright-Wirth Grant Program Award Recipients Named
By Lonnie Lowe, Employee Development Specialist
March 02, 2009
The Albright-Wirth grant is one of the most sought after learning and development opportunities in the National Park Service. The grant program is managed by the, WASO Capital Training Center, located in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service in partnership with the National Park Foundation administers and funds the Horace M. Albright-Conrad L. Wirth Grant Program. The Albright-Wirth grant funds innovative training opportunities for NPS employees to pursue personal and professional training experiences anywhere in the world.
In 2008 NPS program participation was high – the program’s panelists reviewed 188 applications, requesting in excess of $897,656 in funding. Twelve panelists convened in order to provide a thorough and fair evaluation of the applicant pool. The grant reviewers represented diverse career fields, regions, and multicultural populations. The reviewers were divided into two different panels. The first panel, comprised of field level employees, reviewed all of the grant proposals and presented the highest rated proposals to the second panel, the managers’ review. Both panels reviewed and rated applications in accordance with an established rating criterion and together they conducted evaluations and scoring of all applicant proposals. The Capital Training Center as a result is pleased to announce the final 26 FY 2009 Albright-Wirth Grant recipient awards, totaling $126,459.39. Awards are as follows:
[NOTE : I SNIPPED THE INFORMATION UNRELATED TO ANTEBELLUM/CIVIL WAR SITES--EMMANUEL]
Kendell Thompson, Park Ranger, Mary Troy, Curator, Emily Wesner, Park Ranger/Historian Arlington House, Robert E. Lee National Memorial National, $13,945
A three member park service team will research the lives of the Burkes, a family enslaved at Arlington House and set free by the owner and builder, George Washington Parke Custis. This project consists of two phases the first phase involves primary source research at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond VA, which will prepare the researchers for the second phase of the project, a trip to Monrovia, Liberia to further explore and research the fate of the Burke family, illuminating the slave story from a new angle. Following the research, a report will be produced that will serve as the basis for interpretive training material, new exhibits, web building activities and may be developed as a cooperative association sales item
By Lonnie Lowe, Employee Development Specialist
March 02, 2009
The Albright-Wirth grant is one of the most sought after learning and development opportunities in the National Park Service. The grant program is managed by the, WASO Capital Training Center, located in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service in partnership with the National Park Foundation administers and funds the Horace M. Albright-Conrad L. Wirth Grant Program. The Albright-Wirth grant funds innovative training opportunities for NPS employees to pursue personal and professional training experiences anywhere in the world.
In 2008 NPS program participation was high – the program’s panelists reviewed 188 applications, requesting in excess of $897,656 in funding. Twelve panelists convened in order to provide a thorough and fair evaluation of the applicant pool. The grant reviewers represented diverse career fields, regions, and multicultural populations. The reviewers were divided into two different panels. The first panel, comprised of field level employees, reviewed all of the grant proposals and presented the highest rated proposals to the second panel, the managers’ review. Both panels reviewed and rated applications in accordance with an established rating criterion and together they conducted evaluations and scoring of all applicant proposals. The Capital Training Center as a result is pleased to announce the final 26 FY 2009 Albright-Wirth Grant recipient awards, totaling $126,459.39. Awards are as follows:
[NOTE : I SNIPPED THE INFORMATION UNRELATED TO ANTEBELLUM/CIVIL WAR SITES--EMMANUEL]
Kendell Thompson, Park Ranger, Mary Troy, Curator, Emily Wesner, Park Ranger/Historian Arlington House, Robert E. Lee National Memorial National, $13,945
A three member park service team will research the lives of the Burkes, a family enslaved at Arlington House and set free by the owner and builder, George Washington Parke Custis. This project consists of two phases the first phase involves primary source research at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond VA, which will prepare the researchers for the second phase of the project, a trip to Monrovia, Liberia to further explore and research the fate of the Burke family, illuminating the slave story from a new angle. Following the research, a report will be produced that will serve as the basis for interpretive training material, new exhibits, web building activities and may be developed as a cooperative association sales item
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