Nonprofit leaders receive sabbatical grants - University

Nonprofit leaders receive sabbatical grants - University: "Nonprofit leaders receive sabbatical grants

By Michelle West



Three leaders of local nonprofit organizations have been awarded the opportunity to conduct research relevant to their respective causes, thanks to an annual grant awarded by the University's Humanities Institute.

Julian Huerta, Gail Rice and Lana Lesley were officially welcomed as participants in the Community Sabbatical Program at a reception dinner on Wednesday night.

'If academics can take time off to go off and pursue a research project, which they call a sabbatical, why can't nonprofit professionals do the same thing?' said Katy Young, program coordinator and UT English graduate student."