Past Trailblazers Mini-Grant Projects

The Center for Service Learning funded 16 projects and supported 25 student leaders during the 2025-2026 academic year. If you would like to learn more about these student projects, email the CSL Program Coordinator Steph Ruppen at sruppen@ku.edu or email the primary contacts listed for each project. 

Projects with an asterisk indicate that a representative from their project presented at the IMPACT Conference in Cincinnati, OH in February 2026.  

The Big Dill *

Aidan Nielsen | a052n593@home.ku.edu 

Brains & Beauties: Circular City 

Antonique' Flemons | antoniquef@ku.edu  

CARE Pageant & Fundraiser 

Sareena Kandalkar | sareenakandalkar14@ku.edu 

Central Middle School Community Closet

Helen Viloria | h585v720@ku.edu 

Creating a Newsletter for Center for Supportive Communities*

Allison Monteleone | allymonteleone@ku.edu 

Dining Dollars For Change  

Zoe White | zoe.white@ku.edu 

Getting to Zero 

Elliott Lamb | elliottylamb2006@ku.edu 

Holidays with O’Connell  

Joanna Yuen | joannayuen@ku.edu  

LEAD UP Scholarship 

Ariana Siddique | Asiddique@ku.edu 

LEAD UP Workshop 

James Pressdee | Jcpressdee@ku.edu 

Libraries with a Heart* 

Bhavya Gupta | bgupta8@ku.edu 

LiftED: Education for Foster Youth* 

Jaden Huehl | jadenhuehl@ku.edu 

Mindful Move-Out 

Elliot Grotzinger | elliotgrotzinger@ku.edu  

Solar for All 

Nora Jennings | nqjennings@ku.edu 

Student-Centered Educate & ACT 

Kennedy Farrier | kfarrier@ku.edu 

Wellness Care Night 

Disha Patel | disha.patel@ku.edu