District 5930's first

Rotary Foundation

Global Grant Recipient –

Megan Grime

Megan Grime is the first recipient of a Rotary Foundation Global Grant for District 5930, generously sponsored by the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi and District 5930 with application assistance from PDG Marilyn Spencer and District Scholarship Sub-Committee Chair Tiffany Hull.

The Rotary Foundation Global Grant of $30,000 will fund Ms. Grime's 2013-2014 year abroad to attend graduate school at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England and earn a Master of Science degree in Behavioral Economics. She will be hosted by District 1070, located in the East Midlands of England. Part of Ms. Grime's tenure will include conducting a unique investigation into the employment disparities in Coventry. Due to recent, sweeping austerity measures, the town of Coventry went from a mainly public-funded economy to private-funded. These unexpected and quickly implemented funding cuts dramatically increased the rate of unemployment. Initial measures show some populations suffering higher unemployment rates than others, in particular young, degreed college graduates. A variety of employment-initiative plans were created in an effort to match the local job seekers with local businesses. However, the different employment-initiatives have, to date, shown a wide variety of successes and failures in their efforts. Ms. Grime proposes to discover the key employment-initiatives' efforts where success and failure rates are most concentrated in order to improve future sustainable employment. Findings from this research have the potential to improve employment placements in other cities, as well as for other habitually under-employed populations: disabled and elderly, for example. Ms. Grime will leave mid-September to begin her studies abroad.

Megan was born in Corpus Christi and grew up between Texas and Northern Mexico.  Ms. Grime a dual B.A. from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Psychology (Cognition) and Philosophy (Logics) and is currently a research graduate student in the Psychology department at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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