Projects as diverse as Disciples colleges and universities - ethnic diversity and ethics, leadership development and covenants, and sociological studies - will receive special funding from the College/University Grant fund, a program administered by HELM.

The College/University Grant funds special projects at undergraduate institutions related to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that will benefit the relationship between the institution and the church as a whole. The colleges and universities put a portion of the money they are allocated from general denominational funding into a special fund to support these grants. New grants are made each year by the HELM Board of Directors following applications from the schools.

	Jarvis Christian College aims to attract Hispanic Disciples students with a new recruiting program, a partnership with the Christian Church Southwest Region. The college plans to develop a recruitment program with the goal of recruiting 30 Hispanic students eligible for Disciples scholarships in the fall of 2007. The grant will support a part-time Spanish speaking recruiter and will train Hispanic students already on campus to help in the recruiting process.
	At a time when the meaning of covenant is under examination in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Eureka College plans to assemble representatives of the different expressions of the church to examine the meaning of being church-related in the "Friends and Family" program. General ministries, higher education, regions, and congregations will be represented at the conference, to be held near Eureka's central Illinois campus.
	Students at Lynchburg College who are not already in leadership roles could participate in new leadership development activities. Identified as potential leaders by faculty and staff, students will participate in workshops, retreats, and one-on-one mentoring to explore their leadership skills.
	A new inter-term class in Barton College's School of Nursing and the Department of Religion and Philosophy will examine the complex relationships between religion and social pressures in Honduras. Students and faculty will spend three days on the Barton campus studying Honduras before traveling to the nation's capital for an eight-day immersion in both urban and rural settings. Students will also report on their trip to congregations and at student events.
	William Woods University plans a 15-week class focusing on the society of Zimbabwe, climaxing with a week in southern African country. Issues such as religion, media, economics, health, human rights, and the arts will be reviewed before students and faculty see the society first-hand. Faculty will present their findings for Disciples congregations, a local ecumenical group, and a statewide civic engagement group.
	Following the establishment of an ethics curriculum supported by a College-University Grant, Columbia College plans the inaugural conference of the Midwest Ethics Society in Spring 2007 to examine the relationship between the sacred and the secular in ethics. Ministers of Disciples congregations, scholars at Disciples institutions and other schools will be invited to participate.

HELM works to nurture transforming leadership for the church in partnership with Disciples congregations, higher education institutions, campus ministry programs, regions, general ministries, and other agencies of the church.